THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 

Ex  Libris 

Katharine  F.  Richmond 

and 
Henry  C.  Fall 


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ONE  THOUSAND 
HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Brief  Biographical  Sketches  of  New 
Hampshire  Men  and  Women,  Na- 
tive or  Resident,  Prominent  in  Public, 
Professional,  Business,  Educational, 
Fraternal  or  Benevolent  Work. 


EDITED  AND  COMPILED  BY 

HENRY  HARRISON  METCALF 

ASSISTED    BY 

FRANCES  AI.  ABBOTT 


PUBLISHED    BY 

THE  RUM  FORD  PRINTING  COMPANY 

CONCORD,  N.  H. 

1919 


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FOREWORD 

It  is  not  claimed  for  this  little  volume  that  it  is  a  complete  "Who's  Who" 
for  the  State  of  New  Hampshire.  The  purpose  of  the  compiler  has  been 
to  bring  together,  in  compact  form,  so  as  to  be  readily  accessible  for  refer- 
ence in  newspaper  offices,  libraries  and  elsewhere,  brief  biographical 
sketches  of  one  thousand  representative  New  Hampshire  men  and  women, 
native  or  resident.  Undoubtedly  a  thousand  more,  equally  worthy  of 
mention,  might  have  been  included,  had  time  and  opportunity  permitted, 
and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  another  volume,  embracing  the  same,  may  be 
hereafter  brought  out  by  some  interested  person. 

As  in  "Who's  Who"  in  America  and  New  England,  the  design  has  been 
to  include  only  living  subjects,  and  this  purpose  has  been  departed  from 
in  only  two  or  three  exceptional  cases.  Nevertheless  quite  a  number  of 
those  whose  sketches  are  presented  have  died  since  they  were  arranged  for 
and  printed,  the  fact  of  death  in  each  case  so  far  as  known  being  noted  in 
the  "Addenda,"  along  with  material  facts,  developing  in  regard  to  other 
subjects  since  their  sketches  were  put  in  type,  and  the  noting  of  certain 
errors  which  have  been  detected  in  some  cases,  while  doubtless  others 
have  been  overlooked.  It  is  practically  impossible  to  avoid  mistakes, 
typographical  and  otherwise,  in  a  work  of  this  kind;  but  it  is  hoped  that 
this  volume  is  as  free  therefrom  as  is  usually  the  case.  The  pages  devoted 
to  "Addenda  and  Errata"  are  inserted  before  the  body  of  the  work,  and 
attention  thereto  should  be  duly  given. 

The  abbreviations  used  are  simple  and  readily  understood,  such  as  "b." 
for  born,  "d."  for  died,  "s."  for  son,  "d"au."  for  daughter,  "m."  for  married, 
and  the  customary  abbreviations  for  names  of  states,  orders,  organizations, 
societies,  etc.  It  has  not  appeared  necessary  to  insert  a  table  of  abbre- 
viations. 

The  printing  of  the  volume  having  been  commenced  as  soon  as  material 
came  to  hand  and  was  properly  prepared,  the  sketches  are  necessarily  not 
arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  To  have  done  that  would  have  involved 
delay  until  the  last  sketch  was  procured  before  printing  was  commenced, 
and  a  consequent  delay  of  many  months  more  before  the  appearance  of  the 
work.  No  inconvenience  results  however,  since  an  alphabetical  index  of 
subjects  has  been  prepared,  reference  to  which  will  enable  one  to  find  any 
particular  sketch  as  readily  as  would  have  been  the  case  with  an  alpha- 
betical arrangement  of  sketches. 


A  distinguishing  feature  of  this  work,  and  one  which  adds  immensely  to 
its  interest  and  value,  in  these  days  when  illustration  is  a  leading  feature 
even  of  the  daily  newspapers  of  the  country,  is  the  presentation  of  portraits 
of  subjects.  More  than  half  of  the  sketches  are  accompanied  by  portraits 
of  the  parties  in  question.  This  feature  obtains  in  the  latest  edition  of 
the  Canadian  "Who's  Who,"  and  vastly  enhances  its  interest.  That  it 
will  be  appreciated  by  the  general  public  is  not  to  be  doubted. 

The  compiler  has  had  the  preparation  of  this  work  in  mind  for  many 
years.  His  only  regret  is  that  he  has  not  been  able  to  make  it  more  com- 
plete. New  Hampshire  has  always  been  prolific  of  men  and  women  who 
have  been  active  and  prominent  in  the  varied  fields  of  human  effort,  at 
home  and  throughout  the  country,  and  is  no  less  so  at  the  present  than 
in  the  past .  The  recorded  achievements  of  her  sons  and  daughters  in  former 
years,  constitute  an  important  part  of  the  nation's  history.  The  work  of 
her  children,  native  and  resident,  who  are  still  on  the  stage  of  action,  is 
equally  worthy  of  record.  Scattered  in  various  volumes  are  biographical 
sketches  of  many  of  these.  Tens  of  thousands  of  dollars  have  been  ex- 
pended for  the  presentation  of  the  same  in  state  and  county  genealogical 
and  biographical  publications  of  various  descriptions  the  work  upon 
which,  literary  and  mechanical,  has  been  done  abroad,  and  the  money  for 
which  has  been  taken  outside  the  state.  This  volume  is  entirely  a  New 
Hampshire  product.  All  the  work,  editorial  and  mechanical,  has  been 
done  in  the  state,  and  the  comparatively  small  amount  of  money  expended 
therefor  has  remained  in  the  state  instead  of  going  abroad  for  the  benefit 
of  outsiders. 

If  interest  in  the  state  of  their  birth  or  residence,  and  pride  in  the  worthy 
record  of  its  sons  and  daughters,  is  in  some  degree  stimulated  by  this  vol- 
ume, and  it  proves  what  it  is  designed  to  be — a  read}'  and  convenient  ref- 
erence book  for  every  day  use,  the  compiler  will  feel  that  his  labor  of  the 
last  two  years  has  not  been  entirely  in  vain,  and  will  indulge  the  hope  that 
some  one  else  may  be  sufficiently  interested,  in  the  not  distant  future,  to 
continue  the  enterprise,  and  prepare  and  publish  another  volume  along 
the  same  line,  for  which  ample  field  will  be  found. 

H.  II.  METCALF. 

CON-CORD,  N.  II..  Mav,  1919. 


ADDENDA  AND  ERRATA 


Abbott,  Frances  Hale,  p.  139;  should  be  printed 
Abbot. 

Anderson,  George  Weston,  p.  311;  appointed 
U.  S.  District  Judge,  July,  1918;  trustee  ma- 
jority stock  B.  &  M.  R.  R.,  held  by  N.  Y., 
N.  H.  &  Hartford  R.  R.,  Dec.  27,  1918. 

Ballard,  William  Preston,  p.  169;  grandson, 
Frank  Edward  Silva,  b.  Nov.  8,  1918. 

Bancroft,  Charles  Parker,  p.  171;  trustee  N.  H. 
State  Hospital. 

Barnabee,  Henry  Clay,  p.  134;  d.  Dec.  16,  1917. 

Bartlett,  Benjamin  T.,  p.  544;  erroneously 
printed  Benjamin  G;  trustee  N.  H.  State  In- 
dustrial School. 

Barton,  Jesse  Morton,  p.  105;  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918;  acting  Gov- 
ernor of  New  Hampshire,  Dec.  31,  1918  to 
Jan.  2,  1919. 

Benton,  John  Edwin,  p.  57;  solicitor  U.  S.  In- 
terstate Commerce  Commission,  Washington, 
since  Feb.,  1918. 

Bingham,  Harry,  p.  18;  chairman  Grafton 
County  Legal  Advisory  Board,  X.  H.  Dis- 
trict Selective  Service. 

Brackett,  John  Q.  A.,  p.  71;  d.  April  6,  1918. 

Brennan  James  P.,  p.  119;  secretary  Hillsbor- 
uugh  County  Selective  Service  Board,  Div. 
Xo.  2. 

Britton,  William  John,  p.  95;  elected  solicitor 
for  Carroll  County,  for  1919-20,  Nov.,  1918. 

Brown,  Alice,  p.  2(><>;  born  Dec.  5,  1857,  in- 
stead of  1887  as  printed. 

Brown,  George  Henry,  p.  441;  president  Cen- 
tral X.  H.  Congregational  Club  two  years; 
Mason,  32d  degree. 

Brown,  John  Henry,  p.  413;  trustee  X.  H.  Hos- 
pital, 1919-. 

Bugbee,  Marion  Louise,  p.  S3;  member  Com- 
mittee on  Aid  to  Dependents  of  Soldiers  and 
Sailors,  Aug.  17,  1917;  served  with  Childrens' 
Bureau,  American  Red  Cross,  in  France, 
March  1,  to  Oct.  1,  1918. 

Burroughs,  Sherman  Everett,  p.  35;  re-elected  to 
U.  S.  house  of  representatives,  Xov.,  1918. 

Buxton,  Willis  George,  p.  105:  member  X.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918. 

Carter,  Solon  Augustus,  p.  115;  d.  Jan.  28,  1918. 

Chandler,  William  Eaton,  p.  3;  d.  Xov.  3,  1917. 

Chase,  Arthur  Horace,  p.  51;  chief  clerk,  Dis- 
trict Board  of  Appeals,  X.  H.  Selective  Serv- 
ire,  1918;  s.  Robert  M.,  lieutenant  Coast  Ar- 
tillery Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  April,  1918,  to  date. 

Chase,  Olin  Hosea,  p.  27;  m.,  Dec.  20,  1917, 
Hattie  A.  Reed,  Newport,  X.  H.;  removed  to 
61  Rumford  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Chase,  William  Martin,  p.  19;  d.  Feb.  3,  1918. 


Child,  Edwin  Leighton,  p.  353;  master  Pem- 
broke Grange,  1916-17;  member  Canton 
Wildey,  Xo.  1,  P.  M.;  s.  Ford  Leighton,  b. 
Feb.  22.  1895,  instead  of  Feb.  2  as  printed; 
Roswell  Towle,  b.  May  12,  1898. 

Claggett,  Fred  Porter,  p.  359;  medical  referee 
for  Sullivan  County,  1919-. 

Clark,  Allan  Chester,  p.  331;  d.  Sept.  23,  1918; 
s.  Allan  Chester  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  17,  1918. 

Clow,  Fred  Ellsworth,  p.  438;  trustee  N.  H. 
State  Sanatorium. 

Colby,  Ira  Gordon,  p.  153;  member  X.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention,  1918;  Judge  Advocate 
General  staff  of  Gov.  John  H.  Bartlett. 

Colony,  Horatio,  p.  467;  d.  Nov.  11,  1917 — 
killed  by  automobile  accident. 

Cook,  George,  p.  5;  chairman  X.  H.  Selective 
Service  Board,  1917-19. 

Corning,  Charles  Robert,  p.  7;  president  X.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  1919-,  Concord  Charity  Or- 
ganization, 1919—. 

Couch,  Benjamin  Warren,  p.  6;  member  X.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1919-20;  director 
Mechanicks  Xational  Bank,  X.  H.  Spinning 
Mills,  Beecher  Falls  Co. 

Cummings,  Allen  Curtis,  p.  186;  resigned  as 
Master  of  Stevens  high  school,  Claremont, 
on  account  of  ill  health,  in  April,  1918,  and 
has  been  recuperating  at  his  old  home  at 
North  Thetford,  Vt.;  resumes  work  in  the  fall. 

Curtis,  Warden  Allan,  p.  417;  should  be  printed 
Wardon. 

Dixon,  Frank  Haigh,  p.  421 ;  Professor  of  Trans- 
portation, Princeton  University,  1919. 

Donovan,  Michael  Henry,  p.  54;  s.  Daniel  B., 
b.  Xov.  3,  1S7S;  civil  engineer;  six  years  resi- 
dent engineer  in  charge  of  barge  canal  section 
between  Utica  and  Oneida  Lake,  X.  Y.;  engi- 
neer in  charge  of  road  construction  at  Camp 
Merritt,  X.  J.,  1917-18;  fatally  injured  at 
Dumont,  X.  J.,  and  d.  at  Englewood,  June 
13,  1918;  John  B.  (Harvard  1906)  studied  law, 
now  in  insurance  in  Xew  York  City;  Joseph 
C.  (Boston  Univ.  Law  School,  1917)  lawyer 
in  practice  in  Concord. 

Drake,  James  Frank,  p.  94:  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A.,  Pittsburgh 
Pa.;  chairman  Committee  on  Claims,  Pitts- 
burgh Division. 

Drew,  Irving  Webster,  p.  149;  appointed  U.  S. 
senator  by  Goy.  Keyes,  Sept.  1,  1918,  to  fill 
vacancy  occasioned  by  death  of  Jacob  II . 
Gallinger. 

Dudley,  Harry  Hubbard,  p.  305;  s.  Charles  H., 
second  lieutenant,  Sanitary  Corps,  U.  S.  A., 
Regular  Army,  191S-. 

Duncan,  Charles,  p.  98;  secretary  State  Board 
of  Health  since  Sept.  6,  1918. 

Eastman,  Samuel  C.,  p.  37;  d.  Aug.  31,  1917. 


OXE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


Edes,  Samuel  Harcourt,  p.  30;  Captain  Co.  G, 
103d  Infantry.  26th  Division;  sailed  for 
France  Sept.!  1917;  transferred,  1918,  to 
Headquarters  6th  Army  Corps;  still  on  duty 
in  France;  m.  Aug.  30,  1917,  Nellie  E.  Pres- 
by,  dau.  of  Hon.  Winthrop  B.  Presby,  a 
lawyer  of  Portland,  Ore.,  and  native  of  Brad- 
ford, N.  H. 

El  we  11,  Rufus  Newell,  p.  7;  appointed  N.  H. 
Insurance  Commissioner,  Nov.  16,  1917;  d. 
Feb.  9,  1919. 

Emerson,  Charles  Sumner,  p.  15;  chairman 
Hillsborough  County,  Dist.  No.  2,  Selective 
Sen-ice  Board;  s.  Dean  A.  (Dartmouth  '14, 
Thayer  School  '18),  lieutenant  in  Aviation 
branch,  A.  E.  F.;  Sumner  B.  (Dartmouth  '17), 
lieutenant  balloon  section,  Aviation  branch. 

Emerson,  Francis  P.,  p.  202;  Maj.  Med.  Res. 
Corps,  1918. 

Evans,  Alfred,  p.  207;  member  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention  1918;  retired  as  judge  of 
Probate,  from  ape  limitation.  March  31,  1919. 

Fairbanks,  George  Arlington,  p.  65;  retired;  a. 
Harold  G.,  enlisted  May  5,  1917;  served  in 
Portsmouth  C.  A.  C.  at  Fort  Constitution,  on 
guard  duty  at  Fort  Devens  and  Springfield, 
Mass.;  transferred,  with  rank  of  sergeant, 
April  22,  1918,  to  Intelligence  Dept,,  War 
College,  Washington;  commissioned  2d  lieu- 
tenant, Q.  M.  C.,  July  25, 1918,  and  went  over- 
seas Aug.  7;  connected  with  Chief  Purchasing 
Office,  and  located  in  Spain. 

Farmer,  William  Parker,  p.  159;  president  Man- 
chester Historical  Ass'n. 

Farrand,  George  Edward,  p.  38;  appointed 
postmaster  of  Concord,  Sept.  19,  1918. 

Faulkner,  Philip  Handerson,  p.  391;  trustee 
N.  H.  State  Sanatorium. 

Felch,  Albert  Dustin,  p.  73;  delivered  historical 
address  at  150th  anniversary  of  town  of  Sun- 
apee,  Sept.  2,  1918. 

Fowler,  George  Winthrop,  p.  58;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1919-20. 

Fowler,  William  Plumer,  p.  147;  Acting  Cor- 
poration Counsel,  City  of  Boston,  1917-18; 
d.  July  3,  1918. 

French,  James  Edward,  p.  181;  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918;  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1919-20. 

Frisselle,  Frank  Monroe,  p.  191;  returned  to 
the  Manchester  Union,  1919. 

Gallinger,  Jacob  Harold,  p.  15;  d.  at  Franklin, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  17.  1918. 

Goss,  Winifred  Lane,  p.  226;  mother's  name 
should  be  printed  Lorena  instead  of  Lorena. 

Gould,  Alfred  Josiah,  p.  102;  member  Sullivan 
County  Pomona  Grange,  instead  of  Merri- 
mack  County  as  printed;  d.  Dec.  14,  1918. 

Graves,  Robert  John,  p.  89;  Major  U.  S.  Medi- 
cal Reserve  Corps,  U.  S.  General  Hospital 
No.  2,  Ft.  McHenry,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Green,  Henry  Francis,  p.  5;  d.  May  9,  1917. 

Gunnison,  William  Towne,  p.  47;  m.  Grace  Hor- 
ney,  not  Homey;  sons,  Arvin,  Dartmouth 
22,  Golf  Champion  of  N.  H.;  John  Vinal, 
Student  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy. 

Hall,  Daniel,  p.  101 ;  wife  d.  Dec.  1,  1918. 


Hamlin,  Frank  Wilbert,  p.  480;  trustee  N.  H. 
State  Industrial  School. 

Hammond,  Otis  G.,  p.  51;  wife  d.  Feb.  10, 1918. 

Harriman,  Walter  C.,  p.  193;  d.  June  29,  1918. 

Harris,  Sarah  Neal,  p.  504;  d.  March  5,  1917. 

Hatch,  Albert  Ruyter,  p.  106;  member  legal  ad- 
visory board,  Rockingham  County,  N.  H. 
Selective  Service. 

Hening,  Crawford  Dawes,  p.  77;  wife  died  June 
5,  1918. 

Hirst,  Edgar  Clarkson,  p.  30;  general  manager 
N.  E.  Sawmill  Units,  Bonar  Bridge,  Scot- 
land, June,  1917  to  Sept.,  1918;  Industrial 
Examiner,  U.  S.  Forest  Service,  and  Assistant 
to  State  Fuel  Administrator,  Hovey  E.  Slay- 
ton,  fall  of  1918;  sons,  Heston,  b.  Nov.  8, 
1915,  John  Minot,  March  5,  1918. 

Hodgman,  Burns  Plummer,  p.  43;  director  First 
National  Bank,  Concord;  treasurer  and  di- 
rector Eagle  and  Phenix  Hotel  Co.;  treasurer 
and  director  Hill  Associates;  director  Concord 
Mutual  Fire  Ins.  Co.;  clerk  Concord  Water 
Board;  Chairman  Concord  Public  Safety 
Committee;  and  Chairman  Fuel  Committee 
for  Concord  during  the  war. 

Hollis,  Allen,  p.  49;  N.  H.  director  W.  S.  S. 

Hollis,  Henry  French,  p.  81;  member  U.  S. 
Liquidation  Commission,  adjusting  claims 
growing  out  of  the  war  in  Europe.  Appointed 
Feb.,  1919. 

Hook,  Andrew  Jackson,  p.  33;  member  N.  H. 
Senate,  1919-20;  vice-president  N.  H.  Old 
Home  Week  Ass'n. 

Hopkins,  Ernest  Martin,  p.  243;  chief  of  In- 
dustrial Relations  Branch  of  the  Quarter- 
master's Corps,  Feb.  20,  1918  to  Deo.  15, 
1918 — Assistant  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Howard,  Charles  Danforth,  p.  127;  residence, 
100  School  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Howard,  Charles  Wopdbury,  p.  59;  disbursing 
officer  and  agent  United  States  and  State  of 
New  Hampshire,  Selective  Service  board, 
district  of  New  Hampshire. 

Hoyt,  Horace  F.,  p.  163;  member  N.  H.  consti- 
tutional convention  1918;  doorkeeper  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1919-20. 

Hutchins,  Harry  Burns,  p.  236;  resigned  as 
president  of  Univ.  of  Mich.,  March,  1919,  to 
take  effect  with  close  of  college  year;  will 
engage  in  literary  work. 

Hutchins,  JohnCorbin,  p.  74;  trustee  N.  H.  Col- 
lege, 1918;  mem.  State  Bd.  of  Education,  1919. 
Ives,  Henry  Goodson,  p.  59;  enlisted,  Aug.  21, 

1917,  at  Montreal,  in  5th  Royal  Highlanders, 
re-enforcing  the"Black  Watch, "or  1st  Quebec 
Reg.;  served  in  the  orderly  room  till  March, 

1918,  when    detailed    for    service    with    the 
British  Chemical  Co.,  at  Trenton,  Ont.,  under 
control  of  the  Imperial  Munitions  board;  dis- 
charged Feb.  2,  1919.     Resigned  as  pastor  at 
Andover,  N.  H.,  and  accepted  a  call  to  Unity 
Church,  Amherst,  Mass.,  m.,  Jan.  19,  1918, 
Grace  E.  Mackintosh,  Sharon,  Mass. 

Jackson,  James  Robert,  p.  71;  secretary  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1889;  d.  Nov.  22, 


ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


Jackson,  Lydia  Drew,  p.  81;  teacher  of  French, 
St.  Mary's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1918-19. 

Jackson,  Robert,  p.  58;  vice-president  L.  H. 
Shattuck,  Inc. 

Jameson,  John  Butler,  p.  257;  b.  Aug.  2,  1873, 
great  great  grandson  Capt.  Thomas  Jameson, 
who  settled  in  Antrim  in  1783;  Democratic 
candidate  for  U.  S.  senator  to  fill  the  vacancy 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  Jacob  H.  Gallin- 
ger,  Nov.,  1918,  lacking  less  than  1,000  votes 
of  election. 

Jewett,  Stephen  Shannon,  p.  119;  member"  legal 
advisory  board  for  Belknap  County,  N.  H. 
District,  Selective  Service;  trustee  N.  H. 
State  Prison,  appointed  April,  1919. 

Johnson,  Jesse  p.  283;  d.  Oct.,  1918. 

Johnson,  Perley  Albert,  p.  16;  chairman  New- 
port Chapter,  American  Red  Cross;  Federal 
food  administrator  for  eastern  Sullivan  dis- 
trict; member  Liberty  Loan  and  W.  S.  S. 
Committees. 

Keeler,  Irad  Eugene,  p.  25;  re-elected  Register 
of  Probate,  Nov.,  1918. 

Keyes,  Frances  Parkinson,  p.  335;  author  "The 
Old  Gray  Homestead,"  Houghton,  Mifflin 
Co.,  1919. 

Keyes,  Henry  Wilder  p.  211;  elected  U.  S.  sen- 
ator for  six  years,  to  succeed  Henry  F.  Hollis, 
Nov.,  1918. 

Kimball,  George  Merrill, p.  277;  president  N.  H. 
Savings  Bank,  succeeding  the  late  Samuel  C. 
Eastman. 

Lake,  Harry  Foss,  p.  51;  Democratic  candidate 
for  Congress,  2d  N.  H.  District,  1918;  chair- 
man N.  H.  War  Speakers'  Bureau. 

Lauder,  George  Burns,  p.  259;  daughter,  Mil- 
dred, graduated  from  St.  Mary's  School, 
1913. 

Leonard,  Charles  Hall,  p.  330;  d.  Aug.  27, 
1918. 

Lyford,  James  Otis,  p.  53;  son  Richard  (Har- 
vard 1918)  First  Class  private,  Battery  A., 
101st  Regiment,  Field  Artillery,  26th  Divi- 
sion; served  in  France  from  September,  1917 
to  April,  1919. 

Mann,  William  Hazelton  Gage,  p.  290;  in- 
structor Dartmouth  College,  S.  A.  T.  C., 
1918. 

Martin,  Nathaniel  Everett,  p.  89;  Democratic 
candidate  for  Governor  of  New  Hampshire, 
Nov..  1918. 

Mason,  Nathaniel  Robert,  p.  198;  chief  of  staff, 
Base  Hospital  51,  Toul,  France,  1918;  recom- 
mended for  promotion  to  major,  and  com- 
mission made  out  when  the  armistice  was 
signed. 

McAllister,  George  Isaac,  p.  440;  A.  ().  U.  M. 
should  be  A.  ().  U.  \V. 

McCollister,  Lee  Sullivan,  p.  407;  should  be 
printed  McCollester. 

McCrillis,  John,  p.  24;  s.  John,  b.  Jan.  1,  1897, 
(Dartmouth  20);  instructor  in  Thayer  School 
Training  Detachment,  June  to  Dec.,  1918; 
William  Henry,  b.  April  24,  1S9S  (Worcester 
Academy,  20),  U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  Oct., 
1918  to  March  12,  1919. 


McHugh,  Bartholomew  Franklin,  p.  333;  trus- 
tee N.  H.  State  Prison. 

McLane,  John  Roy,  p.  159;  s.  Charles  Bancroft, 
b.  March,  1919. 

McQuaid,  Elias  Alfred,  p.  383;  on  staff  of  New 
York  World,  1919-. 

Merrill,  Robert  Josiah,  p.  54;  resigned  as  in- 
surance commissioner,  Nov.,  1917,  to  become 
secretary  of  the  United  Life  &  Accident  Ins. 
Co.,  Concord. 

Miller,  Ida  Farr,  p.  62;  member  Soc.  for 
Pr'exertation  of  N.  E.  Antiquities,  not  Pre- 
rention  as  printed. 

Merrill,  Arthur  Putnam,  p.  170;  member  N.  H. 
state  senate,  1919-20  (president). 

Morrison,  Henry  Clinton,  p.  77;  assistant  secre- 
tary Connecticut  State  Board  of  Education 
since  1918;  removed  to  Middletown,  Conn. 

Moses,  George  Higgins,  p.  127;  elected  U.  S. 
Senator  from  New  Hampshire  to  fill  unex- 
pired  term  of  the  late  Jacob  H.  Gallinger, 
Nov.  5,  1918;  assigned  to  committees  on  agri- 
culture, the  library  and  printing;  s.  Gordon, 
now  midshipman,  U.  S.  Naval  Academy, 
Annapolis,  Md. 

Murchie,  Alexander,  p.  47;  secretary  Demo- 
cratic state  committee,  Feb.  1,  1918,  to  Sept., 
1918 — chairman  since;  legal  adviser  for  New 
Hampshire,  to  the  U.  S.  Custodian  of  Alien 
Property;  dau.  Jean,  b.  Nov.  30,  1917.  Resi- 
dence, 7  Pine  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Murchie,  Robert  Charles,  p.  9.  major.  National 
Army,  Adjutant  General's  Dept.;  graduate 
Army  General  Staff  College,  Dec.  31,  1918; 
honorably  discharged,  Feb.,  1919. 

Murphy,  David  Edward,  p.  261;  President  Con- 
cord Board  of  Trade,  1906-10. 

Niles,  Edward  Cullen,  p.  49;  resigned  as  Public 
Service  Commissioner,  July  27,  1918,  to  be- 
come assistant  to  the  director  of  Public  Serv- 
ice, U.  S.  Railroad  Administration,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Niles,  Harold  Herbert,  p.  451;  trustee  of  N.  H. 
State  Prison,  19 19-. 

Parker,  Edward  Melville,  p.  91:  chaplain  N.  H. 
State  Guard;  s.  Henry  Melville,  b.  Jan.  9, 
1919;  named  for  his  grandfather,  a  Massa- 
chusetts lawyer,  native  of  Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

Parker,  Hosea  Washington,  p.  9;  member  and 
temporary  president  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  191S. 

Pearson,  Edward  Nathan,  p.  3;  trustee  Kimball 
Union  Academy;  vice-president  Northern 
Bunkers  Ass'n,  vice-president  and  director 
N.  H.  Bible  Soc. 

Pillsbury,  Rosecrans  William,  p.  55;  proprietor 
Manchester  Mirror,  1918-. 

Powers,  Samuel  Leland,  p.  49;  s.  Leland,  b. 
July  1,  1S90;  Dartmouth,  A.B.  1910  (Phi. 
Beta  Kappa),  A.M.  1911;  Harvard.  LI..B. 
1914;  admitted  to  the  bar  and  since  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Powers  &  Hall,  Boston; 
member  Mass,  house  of  representatives 
191S-19  (chairman  committee  on  bills  in  the 
third  reading:  m.,  1913,  Barsheba  T.  Thru-- 
wit, Denver,  Colo.;  two  children,  Pollv  and 


Vlll 


ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


Samuel  Leland.  Residence,  Newtonville, 
Mass. 

Powers,  Wilbur  Howard,  p.  33;  s.  Walter  (Dart- 
mouth 1906,  Harvard  Law  School,  1909), 
Major  in  Ordnance  Department,  A.  E.  F., 
serving  in  France. 

Quimby,  Frank  Pierce,  p.  103;  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918. 

Rainie,  Herbert  Williamson,  p.  425;  s.  Donald 
Garland,  b.  March  6,  1919. 

Ranney,  William  Bradford,  p.  313,  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1919-20; 
chairman  Merrimack  County  delegation. 

Richardson,  Albert  James,  p.  62;  president  Lit- 
tleton Board  of  Trade. 

Richardson,  Ellen  Ruddick,  p.  121;  d.  March  10, 
1919. 

Robie,  Edward,  p.  98;  d.  Sept.  20,  1917. 

Rollins,  Dillwyn  Sidney,  p.  28;  trustee  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  H. 

Rossi  ter,  William  S.,  p.  118;  called  to  Washing- 
ton in  July,  1918,  as  member  of  staff  of  Dean 
E.  F.  Gay,  director  of  the  Central  Bureau  of 
Planning  and  Statistics;  prepared  progress 
reports  of  the  Navy  for  the  President:  re- 
signed Feb.,  1919;  chairman  joint  committee 
of  the  American  Statistical  and  American 
Economic  Ass'ns  to  advise  the  director  of  the 
Census  on  the  14th  Census  of  the  United 
States;  President  of  the  Rumford  Printing 
Co.,  since  the  death  of  William  E.  Chandler. 

Rowe,  Stewart  Everett  p.  39;  re-elected  treas- 
urer Rockingham,  County,  Nov.,  1918; 
commander  N.  H.  Division,  S.  of  V.,  1918. 
Ch.  Rock.  Co.  United  War  Works  Campaign. 

Sargent,  Orison  Clark,  p.  219;  d.  Feb.  26,  1919. 

Sherman,  Lillian  Adelaide  Tourtelotte,  p.  146; 
War  historian  for  town  of  Warner;  press 
correspondent,  Dept.  of  N.  H.,  National 
W.  R.  C. 

Shockley,  Alice  Porter,  p.  45;  president  New 
Bedford  College  Club,  vice-president  New 
Bedford  Woman's  Club,  vice-president 
Y.  W.  C.  A.,  supervisor  New  Bedford  Junior 
Red  Cross. 

Slayton,  William  Harvey,  p. 239;  superintendent 
of  schools,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  since  1918. 

Smith,  Edward  M.,  p.  50;  d.  .March  13,  1919. 

Spaulding,  Rolland  Harty,  p.  21;  N.  II.  Direc- 
tor U.  W.  W.,  trustee  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.; 
m.,  Dec.  IS,  191S,  Vera  A.  Going,  Rochester, 
N.  H. 

Stone,  George  Weare,  p.  158;  member  N.  IT. 
constitutional  convention,  1918;  secretary 
Division  1.  Merrimack  County  legal  advisory 
board,  N.  H.  Selective  Service. 

Storrs,  John  Williams,  p.  293;  member  N.  H. 
Public  Service  Commission  since  Dec.  23, 
1918. 

Streeter,  Frank  Sherwin,  p.  15:  President  State 
Bd.  of  Education,  1919-. 


Sullivan,  Dennis  Edward,  p.  103;  Captain 
U.  S.  Medical  Reserve  Corps,  Base  Hospital,. 
Camp  Upton,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  July  5  to 
Dec.  14,  1918;  detailed  to  duty,  Harvard 
S.  A.  T.  C.,  Dec.  2  to  Dec.  12. 

Taylor,  Levi  Colby,  p.  91;  m.,  Dec.  8,  1874,  in- 
stead of  1879  as  printed. 

Thayer,  William  Wentworth,  p.  61;  in  charge  of 
War  Trade  Board,  American  Embassy, 
London,  England. 

Theriault,  Marcel,  p.  269;  general  manager 
Abbot-Downing  Co.,  Concord,  1919-. 

Towle, Fred  Scales,  p.  217;  Captain  Medical  Re- 
serve Corps,  U.  S.  A.;  d.  Oct.  10,  1918,  in  a 
fire  at  U.  S.  Base  Hospital,  Colonial,  N.  J. 

Tufts,  James  Arthur,  p.  09;  member  N.  H. 
senate,  1919-20;  chairman  committee  on 
education. 

Turner,  Huffman  George,  p.  407;  should  be 
printed  George  Huffman. 

Tuttle,  James  Patterson,  p.  97;  resigned  as. 
Attorney  General,  April  16,  1918,  to  return  to 
private  practice  in  Manchester. 

Wallace,  James  Burns,  p.  170;  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918. 

Walker,  Charles  Rumford,  p.  6;  member  Mer- 
rimack County  Selective  Service  Board, 
District  No.  1;  s.  Charles  R.,  Jr.,  first  lieu- 
tenant, U.  S.  Coast  Artillery,  in  service  since 
Oct.,  1917;  served  in  England;  last  at  Fort 
Eustis,  Ya. 

Wason,  Edward  Hills,  p.  251 ;  re-elected  to  Con- 
gress Nov.,  191S;  m.  and  has  a  son. 

Wason,  George  Butler,  p.  167;  re-elected  to- 
Massachusetts  executive  council,  Nov.,  1918. 

Watson,  Irving  Allison,  p.  22;  d.  April  2,  1918. 

Webster,  Harold  Adams,  p.  134:  m.,  June  1, 
1918,  Charlotte  White,  Concord.  Residence,. 
Concord,  N.  H.;  son,  Harold  Adams,  Jr.,  b. 
April  18,  1919. 

Webster,  Rev.  Lorin,  p.  363;  Author  "Chips 
from  a  Busy  Workshop"  (volume  of  verse), 
The  Gorham  Press,  1919. 

Wendell,  Caroline  R.,  p.  167;  temporary  presi- 
dent N.  H.  W.  C.  T.  U.,  March,  1919-. 

Whipple,  Sherman  Leland,  p.  131;  counsel  for 
U.  S.  Shipping  Board,  1918-;  s.  Sherman  Le- 
land, Jr.;  returned  from  service  in  France, 
entered  Harvard  R.  O.  T.  C.,  and  later  sta- 
tioned at  Camp  Lee,  Ya.;  m.,  April  15,  1919, 
Margaret  Cassandra  Jones,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Whitcher,  William  Frederick,  p.  113;  d.  May 
31,  191S. 

Willis,  Eben  Marston,  p.  106;  d.  Jan.  1,  1919. 

Winslow,  Sherburn  J.,  p.  430;  d.  Feb.  19,  1919. 

Wood,  Mary  Inez  Stevens,  p.  17'J;  New  Hamp- 
shire director,  w.  s.  s. 

Woodbury,  Gordon,  p.  66,  in  Y.  M.  C.  A.  service- 
in  France,  1918. 

Woolson,  Augustus  A.,  p.  202;  d.  Dec.  15,  191S. 


HON.  WILLIAM  E.  CHANDLER 


ONE  THOUSAND 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


Chandler,  William  Eaton 

Lawyer,  statesman,  publicist;  b.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  Dec.  28,  1835;  s.  Nathan 
S.  and  Mary  Ann  (Tucker)  Chand- 
ler; ed.  public  and  private  schools, 
Thetford,  Vt.,  and  Pembroke,  N.  H., 
academies,  and  Harvard  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1854;  admitted  to  the  bar,  1855, 
commencing  practice  in  Concord;  re- 
porter of  N.  H.  Supreme  Court,  1859; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1862-3-4  and  1881  (speaker  in 
1863-4);  member,  N.  H.  constitutional 
conventions,  1876,  1902;  solicitor  and 
judge-advocate-general,  U.  S.  Navy 
Dept.,  March  9  to  June  17,  1865;  first 
assistant  secretary  of  the  treasury, 
June  17,  1865  to  Nov.  30,  1867;  ap- 
pointed solicitor-general  of  United 
States,  March  31,  1881,  but  rejected 
by  the  Senate;  secretary  of  the  navy, 
1882-5;  inaugurated  the  "new  navy" 
movement  and  built  four  cruisers; 
organized  Greeley  relief  expedition, 
1884;  U.  S.  senator,  1887-1901;  presi- 
dent, Spanish  Treaty  Claims  Commis- 
sion, 1901-7;  Unitarian;  Republican; 
secretary,  Republican  state  committee 
of  New  Hampshire,  1858-60;  secretary, 
Republican  national  committee,  1868 
-76;  delegate-at-large,  Republican  na- 
tional convention,  1876,  1902;  leader 
in  movement  for  erection  of  a  statue 
of  President  Franklin  Pierce,  and  mem- 
ber of  the  commission  which  carried 
out  the  project  in  1914;  founder 
and  president  of  Daniel  Webster 
Birthplace  Ass'n;  received  honorary 
degree  of  A.M.  from  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  1866,  and  LL.D.  in  1901;  con- 
tributing editor  of  Concord  Monitor 
and  Statesman  for  more  than  forty 
years,  and  author  of  many  monographs 
and  pamphlets  discussing  public  ques- 
tions; m.,  1st,  June  29,  1859,  Ann 
Caroline,  dau.  Gov.  Joseph  A.  Gilmore, 


who  d.  March  20,  1871;  2d,  Dec.  23, 
1874,  Lucy  Lambert,  dau.  Hon.  John 
P.  Hale,  who  d.  Oct.  15,  1915;  children, 
Joseph  Gilmore,  b.  1860;  William 
Dwight,  b.  1863;  Lloyd  Horwitz,  b. 
1869;  John  P.  Hale,  b.  1885.  Address, 
Concord,  N.  H.;  summer  home, 
Waterloo,  N.  H. 

Pearson,  Edward  Nathan  w' 

Teacher,    editor,    bank    official;    b., 
Boscawen,    N.   H.,   Sept.   7,    1859;   s. 


John  Couch  and  Elizabeth  (Colby) 
Pearson;  ed.  Kiinball  Union  Academy, 
Penacook  Academy,  and  Dartmouth 
College,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  A.B.  1881, 
A.M.  1883;  public  school  teacher, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  1881-2;  city  edi- 
tor, associate  editor,  managing  editor, 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Concord  Evening  Monitor,  1882-98; 
business  manager,  Republican  Press 
Ass'n,  1892-8;  business  manager,  Rum- 
ford  Printing  Co.,  1898-9;  public 
printer,  1893-7;  N.  H.  secretary  of 
state,  March,  1899  to  May,  1915;  di- 
rector and  cashier,  First  National  Bank, 
Concord;  director,  Peterboro  &  Hills- 
boro  R.  R.,  Concord  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Co.,  United  Life  &  Accident 
Insurance  Co.,  Concord  Investment 
Co.,  Concord  Shoe  Factory;  Republi- 
can; Congregationalist;  member,  Wono- 
lancet  Club,  Capital  Grange,  P.  of  H.; 
m.,  Dec.  6,  1882,  Lebanon,  N.  H., 
Addie  Maria  Sargent;  children,  Edward 
N.  Pearson,  Jr.,  Robert  H.  Pearson 
(Dartmouth,  1907),  d.,  John  W.  Pear- 
son (Dartmouth,  1911),  Mildred  (Mrs. 
Howard  A.  Morrison.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

>'      McDuffee,  Willis 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Rochester, 
N.  H.,  March  15,  1868;  s.  Franklin  and 


Mar}'  Frances  (Hayes)   McDufTee;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Dartmouth  College, 


A.B.  1890;  six  months'  tour  abroad 
following  graduation;  editor  of  the 
Rochester  Courier  and  president  Cour- 
ier Publishing  Co.  since  Oct.,  1891; 
Republican;  representative  in  N.  H. 
legislature,  1895-6;  member,  Rochester 
school  board,  three  years;  trustee, 
Rochester  public  library,  1899  to  date; 
trustee,  N.  H.  College  of  Agriculture 
and  Mechanic  Arts,  1914-16;  director, 
Rochester  National  Bank;  Congrega- 
tionalist; Mason,  Knight  Templar; 
was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  Pro- 
gressive movement  in  New  Hampshire, 
but  refused  to  support  Roosevelt  in 
1912,  and  presided  at  the  meeting  of 
"Taft  Progressives"  which  was  largely 
responsible  for  the  Republican  pri- 
maries going  for  Taft;  personal  cam- 
paign manager  for  Rolland  H.  Spauld- 
ing  in  his  successful  campaign  for 
governor  in  1914;  m.,  July  22,  1897, 
Dora  Haley;  children,  Franklin,  b. 
May  2,  1898;  Maude  Chase,  b. 
June  12,  1901.  Residence,  Rochester, 
N.  H. 

Colby,  Frederick  Myron 

Author  and  probate  attorney;  b., 
Warner,  N.  H.,  Dec.  9,  1848;  s.  Levi  O. 
and  Mary  (Durrell)  Colby;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Colby  Academy;  com- 
menced writing  in  early  life,  for  various 
publications,  including  the  Youth's 
Companion,  St.  Nicholas,  and  other 
periodicals  for  the  young;  author  of  an 
interesting  series  of  articles  on  "His- 
toric Mansions  of  New  Hampshire"; 
long  time  contributor  to  the  Grajiite 
Monthly,  writing  on  topics  of  local, 
state  and  general  interest;  author  of 
various  published  volumes,  including 
"Pharaoh's  Daughter,"  "Bonnie  Lads 
and  Bonnie  Lasses,"  "Kings  and  Girl 
Queens,"  etc.;  Liberal;  Democrat; 
member,  board  of  education,  1878- 
SS;  town  treasurer,  1885-0,  1895; 
postmaster  of  Warner,  1894-9;  super- 
intendent, Simonds  Free  High  School, 
1910-15;  Democratic  candidate  for 
Congress,  N.  H.  second  district,  1908; 
member,  Manchester  Press  Club,  Won- 
olancet  Club,  Concord;  m.,  1st,  Dec. 
25,  1882,  H.  Maria  George  of  Warner, 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


authoress,  who  d.  March  29,  1910;  2d, 
June  29,  1915,  Ella  S.  Palmer.  Resi- 
dence, Warner,  N.  H. 

Cook,  George 

Physician;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  Nov.  16, 
1848;  s.  Solomon  and  Susan  Ann 
(Hayes)  Cook;  ed.  Franklin,  N.  H., 
Academy,  Concord  high  school,  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont  Medical  College, 
Dartmouth  Medical  College,  M.D., 
1869;  practiced  at  Henniker,  N.  H., 
1869-70;  Hillsborough,  1870-5;  Concord 
since  1875;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
superintendent  of  schools,  Hillsborough, 
1874;  city  physician,  Concord,  1878- 
84;  member,  N.H.  house  of  represent- 
atives, 1883-4;  inspector,  state  board 
of  health,  1885;  assistant  surgeon, 
N.  H.  N.  G.,  1879;  surgeon,  1882; 
medical  director,  1884;  surgeon-general, 
1893-4;  U.  S.  pension  examining 
surgeon,  1889-93;  member,  staff, 
Margaret  Pillsbury  Hospital,  since 
Oct.  20,  1884;  president,  X.  H. 
medical  examining  and  registration 
board  since  1897;  member,  N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.,  Center  District  Medi- 
cal Soc.  (president,  1882),  Ass'n. 
Military  Surgeons  of  U.  S.,  American 
Medical  Ass'n.;  major  and  chief  sur- 

feon,  1st  Div.,  2d  Army  Corps,  U.  S.  V. 
panish  American  War;  Mason, 
Odd  Fellow,  S.  of  V.,  member,  X.  H. 
Historical  Soc.;  grand  president, 
Alpha  Kappa  Kappa  fraternity  for 
ten  years;  vestryman,  St.  Paul's  Epis- 
copal church,  Concord,  for  thirty 
years  past;  member,  X.  H.  Draft  Re- 
gistration Board.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Green,  Henry  Francis 

Merchant,  banker,  manufacturer; 
b.,  Lyndon,  Vt.,  Feb.  <i,  1844;  s.  Harry 
and  Marilla  (Smith)  Green;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools;  engaged  for  a  time  in  rail- 
way service  in  Vermont  and  in  manu- 
facturing in  Indiana;  settled  in  Little- 
ton, X.  H.,  in  March,  1X77;  engaged 
for  two  years  in  the  grocery  trade  with 
Charles  Eaton,  then  entered  the  service 
of  the  Saranac  Glove  Co.,  with  which 
he  has  since  continued,  except  for  a 


short  period,  pending  reorganization, 
when  he  was  engaged  in  lumbering. 
Since  the  reorganization  he  has  been 
vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Saranac  Glove  Co.;  president,  Little- 
ton National  Bank,  and  trustee, 
Littleton  Savings  Bank;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  long  active  in 
party  affairs;  selectman,  1892-9; 
member  board  of  education  eleven 
years;  several  years  general  manager, 
Littleton  Water  &  Light  Co.;  repre- 
sentative in  the  X.  H.  legislature,  1883 


and  1901,  serving  as  chairman  com- 
mittee on  appropriations  the  latter 
year;  six  years  member,  board  of 
commissioners  for  Grafton  County; 
member,  X.  H.  executive  council, 
1S99-1901;  member,  constitutional 
convention,  1902;  member,  state 
board  of  bank  commissioners,  1905-11 
chairman,  hoard  of  selectmen,  and 
member,  Carnegie  Library  building 
committee,  1905;  Mason,  32d  degree, 
and  Knight  Templar;  in.,  June  18, 
1872,  Jennie  Smith,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Residence,  Littleton,  X.  11. 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Walker,  Charles  Rumford 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  13,  1852;  s.  Joseph  B.  and 
Elizabeth  L.  (Upham)  Walker;  de- 
scendant in  the  fourth  generation  from 


Rev.  Timothy  Walker,  first  minister  of 
Concord;  ed.  Concord  public  schools, 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1870,  Yale 
University,  1874,  Harvard  Medical 
School,  1878,  supplemented  by  ex- 
tended study  in  Europe,  at  Dublin, 
London,  Vienna  and  Strassburg;  com- 
menced practice  in  Concord  in  1881, 
where  he  has  continued;  member, 
N.  H.  Medical  Soc.  (president  in  1899), 
American  Medical  Hoc.;  on  staff  and 
consulting  staff,  Margaret.  PilLsbury 
Hospital,  Concord,  since  its  foundation; 
consulting  staff  X.  H.  Memorial  Hospi- 
tal for  women  and  children;  physician 
at  St.  Paul's  School,  sixteen  years; 
Congregationalist ;  Republican;  mem- 
ber, Concord  board  of  aldermen,  1892; 
representative  in  N.  H.  legislature  from 
Ward  5,  1894;  trustee  and  member  of 
the  investment  committee.  X.  H.  Sav- 
ings Bank;  president,  board  of  trustees, 


Rolfe  &  Rumford  Asylum;  member, 
board  of  trustees  and  treasurer  of  the 
Timothy  and  Abigail  B.  Walker  Lecture 
Fund;  member,  Concord  water  board; 
member,  Wonolancet  Club,  Snowshoe 
Club;  m.,  Frances  Sheaf e,  Jan.  18, 
1888;  children,  Sheafe  Walker,  b.  Nov. 
16,  1888;  Charles  R.  Walker,  Jr.,  b. 
July  31,  1893.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Couch,  Benjamin  Warren   ' 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
19,  1873;  s.  Benjamin  Warren  and 
Susan  Cornell  (Woodward)  Couch; 
ed.  Concord  high  school,  Dartmouth 
College,  1896,  Harvard  Law  School, 
1899;  admitted  to  the  bar,  June, 
1899;  entered  office  of  Leach  & 
Stevens;  admitted  to  the  firm,  Jan. 
1,  1901;  now  member  of  the  firm 


of  Stevens,  Couch  &  Stevens  formed 
Jan.  1,  1914;  Unitarian;  Republi- 
can; member  and  president,  Con- 
cord city  council,  1905-6;  member, 
Concord  police  commission,  1906- 
9;  trustee,  X.  H.  State  Hospital, 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


1907-13;  member,.  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  and  chairman  ju- 
diciary committee,  1911-13-15-17; 
member,  N.  H.  Board  of  Control,  1913- 
15;  chairman,  State  Board  of  Trustees, 
1917- ;  trustee,  Merrimack  County  Sav- 
ings Bank;  treasurer,  Concord  Gas 
Light  Co.;  Mason;  member,  Wonolan- 
cet,  Passaconaway,  Beaver  Meadow 
and  Bow  Brook  clubs;  m.,  Nov.  10, 
1900,  Gertrude  A.  Underbill  of  Con- 
cord. Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Elwell,  Rufus  Newell 

Lumberman,  general  insurance 
agent,  manufacturer;  b.,  Detroit,  Me., 
Aug.  24,  1862;  s.  George  H.  and  Han- 
nah E.  (Prentiss)  Elwell;  ed.  common 
schools  and  Maine  Central  Institute; 
removed  with  parents  to  Newton, 
N.  H.,  when  18  years  of  age;  has  re- 
sided in  Exeter  for  the  last  thirty 
years;  extensively  engaged  in  lumber- 
ing in  New  Hampshire  and  Maine; 
manages  a  general  insurance  agency 
(fire  and  casualty)  in  Exeter,  with 
over  seventy  sub-agencies;  director 
of  Exeter  Co-operative  Bank  for  the 
last  thirty  years;  director  and  man- 
ager, Abbot  Downing  Co.,  of  Concord; 
Baptist ;  Republican ;  member,  staff  of 
Gov.  Hiram  A.  Tuttle,  1891-3,  with 
rank  of  colonel;  U.  S.  collector  of 
customs  at  Portsmouth,  1898-1905; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, eight  years,  taking  a  prominent 
part  in  the  work  of  legislation,  both 
on  the  floor  and  in  the  committee 
room;  speaker,  1905-6;  associated  with 
the  Odd  Fellows,  Red  Men,  Sons  of 
Veterans,  Derryfield  Club  of  Man- 
chester and  the  American  Peace  So- 
ciety; m.,  March  14,  1888,  Mary  E. 
Boswell.  They  have  two  children, 
George  W.  and  Clinton  W.  Residence, 
Exeter,  N.  II. 

Corning,  Charles  Robert 

Lawyer,  author;  b.,  Concord,  X.  H., 
Dec.  20,  1S55;  s.  Robert  Nesmith  and 
Mary  Lougee  (Woodman)  Corning; 
ed.  Concord  schools,  Phillips  (Ando- 
ver)  Academy,  private  teachers;  studied 
law  with  Marshall  it  Chase  and  at 


Harvard  Law  School;  admitted  to  the 
bar  March,  1882;  Republican,  elected 
to  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1878  and  1883;  member,  state  sen- 
ate, 1889;  assistant  attorney,  U.  S. 
Department  of  Justice,  1892-5;  mayor 
of  Concord,  1903-9;  member,  Concord 
board  of  education,  1881-2,  1884-7, 
chairman,  1899-1908;  judge  of  probate 
for  Merrimack  county  since  1899; 
trustee,  Concord  city  library,  1887-91 ; 
trustee,  N.  H.  state  library,  1887-92; 
trustee,  N.  H.  normal  school,  1906-13; 


member,  Blazing  Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  of  Concord,  member,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.;  author  of  "Aalesund  to 
Tetuan,"  a  volume  based  on  travels  in 
Europe  and  of  many  historical  ad- 
dresses, biographies  and  monographs; 
delivered  the  historical  address  at  the 
5()th  anniversary  of  th<>  city  of  Con- 
cord, Aug.  21,  HM)5.  and  the'  15()th  an- 
niversary celebration  of  Concord, 
June  7,  1915;  received  honorary 
degree  of  A.M.  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  1SS7.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 


Hox.  HOSEA  W.  PARKER 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Parker,  Hosea  Washington 

Lawyer,  statesman,  publicist;  b., 
Lempster,  N.  H.,  May  30,  1833;  s. 
Benjamin  and  Olive  (Nichols)  Parker; 
ed.  Tubbs  Union  Academy,  Green 
Mountain  Liberal  Institute  and  Tufts 
College;  studied  law  with  Edmund 
Burke  of  Newport;  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1859;  commenced  practice  in 
Claremont  in  1860  and  there  con- 
tinued; has  been  counsel  for  the  town 
of  Claremont  for  nearly  fifty  years, 
and  president  of  the  Sullivan  County 
bar  since  1905;  was  tendered  a  com- 
plimentary banquet  by  the  bar  on  his 
eightieth  birthday  anniversary;  Demo- 
crat; served  many  years  on  town  and 
state  committees;  represented  Lemp- 
ster in  the  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives in  1859  and  1860,  and  presided 
at  the  legislative  reunion  in  Concord 
in  1915;  member,  U.  S.  house  of 
representatives,  1871  to  1875,  serving 
on  the  education  and  patents  commit- 
tees and  largely  responsible  for  the  re- 
fusal of  patent  extensions  resulting  in 
the  overthrow  of  the  sewing  machine 
monopoly;  Universalist;  superinten- 
dent, Claremont  Universalist  Sunday 
school  for  the  last  fifty-seven  years; 
twice  president  of  the  Universalist  gen- 
eral convention,  and  president  of  the 
state  convention  for  the  last  twelve 
years;  Mason,  Knight  Templar,  elected 
Eminent  Commander  Sullivan  Com- 
mandery  in  1869,  serving  twenty-one 
years  in  all ;  trustee  of  Tufts  College,  and 
for  some  years  president  of  the  board; 
received  honorary  degree  of  A.M.,  in 
1883,  and  of  LL.D.  from  Tufts  in  1912; 
in.,  May  30,  1861,  Caroline  Lovisa 
Southgate,  who  d.  Sept.  14,  1904; 
their  dau.,  Lizzie  S.,  b.  June  17,  1865 
(Smith  College,  1888),  is  the  wife  of 
Rev.  Lee  S.  McCollester,  D.D.,  dean 
of  the  Tufts  College  Divinity  School. 
Residence,  Claremont,  N.  H. 

Murchie,  Robert  Charles 

Lawyer;  b.,  Creetown,  Kirkcud- 
brightshire, Scotland,  Jan.  22,  1885; 
s.  William  and  Agnes  Janet  (Kellie) 
Murchie;  removed  to  America  in 
early  childhood;  ed.  Concord  high 


school  and  University  of  Michigan, 
Law  Department,  graduating  LL.B. 
in  1909;  admitted  to  the  New  Hamp- 
shire bar,  June  26,  1909;  employed 
for  a  time  in  the  office  of  Henry  F. 
Hollis;  subsequently  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Remick  &  Hollis; 
upon  dissolution  of  this  firm  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Hollis  & 
Murchie  and  so  continues;  Democrat; 
elected  solicitor  of  Merrimack  County 


in  Nov.,  1912;  re-elected  in  1914; 
resigned,  Jan.  1,  1917,  to  enter  upon 
his  duties  as  representative  from 
Ward  3,  in  the  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, to  which  he  hud  been 
elected  in  November  previous;  mem- 
ber of  the  house  judiciary  committee; 
secretary,  N.  II.  Democratic  state 
committee,  since  1912;  member,  Dem- 
ocratic national  committee  for  New 
Hampshire,  since  June,  1916;  spoke 
extensively  for  the  Democratic  party 
on  the  stump  in  the  last  three  cam- 
paigns; affiliated  with  the  Elks. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H . 


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ONE   THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Parker,  Hiram 

Farmer  and  merchant;  b.,  Lempster, 
N.  H.,  July  3,  1830;  s.  Benjamin  and 
Olive  (Nichols)  Parker;  ed.  Ijempster 


town  and  high  schools;  resided  on  the 
old  homestead  and  engaged  actively 
in  agriculture  for  man}'  years;  served 
for  twelve  years  or  four  terms,  from 
1875  to  1887,  as  a  member  of  the 
N.  H.  board  of  agriculture  for  the 
County  of  Sullivan;  for  the  last 
thirty  years  or  more  has  conducted  a 
general  country  store  at  Lempster 
"Street,"  the  principal  village  of  the 
town;  Universalist ;  Democrat;  has 
served  his  town  many  years  as  select- 
man, clerk  and  moderator,  and  unani- 
mously re-elected  to  the  latter  office  at 
the  last  election,  at  St>  years  of  age; 
postmaster  at  Lempster  for  twenty-four 
years,  from  18X9;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  IXI>.'}-1;  dele- 
gate in  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1912;  leading  spirit  in  celebration 
of  "Old  Home  Day,"  which  has  been 
observed  in  Lempster  since  its  institu- 


tion in  1899;  vice-president,  N.  H. 
Old  Home  Week  Ass'n;  member, 
Silver  Mountain  Grange,  P.  of  H., 
Lempster;  m.,  Oct.  11,  1854,  Helen  G. 
Moore,  who  d.  Dec.  13,  1911;  children, 
Fred  C.  (N.  H.  College,  1879),  Jennie 
L.  (Mrs.  H.  F.  Olmstead),  Carl  A. 
Residence,  Lempster,  N.  H. 

Allison,  Henry  Darracott 

Merchant,  real  estate,  postmaster; 
b.,  Dublin,  N.  H.,  Feb.  2,  1869;  s. 
James  and  Sarah  Jane  (Darracott) 
Allison;  ed.  public  schools,  Bryant 
&  Stratton  Business  College,  Boston, 
1888;  after  graduation  was  em- 
ployed for  a  time  as  bookkeeper  and 
taught  penmanship,  then  entered  mer- 
cantile business  in  his  native  town  and 
has  since  continued;  Unitarian;  Pro- 
gressive; representative  in  N.  H.  leg- 
islature in  1913-11,  serving  as  chair- 
man, committee  on  public  improve- 


ments, and  member  of  the  committee 
of  five  on  rcdistricting  the  state, 
also  chairman  of  the  Progressive  legis- 
lative caucus;  chosen  candidate  of  Pro- 


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11 


gressive  party  for  governor  in  1914; 
member  and  past  master,  Altemont 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Peterborough, 
Peterborough  Royal  Arch  Chapter, 
'St.  John's  Council  and  Hugh  de 
Payens  Commandery,  Keene;  Pa- 
quoig  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Marlboro; 
m.,  Feb.  3,  1891,  Florence  Cowing 
Mason;  three  children,  Hildreth  M. 
(Dartmouth  College),  Elliott  S.  (Keene 
high  school),  Christine.  Residence, 
Dublin,  N.  H. 

Weed,  Charles  Frederick 

Lawyer,  banker;  b.,  Claremont, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  22,  1874;  s.  Charles  Harvey 
and  Hattie  Maria  (Redfield)  Weed;  ed. 
Stevens  High  School,  Claremont,  Trin- 
ity College,  Hartford,  Ct.,  A.B.,  1894, 
A.M.,  1897,  ARE,  PBK;  Harvard 
Law  School,  LL.B.,  cum  laude,  1898; 
practiced  law  in  Boston  eighteen  years; 
president^  Boston  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, 1917;  vice-president,  First 
National  Bank;  vice-chairman,  Mass. 
Committee  of  Public  Safety;  member, 
school  committee  of  Brookline;  Re- 
publican; Episcopalian;  m.,  Sept.  10, 
1901,  Mary  Duncan  Walker  of  Clare- 
mont; children,  Frances  Duncan,  b. 
April  13,  1904;  Frederick  Redfield, 
b.  June  3,  1906;  Mary  Duncan,  b. 
Sept.  23,  1916.  Residence,  30  Griggs 
Rd.,  Brookline,  Mass.;  office,  53  State 
St.,  Boston. 

Swart,  William  Dumond 

Manufacturer;  b.,  New  Kingston, 
N.  Y.,  July  9,  18.56;  s.  William  R. 
and  Eliza  (Dumond)  Swart;  de- 
scendant on  both  sides  of  Dutch  an- 
cestors among  the  first  settlors  of  New 
York;  grandson  of  Samuel  Swart,  a 
soldier  of  the  War  of  1812;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools  and  Wesleyan  Academy, 
Wilbraham,  Mass.;  for  seven  years, 
from  eighteen  years  of  age,  in  employ 
of  wholesale  dry  goods  houses  in  New 
York  City;  engaged  for  an  equal 
time  in  decorative  art  in  Newark,  N.  J.; 
traveled  two  years  and,  in  1S90,  lo- 
cated in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  where  he  has 
since  remained;  engaged  first  in  retail 
lumber  business  with  Charles  A.  Roby, 


under  name  of  Roby  &  Swart.  Having 
purchased  the  Underbill  Edge  Tool 
plant  in  Nashua,  in  1894  the  retail 
business  was  consolidated  with  F.  D. 
Cook  &  Co.,  the  manufacturing  and 
wholesale  business  being  retained  and 
conducted  by  the  Roby  &  Swart  Mfg. 
Co.,  Mr.  Swart  being  a  director  in  the 
former  company  and  director  and 
treasurer  of  the  latter;  director  and 
treasurer  of  the  Nashua  Building  Co., 


of  the  Nashua  Paper  Box  Co.  and 
the  American  Box  and  Lumber  Co.; 
president,  Nashua  Trust  Co.,  Nashua 
Development  Co.,  Nashua  Country 
Club ;  president,  Nashua  Board  of  Trade, 
1893-5,  1897-8;  Republican;  member, 
Nashua  common  council,  1893-5,  and 
president  the  last  two  years;  repre- 
sentative in  N.  H.  legislature,  1909-10; 
senator  from  District  19,  1911-12,  and 
president  of  the  senate;  colonel  on 
staff  of  ( Jov.  (Jeo.  A.  Hamsdell,  1S77-S; 
candidate  for  councilor,  receiving  a 
plurality  vote,  in  1912;  councilor, 
1917-18;  delegate  at  large  to  Republican 
national  convention  at  Chicago,  191(5; 


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ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Mason,  32d  degree,  Knight  Templar 
and  Shriner;  m.,  Oct.  7,  1890,  Lizzie 
A.,  dau.  of  Luther  A.  Roby;  children, 
Elizabeth  and  William  Roby.  Resi- 
dence, Nashua,  N.  H. 

Cheney,  Harry  Morrison 

Printer  and  publisher;  b.,  Newport, 
N.  H.,  March  8,  1860;  s.  Elias 
Hutchins  and  Susan  W.  (Youngman) 
Cheney;  ed.  Colby  Academy,  New 
London,  N.  H.,  and1  Bates  College, 
Lewiston,  Me.,  graduating  from  former 


ship  with  the  Masons  (33d  degree), 
Odd  Fellows.  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
Elks;  secretary  of  the  Masonic  grand 
bodies  of  New  Hampshire,  since  Dec., 
1909;  m.,  Dec.  19,  1893,  Mary  E. 
Vose;  children,  Esther,  b.  April  3, 
189K;  Kathryn,  b.  April  25,  1897. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Stevens,  Henry  Webster 

Lawyer:  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  March 
5,  1853;  s.  Lyman  Dewey  and  Achsah 
Pollard  (French)  Stevens,  his  mother 


in  1882  and  latter  in  18S6;  engaged  in 
journalism  in  Lebanon,  after  leaving 
college,  in  the  office  of  the  Lebanon  Free 
I'ress,  of  which  his  father  was  long 
proprietor,  and  was  himself  for  a 
number  of  years  publisher  of  that 
paper;  Unitarian;  Republican,  and 
long  active  in  party  affairs;  auditor, 
state  printer's  accounts,  1889-90;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  house  of  representatives 
from  Lebanon,  1893,  1S95,  and  speaker 
in  1903;  state  senator  in  1897-8;  mem- 
ber of  council  of  (!ov.  Frank  W. 
Rollins,  1S99-1900;  holds  member- 


also  having  been  born  in  Concord  in 
the  Countess  of  Rumford  House  at  the 
South  end  of  Main  St.;  ed.  Concord 
schools,  Phillips  (Andover)  Academy, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1875,  Boston 
University  Law  School,  LL.B.,  1877; 
admitted  to  N.  H.  bar  in  1878  and  since 
in  practice  of  law  in  Concord,  first 
with  his  father,  Hon.  Lyman  D.  Stev- 
ens, then  with  Edward  (1.  Leach  until 
19(K),  when  Benjamin  W.  Couch 
joined  the  firm;  in  1913  Mr.  Leach  re- 
tired and  in  1914  William  Lyman 
Stevens  was  admitted,  the  firm  name 


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13 


being  Stevens,  Couch  and  Stevens; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  city  so- 
licitor, 1885-6;  alderman,  1894;  mem- 
ber, house  of  representatives,  1887; 
state  senator,  1901-2;  trustee,  city 
library;  president,  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital;  trustee,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.;  vice-president,  Me- 
chanicks  National  Bank;  president, 
Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank; 
clerk,  Northern  R.  R.;  director,  Board 
of  Trade  Building  Co.;  member, 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n,  American  Bar  Ass'n, 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  Soc.,  Wonolancet 
Club,  Concord,  N.  H.,  University 
clubs,  Boston  and  New  York;  recre- 
ation, reading  and  gardening;  m., 
Exeter,  N.  H.,  Oct.  27,  1880,  Ellen 
Tuck  Nelson,  second  dau.  of  William 
R.  Nelson,  b.  Peekskill,  N.  Y.  Resi- 
dence, 73  Warren  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Cook,  Charles  Fred 

Educator;  b.,  Sennett,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  24, 
1866;  s.  Charles  E.  and  Cyntha  A. 
(Bowen)  Cook;  ed.,  Munro  Collegiate 
Institute,  1886,  St.  Lawrence  Uni- 
versity, Canton,  N.  Y.,  1891;  princi- 
pal, high  school,  Old  Town,  Me., 
1891-3;  sub-principal  and  principal, 
Coney  high  school,  Augusta,  Me., 
1893-6;  headmaster,  Concord,  N.  H., 
high  school  since  1906;  while  in  Maine 
served  as  president  of  Maine  Teachers 
Ass'n,  Maine  Schoolmasters'  Club, 
Maine  Ass'n  of  Colleges  and  Secondary 
Schools;  in  New  Hampshire,  president, 
N.  H.  Teachers'  Ass'n,  N.  H.  School- 
masters' Club;  N.  H.  Classical  Ass'n; 
Mason,  lodge,  chapter,  council,  cotn- 
mandery,  Scottish  Rite,  32d  degree; 
member,  Wonolancet  Club;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  m.,  July  12,  1905,  Char- 
lotte Partridge.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Spaulding,  William  Waldemar 

Teacher,  manufacturer,  banker;  b., 
Lempster,  N.  H.,  March  10,  1846;  s. 
William  and  Emma  Eliza  (Miner) 
Spaulding;  ed.  (.Ireen  Mountain  Lib- 
eral Institute,  South  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  1861-2;  A.B.  Tufts  College,  1867, 
A.M.  1907;  for  fourteen  vears  a 


teacher,  in  Adams,  Boston  and  Haver- 
hill,  Mass.,  in  which  latter  city  he  has 
continued  to  reside;  for  a  number  of 
years  a  member  of  the  school  board 
and  served  as  its  chairman;  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Whittier  Club,  the 
local  historical  society,  and  for  more 
than  forty  years  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Monday  Evening  Club,  a  literary 
association  founded  in  1860;  is  one  of 
the  senior  trustees  of  Tufts  College, 
serving  on  the  finance  committee; 


from  1881  to  1910  he  was  engaged  in 
manufacturing  shoes,  senior  member 
of  W.  W.  Spaulding  <t  Co.,  Haverhill, 
Mass.;  for  several  years  director  in  the 
Hampton  Co.,  a  mercerizing  and  fin- 
ishing plant  located  in  Easthampton, 
Mass.;  also  interested  in  cotton  manu- 
facturing from  1S92  to  1916,  being  a 
director,  and  for  several  years  vice- 
president  of  the  West  Boylston  Mfg. 
Co.,  located  in  the  same  town;  he 
was,  for  many  years,  trustee  of  the 
Hale  Hospital,  of  Haverhill,  and  for 
several  years  its  treasurer;  he  is  a 
director  of  the  Citizen's  Co-operative 


Hox.  JACOB  H.  GALLIXCER 


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Bank,  also  of  the  Morris  Plan  Insti- 
tution, recently  organized;  has  been 
a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank 
for  twenty  years  and  more  and  is  the 
president  of  the  Haverhill  Savings 
Bank  and  chairman  of  its  investment 
committee.  By  inheritance  and  other- 
wise, Mr.  Spaulding  is  Republican  in 
politics  and  Universalist  in  religion; 
he  is  a  strong  supporter  of  the  local 
Universalist  church;  m.,  Oakdale, 
Mass.,  Nov.  25,  1868,  Evelyn  Alcie 
Harris;  they  have  a  son  and  daughter, 
both  of  whom,  together  with  their 
children,  are  residents  of  Haverhill. 

Gallinger,  Jacob  Harold 

Physician,  statesman;  b.,  Cornwall, 
Ontario,  Canada,  March  28,  1837;  s. 
Jacob  and  Catherine  (Cook)  Gallinger; 
ed.  common  schools  and  by  private 
tutors;  M.D.,  Medical  Institute,  Cin- 
cinnati, 1858;  New  York  Homeopathic 
Medical  College,  1868;  A.M.,  Dart- 
mouth, 18S5;  of  German  ancestry  on 
the  paternal  side,  his  great-grandfather, 
Michael  Gallinger,  having  emigrated  to 
this  country  and  settled  in  New  York  in 
1754,  later  removing  to  Canada,  while 
his  mother  was  of  American  stock;  one 
of  twelve  children,  he  learned  and 
worked  at  the  printer's  trade,  before 
entering  upon  the  study  of  medicine; 
located  in  medical  practice  in  Keene, 
but  removed  to  Concord  in  1862,  where 
he  has  since  resided;  early  allied  himself 
with  the  Republican  party  and  entered 
actively  into  politics;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  in  1872  and 
1873,  and  again  in  1891;  member, 
constitutional  convention,  1876; 
state  senate,  1878-9-80,  being  presi- 
dent the  last  two  years;  surgeon- 
general  on  staff  of  Gov.  Natt  Head, 
with  rank  of  brigadier-general,  1879- 
80;  chairman  of  N.  H.  Republican 
state  committee  for  eighteen  years; 
at  one  time  N.  H.  member  Republican 
National  Committee;  chairman  of 
the  New  Hampshire  delegation  in  the 
Republican  national  conventions  of 
1888,^1900,  1904  and  1908;  member, 
U.  S.  house  of  representatives, 
1885-9;  elected  U.  S.  senator  for  six 


years  from  March  4,  1891  and  four 
times  re-elected,  present  term  ending 
March  4,  1921,  being  the  oldest  mem- 
ber of  the  Senate  in  point  of  service; 
president  pro  tern  of  the  Senate  in  the 
sixty-second  Congress,  minority  floor 
leader  since  1915,  and  long  regarded 
as  a  leading  champion  of  the  protective 
tariff  policy;  chairman  of  the  Senate 
committee  on  District  of  Columbia 
for  many  years  and  instrumental  in 
promoting  many  public  improvements; 
member  of  the  important  committees 
on  Appropriations,  Finance,  Library, 
Printing  and  Rules;  chairman  of  the 
Merchant  Marine  Commission  of  1904- 
5;  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Columbia  Hospital  for  Women,  and 
of  the  board  of  visitors  to  the  Providence 
Hospital;  member  of  the  National  For- 
est Reservation  Commission,  the  Na- 
tional Washington  Monument  Ass'n., 
and  vice-chairman  of  the  Water  Ways 
Commission;  Baptist;  Mason,  Odd 
Fellow,  Patron  of  Husbandry,  member 
of  University  Club  and  Lock  Tavern 
Club  of  Washington,  D.  C.;  m.,  Aug. 
3,  1860,  Mary  Anna  Bailey,  dau.  of 
Maj.  Isaac  Bailey  of  Salisbury,  who  d. 
in  Washington,  Feb.  2,  1907,  having 
been  the  mother  of  six  children,  of  whom 
one  only,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Norton  of  Winches- 
ter, Mass.,  survives,  the  last  to  pass 
away  being  Dr.  Ralph  E.  Gallinger,  a 
successful  practitioner  in  his  native  city 
and  physician  at  the  New  Hampshire 
State  Prison.  Residence.  Concord,  N.  H. 

Emerson,  Charles  Sumner 

Merchant — house  furnishings;  b.r 
Milford,  N.  H.,  April  2,  18(56;  s. 
Sumner  B.  and  Martha  A.  (Bales) 
Emerson;  ed.  Milford  public  schools, 
dishing  Academy,  Ashburnham, Mass.; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1907,  1909,  chairman, 
committee  on  public  improvements  at 
both  sessions  and  actively  instrumen- 
tal in  securing  the  enlargement  and 
remodeling  of  the  state  house  and  the 
three  trunk  line  highway  bill;  moder- 
ator, Milford,  since  1910;  president, 
Milford  Building  &  Loan  Ass'n;  vice- 
president,  Granite  Savings  Bunk;  pres- 


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ident,  Milford  Hospital  Ass'n;  Congre- 
gationalist;  ex-superintendent,  Sunday 
school;  moderator,  N.  H.  Conference 
Congregational  churches,  1915-16; 
member,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  lodge,  encamp- 


ment and  Ilehekah  lodge;  past  grand 
master,  New  Hampshire;  grand  rep- 
resentative to  S.  G.  L.  for  ten  years; 
member,  Milford  board  of  trade 
(president,  1901,  secretary,  1908-11); 
member,  standing  committee,  N.  H. 
board  of  trade  on  Pilgrim  Tercen- 
tenary; chairman,  N.  H.  committee, 
Pilgrim  Tercentenary;  in.,  June  13, 
1889,  Kstelle  F.  Abbott;  children, 
Dean  A.,  Suinner  H.,  Ruth,  Mark  F. 
Residence,  Milford,  N.  II. 

Johnson,  Perley  Albert 

Banker,  manufacturer;  b.,  I'nity, 
N.  H.,Oct.  24,  1800;  s.  William  H.,  and 
Flora  (Severns)  Johnson;  <-d.  public 
schools  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt., 
Academy,  1878;  was  a  teacher  and 
bookkeeper  for  a  time;  served  three 
years  as  a  clerk  in  the  Barton,  Vt., 


National  Bank,  removed  to  Newport, 
N.  H.,  in  1885  to  accept  the  position 
of  cashier  of  the  newly  organized 
Citizens  National  Bank;  Methodist; 
Republican;  member,  Newport  school 
board,  seven  years;  town  treasurer 
and  treasurer  town  school  district 
many  years;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  and  chairman  com- 
mittee on  .banks,  1911;  cashier, 
Citizens  National  Bank  of  Newport, 
since  organization  in  1885;  treasurer, 
Sugar  River  Savings  Bank,  since 
organization  in  1895;  director,  Citizens 
National  Bank,  Newport,  and  People's 
National  Bank  of  Claremont;  one  of  the 
original  incorporators  of  the  Peerless 
Mf'g  Co.,  with  factories  at  Newport, 
N.  H.,  and  Barton,  Vt.,  a  director  from 
the  start,  treasurer  for  many  years, 
now  president;  member,  Knights  of 


Pythias,  Newport  Board  of  Trade, 
president  1909-10;  in.,  Jan.  19,  1S80, 
Katie  G.  Coe;  children,  Carroll  D., 
Margaret  L.  Residence,  Newport, 
N.  H. 


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Huntress,  Harriet  Lane 

Deputy  Superintendent  Public  In- 
struction; b.,  Meredith  (now  Cen- 
ter Harbor),  N.  H.;  daughter  of 
James  Lewis  and  Harriet  Perkins 
(Page)  Huntress;  ed.  in  private  schools 
in  Massachusetts,  graduating  from 
Prospect  Hill  School,  Greenfield,  in 
1879;  chief  clerk,  N.  H.  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Instruction,  from  April, 
1889,  serving  under  Superintendents 
Patterson,  Gowing,  Folsom  and  Mor- 


Sibley,  Mary  Matilda  Putnam 

(Mrs.  Frank  A.);  manufacturer,  club 
woman;  b.,  Croydon,  N.  H.,  March  27, 
1860;  dau.  Marshall  and  Matilda 
(Carroll)  Putnam;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Kimball  Union  Academj',  Meriden, 
1883;  m.  Frank  A.  Sibley  of  Newport, 
June  19,  1884.  Upon  Mr.  Sibley's 
death,  Oct.  26,  1909,  took  charge  of 
the  business  of  the  Sibley  Scythe  Co., 
at  North  Newport,  which  had  been  in 
the  family  for  more  than  seventy  years, 


rison,  till  Sept.,  1913,  when  appointed 
deputy  superintendent,  which  position 
she  now  holds,  being  the  first  woman  in 
New  England  appointed  to  such  po- 
sition; member  of  the  Concord  Wo- 
man's Club,  Country  Club,  Friendly 
Club,  Woman's  City  Club  of  Boston, 
N.  H.  Historical  Society,  Capital 
Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Rumford  Chapter, 
D.  A.  R.,  Mt.  Vernon  Ladies'  Ass'n 
(vice-regent  for  New  Hampshire), 
N.  H.  Equal  Suffrage  Ass'n  (member, 
advisory  board);  Unitarian.  Address, 
Concord,  N.  H. 


and  has  successfully  conducted  the 
same;  long  interested  in  club,  philan- 
thropic, benevolent  and  patriotic 
work;  member,  Newport  Woman's 
Club  (president,  190S-9);  chairman, 
conservation  committee,  State  Federa- 
tion, 1912-13;  regent,  Reprisal  Chap- 
ter, D.  A.  R.,  1911-13;  conservation 
chairman,  N.  H.  D.  A.  R.,  1916-17; 
member,  National  Conservation  board, 
D.  A.  R.,  1916-17;  deeply  interested 
in  conservation  of  New  Hampshire 
birds  and  forests;  president,  Newport 
Equal  Suffrage  League;  member,  board 


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of  education,  1908-1910;  trustee, 
Newport  Home  for  Aged  Women; 
raised  money  for  soldiers'  monument 
at  North  Newport;  has  traveled  ex- 
tensively in  this  country  and  Europe; 
children,  Homer  Taft,  b.  1887,  Dart- 
mouth A.B.,  1907,  A.M.,  1908,  Univer- 
sity of  Goettingen,  Germany,  1909-14; 
Helen,  b.  1889,  The  Elms,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  1905-8,  Mt.  Holyoke  College, 
1908-10,  Germany,  1910-11,  m. 
Charles  E.  Winter,  1912,  children,  Mary 
and  Frank;  Dean  Sheridan,  b.  1894, 
Mitchell  Military  School,  Billerica, 
Mass.,  1908-10, 'Germany,  1910-11, 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Academy,  1911-13, 
Dartmouth,  1913-14,  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  1914-17. 
Residence,  North  Newport,  N.  H. 

Towne,  Omar  Alvah 

Printer  and  publisher;  b.,  Stoddard, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  2,  1851;  s.  Hollis  and 
Elzina  M.  (Corey)  Towne;  ed.  public 


schools,  Penacook  and  Wolfeboro 
academies;  commenced  business  as  a 
printer  and  bookseller  in  Franklin  in 


1875;  bought  the  Franklin  Transcript 
in  1884  and  the  Merrimack  Journal  m 
1889,  and  consolidated  the  papers 
under  the  name  of  the  Journal-Tran- 
script, which  he  still  publishes,  and  is 
also  engaged  in  real  estate  business; 
Baptist;  Republican;  member,  Frank- 
lin board  of  education,  twenty-two 
years  from  1888;  member,  N.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention,  1889;  justice, 
Franklin  police  court,  1905-13;  justice, 
Franklin  municipal  court,  since  1915; 
secretary  and  treasurer,  Franklin 
Building  &  Loan  Ass'n;  clerk,  Webster 
Birthplace  Ass'n;  clerk,  Franklin 
Hospital  Ass'n;  clerk  and  treasurer, 
Gyro  Pump  Co.;  president,  N.  H. 
board  of  trade,  1915-16;  member  and 
first  president,  N.  H.  Weekly  Pub- 
lishers Ass'n;  member,  N.  H.  Press 
Ass'n,  president  1914-15;  member, 
Merrimack  Lodge  No.  28,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
\Vebster  Encampment  No.  13,  Meri- 
dian Lodge  No.  60,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
St.  Omar  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  No.  22, 
Pythagorean  Council  No.  6,  Laconia; 
Knights  Templar,  Scottish  Rite  and 
N.  H.  Consistory;  m.,  June  6,  1884, 
Elizabeth  C.  Morrill,  who  d.  Feb.  17, 
1916;  one  dau.,  Addie  E.  Residence, 
Franklin,  N.  H. 

Bingham,  Harry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Columbus,  O.,  March  14, 
1864;  s.  Edward  F.  and  Susan  (Gun- 
ning) Bingham,  his  father,  a  brother 
of  the  late  Harry  and  George  A. 
Bingham,  of  Littleton,  having  been  a 
circuit  court  judge  in  Ohio,  and  later 
chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the 
District  of  Columbia;  ed.  Columbus 
public  schools,  Columbus  high  school, 
1882;  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Bingham,  Mitchell  &  Batchellor  at 
Littleton,  1884  to  1887;  admitted  to  the 
New  Hampshire  bar  at  Concord,  July, 
1887;  removed  to  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Episcopalian;  Democrat;  captain,  U.  S. 
Vol.  Inf.,  Spanish  War,  June  20,  1898, 
to  March  1,  1899;  assistant  U.  S. 
district  attorney,  Washington,  D.  C., 
1900-5;  returned  to  Littleton,  April, 
1912,  at  the  time  of  the  death  of  his 
brother-in-law,  William  H.  Mitchell, 


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and  took  up  practice  of  law  in  suc- 
cession to  the  firm  with  which  he  had 
studied;  Judge  of  Probate  for  the 
County  of  Grafton  since  Dec.  2, 


1913;  m.,  Sept.  10,  1902,  Frances 
Thompson,  dau.  of  the  late  Hon.  John 
G.  Thompson  of  Ohio.  Residence, 
Littleton,  N.  H. 

Carpenter,  Philip 

Lawyer;  h.  Bath,  X.  H.,  March  9, 
1S56;  s.  Alonzo  P.  and  Julia  R. 
(Goodall)  Carpenter;  ed.,  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt.,  Academy,  1S73,  Dartmouth 
College,  1877;  studied  law;  admitted 
to  the  X.  H.  bar,  and  practiced  in 
Bath  and  Lancaster,  X.  H.,  1880-5; 
since  iXSo  in  New  York  City;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  judge  advocate 
general,  X.  H.,  staff  of  Gov.  Moody 
Currier,  1885-7;  first  associate  district 
attorney,  Xew  York  county,  1897; 
member,  Union  League,  Republican 
and  Dartmouth  Clubs,  New  York  City, 
Xew  Hampshire  Soc.  and  Dartmouth 
Alumni  Ass'n  in  New  York,  X.  H. 
Historical  Soc.;  Mason;  m.  Sept.  3, 


1880,  Fanny  Hallock  Rouse.  Office, 
111  Broadway,  Xew  York  City;  resi- 
dence, 85  Berkeley  Ave.,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Chase,  William  Martin 

Jurist;  b.,  Canaan,  X.  H.,  Dec.  27, 
1837;  s.  Horace  and  Abigail  S.  (Martin) 
Chase;  ed.  public  schools,  Canaan 
Union  Academy,  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Dartmouth  College,  B.  S. 
1858,  hon.  A.M.  1879,  LL.D.,  1898, 
admitted  to  XT.  H.  bar,  1862,  and  in 
practice  in  Concord,  as  a  member  of 
the  firms  of  Marshall  &  Chase,  Sargent 
&  Chase  and  Chase  &  Streeter,  till 
1891,  when  appointed  associate  justice 
of  the  X.  H.  supreme  court,  serving 
till  1907,  when  he  resumed  practice 
alone;  Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
clerk,  N.  H.  senate,  1871;  member, 
Concord  board  of  education,  for  twenty 
years;  trustee,  N.  H.  state  library,  1874, 
XT.  H.  state  normal  school,  1876-8; 
member,  Concord  board  of  water 


commissioners,  1S77-91;  chairman, 
commission  to  revise  and  codify  the 
laws  of  New  Hampshire  under  act  of 


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1889,  upon  whose  report  the  Public 
Statutes  were  enacted  in  1891 ;  member, 
N.  H.  senate,  1909-10,  serving  on 
judiciary  revision  of  statutes  and  other 
committees;  director,  First  National 
Bank  of  Concord,  from  1870;  clerk, 
Concord  &  Montreal  Railroad;  trustee, 
Dartmouth  College,  since  1890  and 
clerk  of  the  corporation;  member,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  N.  E.  Historic-Geneal- 
ogical Soc.,  Wonolancet  Club,  Con- 
cord, honorary  member  Dartmouth 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Soc.;  engaged  as  a 
lawyer  in  much  important  litigation, 
and  extensively  consulted  as  counsel; 
m.,  March  18,  1863,  p:ilen  S.  Abbott; 
one  s.,  Arthur  H.  Chase.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Spaulding,  Holland  Harty 

Manufacturer,  ex-governor;  b., 
Townsend  Harbor,  Mass.,  March  15, 
1873;  s.  Jonas  and  Elvira  (Chase) 
Spaulding;  ed.,  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  Mass.,  class  of  1893; 
entered  business  in  1895,  and  has  since 
continued,  in  the  firm  established  by 
his  father,  now  Jonas  Spaulding  Sons 
Co.  (Inc.),  manufacturers  of  leather- 
board,  counters,  novelties,  etc.,  at 
Townsend  Harbor,  Mass.,  Rochester, 
North  Rochester  and  Milton,  N.  H., 
and  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.;  vice-presi- 
dent, Spaulding  &  Frost  Co.,  Fremont, 
N.  H.;  director,  Spaulding  &  Sons 
(Ltd.),  London,  England,  Inter- 
national Leather  Co.,  Atlas  Leather 
Co.,  First  National  Bank,  Rochester, 
N.  H.,  United  Life  and  Accident  Ins. 
Co.,  Concord,  N.  H.;  Protestant;  Re- 
publican; delegate,  Republican  national 
convention,  1912;  governor  of  New 
Hampshire,  1915-16;  vice-president, 
New  Hampshire  Defence  League,  1917; 
vice-chairman,  executive  committee, 
New  Hampshire  Committee  of  Safety. 
Residence,  North  Rochester,  N.  H. 

v 
Bean,  Edwin  Curtis 

Secretary  of  state;  b.,  Gilmanton, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  20,  1854;  s.  John  C.  and 
Clirnenia  (Burleigh)  Bean;  ed.  com- 
mon schools,  Tilton  Seminary  and 
private  tutors;  engaged  for  thirty  years 


in  mercantile  business  in  Belmont, 
N.H.;  Baptist;  Republican;  town  clerk, 
1881-2;  postmaster,  1878-84;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1887, 
1913,  1915  (speaker  in  1915);  delegate 
to  Republican  national  convention, 
1904;  delegate,  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1912;  colonel  on  staff  of 
Gov.  John  McLane,  1905-6;  secretary 


of  state  since  1915;  trustee,  City 
Savings  Bank,  Laconia,  lona  Savings 
Bank,  Tilton;  president,  N.  H.  Retail 
Merchants  Ass'n  three  years;  member, 
Lawrence  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Mason;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1882, 
Marietta  Bowman,  East-port,  Me.; 
children,  Helen  M.,  John  C.  (d.  March 
23,  1910),  Arthur  E.,  Edna  C.  Resi- 
dence, Belmont,  N.  H. 

Felker,  Andrew  Llewellyn 

Farmer;  b.,  Barrington,  N.  H.,  July 
6,  1869;  s.  Andrew  J.  and  Lydia  A. 
(Seavey)  Felker;  ed.  Pond  Hill  school, 
Barrington,  Austin  Academy,  Straff ord, 
New  Hampton  Literary  Institution, 
New  Hampton,  N.  II.;  engaged  in  farm- 


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ing  in  the  town  of  Meredith  since 
Jan.,  1897;  Free  Baptist;  Independent 
Democrat;  selectman,  Meredith,  1898- 
9;  member,  school  board,  ten  years; 
appointed  commissioner  of  agriculture 


by  Gov.  Samuel  D.  Felker  in  1913; 
twice  nominated  for  reappointment  by 
Gov.  Holland  H.  Spaulding  in  191tj, 
council  refusing  confirmation  on  par- 
tisan grounds;  renominated  by  Gov. 
Henry  W.  Keyos  in  1917,  and  unani- 
mously confirmed;  member.  Chocorua 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,'  Meredith, 
Wicwas  Lake  Grange,  P.  of  II., 
master,  1904;  district  deputy;  lectu- 
rer, N.  H.  State  Grange,  "1910-14, 
overseer  since  1914;  secretary,  N.  II. 
Old  Home  Week  Ass'n  since  1914;  has 
spoken  extensively  on  agricultural  and 
kindred  topics  at  fanners'  institutes, 
Grange  gatherings  and  various  public 
meetings  throughout  the  state;  in.,  Dec. 
f),  1X<>4.  Eva  .1.  Perkins  of  Meredith; 
three  sons,  Louis  K.  and  Harold  P., 
students  at  New  Hampshire  College, 
and  Walter  A.  Residence,  Laconia, 
N.  II.:  address,  Concord,  N.  H. 


Watson,  Irving  Allison 

Physician;  b.,  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
6,  1849;  s.  Porter  B.  and  Luvia  E. 
(Ladd)  Watson;  ed.  common  schools, 
Newbury  (Vt.)  Seminary  and  Colle- 
giate Institute;  studied  medicine;  at- 
tended lectures,  Dartmouth  Medical 
College  and  University  of  Vermont; 
grad.  from  latter,  M.D.,  1871  (A.M., 
Dartmouth,  1885) ;  practiced  Groveton, 
N.  H.,  1871-81;  since  then  in  Concord; 
several  years  superintendent  of  schools 
at  Groveton,  member  N.  H.  legislature, 
1879-81 ;  secretary  N.  H.  state  board  of 
health  since  organization,  Sept.,  1881; 
secretary  N.  H.  commissioners  of  lun- 
acy; registrar  vital  statistics  of  New 
Hampshire;  president  of  state  board 
cattle  commissioners  from  1891  to 
1913;  secretary,  American  Public 
Health  Ass'n,  1883-97;  president,  Inter- 
national Conference  State  and  Provin- 


cial Boards  of  H( 
secretary-general, 
medical  congress; 
American  Medic 
member,  Academi 


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cinade  Mexico;  member,  Soci^t^  Fran- 
caised'  Hygiene  of  Paris;  president,  N. 
H.  Medical  Soc.,  1903;  National  Ass'n 
for  the  Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuber- 
culosis; compiled  and  edited:  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  America;  N.  H.  regis- 
tration reports  since  1881;  reports 
state  board  of  health  since  1882;  re- 
ports American  Public  Health  Ass'n, 
1883-97;  Reports  N.  H.  commissioners 
of  lunacy;  author  of  many  papers  on 
medical  and  sanitary  subjects;  m.,  1872, 
Lena  A.  Farr  of  Littleton,  N.  H.,  who 
d.  Jan.  30,  1901;  one  dau.,  Bertha  M. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Gay,  George  Washington 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Swan- 
zey,  N.  H.,  Jan.  14,  1842;  s.  Willard 
and  Fanny  (Wright)  Gay;  ed.  com- 
mon schools,  Mt.  Caesar  Seminary, 
Swanzey,  Powers  Institute,  Bernards- 
town,  Mass.,  Harvard  Medical  School, 
M.D.,  1868,  A.M.  Dartmouth,  1895; 
has  practiced  continuously  in  Boston 
since  graduation, specializing  in  surgery ; 
surgeon,  Boston  City  Hospital,  since 
1872;  instructor  in  clinical  surgery, 
1888-1900,  Harvard  Medical  School, 
and  lecturer,  1900-07;  member,  Mass. 
Medical  Soc.  (president,  1906-8),  Amer- 
ican Medical  Soc.,  American  Surgical 
Ass'n,  British  Medical  Ass'n,  St.  Bot- 
olph  Club,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.;  presi- 
dent, Suffolk  Storage  Warehouse  Co.; 
trustee,  Wrentham  School  for  Feeble- 
minded; Unitarian;  m.,  1st,  Nov.,  1868, 
Mary  E.  Hutchinson,  whod.  Feb.,  1873; 
2d,  Nov.,  1875,  Grace  Greenleaf  Ha- 
thorne.  Office,  665  Boylston  St.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.;  residence,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Mass. 

Allen,  Carl  Addison 

Physician;  b.,  Lempster,  X.  H.,  Oct. 
27,  1847;  s.  Stephen  and  Phoebe 
(Lewis)  Allen;  ed.  common  schools, 
private  academies,  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Meriden,  1S71;  Long  Island 
College  Hospital,  M.D.,  1874;  com- 
menced medical  practice  at  Acworth, 
N.  H.,  Dec.,  1874,  continuing  till  1890 
when  he  removed  to  Holyoke,  Mass., 
where  he  continues;  Congregationalist; 


Independent;  superintendent  of  schools, 
Lempster,  1872,  Acworth,  1876-86; 
president,  Connecticut  River  Medical 
Soc.,  president,  Hampden  County 
Medical  Soc.;  president,  Holyoke  Medi- 
cal Soc.;  president,  Holyoke  Anti- 
Tuberculosis  Soc.;  Secretary,  Holyoke 
chapter,  American  Red  Cross ;  member, 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  m.,  1st,  Sophie  E.  Stearns, 
May  19, 1875,  who  d.  Dec.  19,  1888;  2d, 
March  25,  1891,  Hattie  M.  Murdough; 
children,  Walter  S.  (Amherst,  1900), 


superintendent  of  the  laboratory  of  the 
General  Chemical  Co.,  New  York; 
Fred  H.  (Amherst,  1902,  Harvard 
Medical  School,  1907),  in  practice  in 
Holyoke,  specializing  in  diseases  of  chil- 
dren; Sophie  E.  (Mt.  Holyoke,  1909), 
secretary  to  the  dean  of  Columbia  Col- 
lege, New  York;  Carl  W.  (Massachu- 
setts Agricultural  College,  1914),  chem- 
ist in  employ  of  the  General  Chemical 
Co.,  New  York;  Raymond  P..  pay- 
master, Fan  Alpaca  Co.,  Holyoke;  Le- 
land  C.  at  home.  Residence.  Holyoke, 
Mass. 


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Bean,  George  Fremont 

Lawyer;  b.,  Bradford,  N.  H.,  March 
24,  1857;  s.  Stephen  Sibley  and  Nancy 
E.  (Colby)  Bean;  ed.  Warner  public 
schools,  Simonds  free  high  school, 
Warner,  Colby  Academy,  New  London, 
N.  H.,  18S7,  Brown  University, 
A.B.,  1881,  A.M.,  1884;  studied  law 
with  Hon.  Samuel  C.  Eastman  of 
Concord,  and  graduated,  LL.B.,  from 
Boston  University  Law  School,  1885; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Boston  same 


year  and  has  been  in  general  practice 
there  since,  establishing  his  residence 
in  Woburn;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; mayor  of  Woburn,  1901-2; 
member,  Woburn  school  board  from 
1896  to  1908,  half  the  time  as  chairman, 
and  declining  further  election;  member, 
Mass,  house  of  representatives,  1910; 
trustee,  Choate  Memorial  Hospital, 
Woburn;  trustee,  Warren  Academy; 
chairman,  trustees  of  the  Brown 
Alumni  Loyalty  Fund;  member,  advi- 
sory board  of  the  Brown  Alumni; 
member,  Towanda  Club  of  Woburn; 
in.,  Sept.  2,  1890,  E.  Maria  Blodgett, 


who  d.  April  16,  1917;  Mrs.  Bean  was 
a  sister  of  the  late  Judge  John  T.  Blod- 
gett of  the  supreme  court  of  Rhode 
Island,  a  graduate  of  Wellesley,  a 
teacher  and  earnest  worker  along  edu- 
cational, church  and  charitable  lines; 
children,  Esther  (Mrs.  Orel  M.  Bean), 
Wellesley,  1909;  Stephen  Sibley, 
Brown,  1914.  Residence,  Woburn, 
Mass.;  office,  Rice  Building,  Boston. 

Perley,  Sir  George  Halsey 

Lumber  manufacturer;  high  com- 
missioner; b.,  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  Sept.  12, 
1857;  s.  William  G.  and  Mabel  Tick- 
nor  (Stevens)  Perley;  ed.  Ottawa 
grammar  school,  St.  Paul's  School, 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Harvard  University, 
A.B.,  1878;  vice-president,  Hull  Lum- 
ber Co.;  president,  Argenteuil  Lumber 
Co.;  director,  Bank  of  Ottawa;  many 
years  vice-president,  Canada  Atlantic 
Railway ;  elected  to  House  of  Commons 
for  Argenteuil,  1904,  1908,  1911;  on 
defeat  of  the  Laurier  Administration, 
in  1911,  became  a  member  of  the 
Privy  Council,  and  accepted  a  seat  in 
the  Borden  Cabinet  without  portfolio; 
in  charge  of  office  of  High  Commissioner 
for  Canada,  in  London,  since  June, 
1914;  m.,  1st.  June  4,  1884,  Annie 
Hespeler  Bowlby,  who  d.  Aug.  10,  1910; 
2d,  June  11,  1913,  Emily  Colby  White; 
one  dan.  Residence,  233  Metcalfe 
St.;  office,  Citizen's  Building,  Ot- 
tawa, Ontario. 

McCrillis,  John 

Lawyer,  insurance,  banker;  b., 
Goshen,  N.  H.,  Aug.  5,  1858;  s.  Wil- 
liam H.  and  Abby  (Huntoon)  McCril- 
lis; ed.  Newport  high  school,  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  Dartmouth  College, 
1883;  principal,  Morris,  Minn., 
high  school,  1883-4,  Springfield,  Vt., 
high  school,  1884-6;  read  law  with 
Albert  S.  Wait  of  Newport;  admitted 
to  the  bar,  1889;  clerk  of  Supreme 
or  Superior  Court  for  Sullivan  County 
since  1886;  extensively  engaged  in 
insurance;  Unitarian;  Democrat; 
many  years  member  N.  II .  Democratic 
state  committee;  member,  Newport 
board  of  education,  1887-90;  auditor, 


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Sullivan  County,  ten  years;  trustee, 
N.  H.  State  Hospital,  ten  years;  mem- 
ber, Newport  water  and  sewer  com- 
mission, eight  years,  cemetery  com- 
mission, seven  years;  president,  First 


National  Bank  of  Newport;  trustee, 
Newport  Savings  Bank;  director,  Dex- 
ter Richards  &  Sons  Co.;  treasurer,  di- 
rector and  clerk,  Brampton  Woolen  Co.; 
member  and  past  master.  Mount  Vernon 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Newport;  Sulli- 
van Commandery,  K.  T.,  Claremont; 
m.,  Sept.  26,  1895,  Mary  E.  Wilmarth 
of  Newport;  two  sons,  John  Wilmarth 
and  William  Henry.  Residence,  New- 
port, N.  H. 

Keeler,  Irad  Eugene 

Register  of  probate  of  Merrimaek 
County;  b.,  Greenport,  N.  Y.,  March 
7, 1X08;  s.  Rev. Samuel  Crofut  and  Lydia 
(Williams)  Keeler,  both  of  whom  were 
natives  of  Connecticut;  his  father 
divided  about  equally  between  the 
states  of  New  York  and  New  Hamp- 
shire a  service  of  nearly  half  a  century 
in  the  Methodist  ministry,  tilling 


many  of  the  leading  pastorates  and 
rising  to  a  presiding  eldership  in  the 
latter  state.  He  has  been  a  resident  of 
New  Hampshire  since  1877;  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from 
Keene  high  school  in  1886;  after  a 
year  of  clerical  work  in  New  York 
City,  he  came  to  Concord,  in  1887, 
where  he  has  since  resided;  was  for 
twenty-five  years  a  .correspondent 
consecutively  of  the  Manchester  Union? 
Manchester  Minor,  Boston  Globe  and 
various  metropolitan  dailies;  also  con- 
ducted a  general  insurance  business; 
a  tenor  soloist  and  member  of  several 
choirs  of  Capital  city  churches  and  of 
various  secular  organizations  during  a 
period  of  twenty-five  years;  Repub- 
lican; member  of  the  legislature  of 
1911  from  Ward  0,  Concord,  serving 
on  appropriations  and  insurance  com- 
mittees; nominated  in  1912  for  regis- 


ter of  probate  for  Merrimack  County, 
carrying  31  out  of  37  towns  and  wards, 
in  competition  with  two  well-known 
and  active  opponents;  elected  to  this 
office  in  1912,  and  twice  re-elected 


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without  opposition  in  the  primaries 
and  having  the  highest  majority  over 
his  Democratic  opponents  of  any 
candidate  on  the  Republican  ticket; 
member,  Eureka  Lodge  No.  70,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  South  Congregational  Church, 
Capital  Grange,  Wonolancet  Club  and 
N.  H.  Historical  Society;  m.,  Dec.  17, 
1901,  Edith  M.  Burleigh  of  Concord; 
one  son,  Richard  Hall.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Streeter,  Lilian  Carpenter 

(Mrs.  Frank  S.) ;  b.,  Bath,  N.  H.,  July 
22,  1854;  dau.  Chief  Justice  Alonzo  P. 
and  Julia  R.  (Goodall)  Carpenter 
(grand-daughter  of  Rev.  David  Good- 
all,  first  minister  of  Littleton,  N.  H.); 
ed.  by  private  teachers  and  at  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Academy;  m.,  Bath,  N. 
H.,  Nov.  14,  1877,  Frank  Sherwin 
Streeter  of  Concord;  Episcopalian, 
member  St.  Paul's  church,  Concord; 
active  in  social,  charitable  and  philan- 
thropic work;  founder  and  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Concord  Woman's  Club, 
and  of  the  N.  H.  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  of  which  latter  she  is  now  honor- 
ary president;  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Concord  Charity  Organization,  and 
vice-president  from  1903  till  1910; 
secretary,  N.  H.  Board  of  Charities 
and  Correction,  from  1899  to  1901,  and 
chairman  1901-11;  chairman,  Com- 
mittee on  Dependent  Children,  State 
Conference  of  Charities  and  Cor- 
rection, since  1901;  chairman,  N.  H. 
Children's  Commission,  1913-15,  her 
report  having  been  called  for  from  all 
over  the  country  by  social  workers  and 
state  and  college  libraries;  secretary, 
Concord  District  Nursing  Association, 
from  its  organization  in  1899  till  1909 
and  president  from  1909  to  1913 — now 
honorary  president;  member,  Ameri- 
can Academy  of  Political  and  Social 
Science  National  Conference  of  Chari- 
ties and  Corrections,  National  Organi- 
zation for  PubliclIealthNursingjmem- 
ber  of  the  Social  Service  Commission 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  diocese  of 
New  Hampshire;  member  of  the  Social 
Service  Commission  of  the  Provin- 
cial Synod  of  New  England — the  only 


woman  on  the  board;  representative 
from  New  Hampshire  at  the  National 
Conference  on  Dependent  Children, 
held  at  the  White  House  in  Jan.,  1909, 
on  call  of  President  Roosevelt;  mem- 
ber, visiting  committee,  Orphans' 
Home,  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord; 
member,  Rumford  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.; 
treasurer,  National  Society  Colonial 
Dames  of  America,  for  New  Hampshire; 
member,  executive  committee,  N.  H. 
Branch  National  Civic  Federation; 
member,  Woman's,  Shakespeare, 
Friendly,  Golf  and  Country  clubs, 
Concord,  and  Mayflower  Club,  Boston, 
Mass.;  anti-suffragist.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.H. 

Pillsbury,  Albert  Enoch 

Lawyer;  b.,  Milford,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
19,  1849;  s.  Josiah  Webster  and  Eliza- 
beth (Dinsmoor)  Pillsbury;  ed.  Law- 
rence Academy,  Groton,  Mass.,  grad- 
uating 1867,  Harvard  University, 
1867-9  (honorary  A.M.,  1891;  LL.D., 
Harvard  University,  1913);  admitted 
to  the  Massachusetts  bar  in  1870,  and 
since  in  practice  in  Boston;  Repub- 
lican; member,  Mass,  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1876-7-8;  Senate,  1884- 
5-6  (president,  1885-6);  attorney- 
general  of  Massachusetts,  1891-4; 
lecturer  on  constitutional  law,  Boston 
University  Law  School,  1896;  director 
and  trustee  in  various  banking  insti- 
tutions; trustee,  Lawrence  Academy; 
member,  World  Peace  Foundation, 
International  Law  Ass'n,  American 
Academy  of  Political  and  Social 
Science,  N.  H.  Historical  Society, 
Algonquin,  Art  and  University  clubs, 
and  various  other  organizations.  Res- 
idence, 175  Bay  State  Road;  office, 
6  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Chase,  Olin  Hosea 

Printer  and  publisher;  b.,  Spring- 
field, N.  II.,  Aug.  24,  1S75;  s.  Hosea  B. 
and  Eveline  H.  (Kidder)  Chase;  ed. 
Newport  High  School;  learned  print- 
er's trade  in  Republican  Champion 
office,  Newport,  commencing  in  1893 
and  continuing  in  that  establishment 
until  May,  1917,  becoming  editor  and 


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publisher  Jan . ,  1 900 ;  Republican ;  served 
as  town  clerk  of  Newport  for  twelve 
years,  from  March,  1904;  representa- 
tive in  N.  H.  legislature  in  1913-14 
and  1915-16,  being  elected  speaker  of 
the  house  upon  the  resignation  of 


Edwin  C.  Bean  to  take  the  office  of 
secretary  of  state;  commissioner  of 
motor  vehicles  since  Sept.,  1916; 
second  lieutenant  in  First  N.  H.  Vols. 
in  the  Spanish  war,  and  captain  for  five 
years  in  the  N.  H.  National  (iuard; 
Mason,  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner; 
unmarried.  Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 

Rollins,  Dillwyn  Sidney 

Woolen  manufacturer;  b..  West 
Newbury,  Mass.,  Nov.  25,  1881;  s. 
Charles  F.  and  Alice  Greenleaf 
(Purington)  Rollins;  ed.  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  high  school,  Dartmouth  College, 
1904;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
treasurer,  Dexter  Richards  &  Sons  Co., 
Newport,  N.  H.;  president,  X.  H. 
Manufacturers  Ass'n,  1915-16;  trustee, 
Richards  Free  Library,  since  1910; 
member,  school  board,  1913;  trustee, 


Carrie  F.  Wright  Hospital,  1913; 
Mason;  member,  Sullivan  Command- 
ery,  K.  T.,  Claremont;  Bektash 
Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  Concord;  University 
Club,  Boston;  University  Club,  New 
York;  m.,  Aug.  17,  1909,  Louise  F., 
dau.  of  the  late  Col.  Seth  M.  Richards 
of  Newport;  children,  Bettina,  b.  1910; 
Linda,  b.  1911;  Louise,  b.  1915.  Resi- 
dence, Newport,  N.  H. 

Chamberlin,  Henry  Eastman 

City  clerk;  b.,  Newbury,  Vt.,  May 
28,  1854;  s.  Charles  and  Ruth  (East- 
man) Chamberlin;  ed.  public  schools; 
went  west  in  early  youth  and  learned 
railway  telegraphy,  at  Union  City, 
Ind.,  returning  in  1873;  employed  as 
train  dispatcher  for  the  Northern 
R.  R.,  at  Concord,  under  George  E. 
Todd,  1873  to  1875,  when  appointed 


station  agent  at  Penacook,  continuing 
eighteen  years;  superintendent,  Concord 
Street  Ry.,  from  April,  1893  till  April, 
1901;  superintendent,  Street  Ry., 
Dallas,  Tex.,  1902;  city  clerk  and 
overseer  of  the  poor,  Concord,  N.  H., 


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since  1903;  Republican;  member, 
Concord  board  of  aldermen,  from  Ward 
1,  1893-4;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1897-8;  Mason,  mem- 
ber lodge,  chapter,  council  and  com- 
mandery,  S.  of  V.,  past  commander, 
N.  H.  Div.;  m.,  Nov.  23,  1875,  Mary 
E.  Livengood;  three  daus.,  Myla, 
lyla,  and  Ruth  Elizabeth.  Residence, 
West  Concord,  N.  H. 

Cutter,  Guy  Henry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Jaffrey  N.  H.,  Aug.  1, 
1882;    s.    Lucius   A.    and    Corrisende 


mission,  1915,  reappointed  1917;  mem- 
ber, I.  O.  O.  F.,  Wonolancet  Club, 
Concord;  m.,  June  30,  1915,  Marion  L. 
Burns.  Address,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Mclntyre,  Daniel 

Clergyman;  b.,  Jamestown,  Scot- 
land, May  23,  1866;  s.  Finlay  and 
Ann  (Donald)  Mclntyre;  came  to 
Dover,  N.  H.,  May  29,  1873;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools.  Dover,  graduating  from 
high  school  in  1886;  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, Brunswick,  Me.,  1892;  Andover, 
Mass.,  Theological  Seminary,  1894; 


(Lawrence)  Cutter;  ed.  Jaffrey  and 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  high  schools, 
Clark  College,  1905,  Harvard  Law 
School,  1908;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Massachusetts,  190S,  in  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1909;  practiced  three  years, 
with  offices  in  Jaffrey  and  Winchen- 
don, Mass.,  residing  in  Jaffrey,  where 
he  still  retains  his  legal  residence; 
Congregationalist;  Democrat;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  from 
Jaffrey,  1909-11-13;  state  auditor, 
1914;  member,  X.  H.  bank  com- 


ordained  and  installed  pastor,  Con- 
gregational church,  Barrington,  N.  H., 
Sept.  5,  1S94,  continuing  till  1900,  East 
Fail-field,  Vt.,  1900-03,  Pawlet,  Vt., 
1903-6,  Townshend,  Vt.,  1906-11, 
Westminster  West,  Vt.,  1911-14, 
Barnstead,  X.  H.,  1914-16;  became 
pastor  of  Second  Congregational 
church  at  Ossipee,  and  chaplain  of 
Carroll  County  almshouse  and  jail, 
July  1,  1916;  Republican;  super- 
intendent, of  public  schools,  Town- 
shend, Vt.,  1907-11;  Mason,  Odd 


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Fellow,  Knight  of  Pythias,  Patron 
of  Husbandry;  m.,  Mary  Louise  Hol- 
land Drew,  Feb.  2,  1900;  children, 
Jonathan  Drew,  b.  July  19,  1901; 
Carrie  Ellen,  b.  July  S,  1908;  Mary 
Elizabeth  b.  May  17, 1917.  Residence, 
Ossipee,  N.  H. 

Edes,  Samuel  Harcourt 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Newport, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  9,  1881;  s.  George  C.  and 
Elizabeth  Mary  (Lyons)  Edes;  ed. 


Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Newport,  and 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.;  unmarried. 
Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 

Hirst,  Edgar  Clarkson 

Forester;  b.,  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio, 
Aug.  31,  1882;  s.  John  Janney  and 
Mary  (Bowe)  Hirst;  ed.  Yellow 
Springs  public  schools,  Antioch  Pre- 
paratory School,  Ohio  State  University 
(B.A),  Yale  Forest  School,  (M.F.);  en- 
gaged in  lumbering  previous  to  appoint- 


Xewport  high  school,  University  of 
(Jeorgia,  University  of  Virginia;  editor 
and  proprietor  of  the  .V.  //.  Argus  mid 
Spectator,  at  Newport  since  1907; 
captain,  company  M,  1st  N.  H. 
Infantry,  serving  seven  months  in 
the  expedition  to  the  Mexican  border, 
191t>-17;  Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
member,  N.  H.  senate  from  Dis- 
trict No.  7 — a  normally  Republican 
district — in  legislature  of  1913-14, 
serving  on  committees  on  judiciary, 
education,  state  hospital  and  soldiers' 
home,  and  joint  standing  committee 
on  engrossed  hills;  member,  Mt.  Vernon 


ment  asstate  forester  of  New  Hampshire 
when  the  department  was  organized 
on  its  present  basis,  in  1909.  In  addi- 
tion to  regular  duties  has  spoken 
extensively  on  forestry  topics,  at 
farmers'  institutes,  board  of  trade 
gatherings,  (Jrange  meetings,  etc.; 
Unitarian;  Mason;  member,  Delta 
Epsilon  fraternity,  Cosmos  Club, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  Wonolancet  Club, 
Concord;  m.,  Dec.  1,  1914,  Mary 
Walker  Stillings,  dan.  Dr.  F.  A. 
Stillings  of  Concord;  one  son.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 


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31 


Everett,  Frederic  Elwin 

Civil  engineer:  b.,  New  London,  N. 
H.,  April  16,  1876;  s.  Benjamin  G. 
and  Sarah  E.  (Johnson)  Everett;  ed. 


Colby  Academy,  New  London,  class 
of  1896;  three  years  in  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology;  en- 
gineer, park  department,  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  1900-6;  division  engineer,  N. 
H.  highway  department,  1906-14; 
N.  H.  Commissioner  of  Highways 
since  1915;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
Mason,  Knight  Templar,  member, 
Wonolancet  Club,  Patron  of  Hus- 
bandry; m.,  Sept.  12,  1900,  Gertrude 
E.  Lamson;  children,  Douglas  Newton, 
Barbara,  Miriam.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.H. 

Halloran,  James  Ambrose 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  II.,  Oct.  11, 
1870;  s.  Dennis  and  Mary  (O'Brien) 
Halloran;  ed.  Concord  public  schools 
and  by  private  tutors;  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  the  late  Judge  John  M. 
Mitchell  of  Concord;  graduated,  LL.B., 


from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1897 
and  admitted  to  the  Massachusetts 
bar;  associated  in  practice  with  Hon. 
Geo.  Fred  Williams,  ex-minister  to 
Greece,  whose  partner  he  was  for 
many  years,  prior  to  1910  under  firm 
name  of  Williams  &  Halloran ;  member, 
bar  of  U.  S.  Supreme  court;  counsel 
for  Town  of  Norwood,  Mass.,  since 
1907,  and  incumbent  of  various  other 
town  offices;  experienced  in  corpora- 
tion matters;  associate  justice,  North- 
ern Norfolk  District  court;  director, 
Norwood  National  Bank,  Norwood, 
and  Prudential  Trust  Co.,  Boston, 
Mass.;  (trustee,  Norwood  Civic  Ass'n; 
member,  Norfolk  County  Bar  Ass'n, 
Massachusetts  Bar  Ass'n,  American 
Bar  Ass'n,  Massachusetts  State  Board 
of  Trade  (vice-president  eleven  years), 
Norwood  board  of  trade  (president, 
1903-5),  Boston  Athletic  Ass'n,  Har- 


vard and  Economic  clubs;  Catholic; 
Independent  Democrat;  unmarried. 
Residence,  Norwood,  Mass.;  office, 
15  State  St.,  Boston. 


HON.  WILBUR  H.  POWERS 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


33 


Powers,  Wilbur  Howard 

Lawyer;  b.,  Croydon,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
22,  1849;  s.  Elias  and  Emeline  (White) 
Powers;  ed.  common  schools,  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  1871,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1875,  Boston  Univer- 
sity Law  School,  1878;  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  New  Hampshire,  Aug., 
1878,  and  in  Massachusetts  in  No- 
vember following,  opening  an  office  and 
commencing  practice  in  Boston  Jan. 
22,  1879,  where  he  has  since  continued; 
the  late  Henry  H.  Folsom  was  for 
some  years  associated  with  him,  and, 
later,  his  son,  Walter  Powers,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  firm,  which  was  known  as 
Powers,  Folsom  &  Powers;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  member,  Mass,  house 
of  representatives,  1890-91-92;  park 
commissioner,  Hyde  Park,  1893-1902, 
chairman  three  years;  member,  school 
committee,  Hyde  Park,  1900-9,  chair- 
man seven  years;  presidential  elector, 
1896;  holds  membership  with  the 
Masons,  Golden  Cross,  Royal  Arca- 
num, Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution;  president,  National 
Fraternal  Congress  of  America,  1913- 
14;  retains  a  deep  interest  in  his 
native  town  and  state,  and  was  orator 
of  the  day  at  the  150th  anniversary 
celebration  in  Croydon,  Aug.  24, 
1916;  m.,  1st,  May  1,  1888,  Emily 
Owen,  who  d.  Dec.  13,  1912;  2d, 
Lottie  I.  Koehler  (nee  Mills \  May  17, 
1914;  children,  Walter  Powers,  b. 
Aug.  3,  1885,  now  in  partnership  with 
his  father;  Myra,  b.  May  20,  1889, 
d.  March  4,  1916.  Office,  209  Wash- 
ington St.,  Boston;  residence,  114 
Naples  Rd.,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Ahern,  William  Joseph 

Secretary,  N.  H.  board  of  charities 
and  corrections;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
May  19,  1855;  s.  William  and  Bridget 
(Leary)  Ahern;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools;  engaged  many  years  in  mer- 
cantile life;  Catholic;  Democrat;  com- 
missioner, Merrimack  county,  1887-91, 
chairman  last  two  years;  deputv  sheriff 
and  jailer,  1891-2;  member, "N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  eleven  terms, 
serving  generally  on  appropriations 


committee  (chairman  in  1913),  a  longer 
legislative  service  than  that  of  any 
man  now  living  with  a  single  excep- 
tion; secretary,  state  board  of  charities 
and  correction,  since  1901 ;  chairman, 
trustees  State  School  for  Feeble  Minded, 
1901-14;  chairman,  Board  of  Control 
of  State  Institutions,  1914-15;  active  in 
party  affairs  and  several  times  member 


of  Democratic  state  committee,  treas- 
urer, 1001-2;  delegate  Democratic  Na- 
tional Convention,  1000;  member,  A. 
O.  H.,  Knights  of  Columbus,  Foresters 
of  America,  Elks  and  Wonolancet  Club; 
m.,  Nov.  30,  1876,  Catherine  Cotter; 
children,  Frank  G.,  Mary  Grace  (Mrs. 
John  F.  Sullivan),  William  ,1.  Jr., 
John  Mite-hell,  Robert  Leo.  Residence, 
Concord,  X.  II. 

Hook,  Andrew  Jackson 

General  business;  b.,  Cornish,  N.  H., 
Dec.  7,  1864;  s.  Moody  and  Eliza  B. 
(Carroll)  Hook;  ed.  common  schools 
and  Bryant  it  Strat  ton's  Business 
College,  Manchester;  in  employ  of  A. 
C.  Carroll  &  Son,  general  merchants,  at 


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ONE   THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Warner,  for  six  years;  landlord, 
Kearsarge  Hotel,  one  year,  in  retail 
grain  trade,  seven  years;  postmaster  of 
Warner,  1898  to  1910;  since  then  has 
maintained  a  general  business  office 
conducting  a  large  lumber,  real  estate 
and  insurance  business.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Sugar  River  Savings 
Bank  of  Newport  and  agent  for  the 
Citizens  National  Bank  of  that  town. 
Republican;  has  served  as  town  clerk, 
selectman,  member  of  the  high  school 


Brown,  Edmund  H. 

Register  of  deeds  Merrimack  Countv ; 
b.,  Fisherville  (now  Penacook),  N.  H., 
Oct.  29,  1857;  s.  Henry  H.  and  Lucre- 
tia  (Symonds)  Brown;  ed.  Penacook 
Academy  (class  of  1876),  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology,  special 
course;  superintendent,  Concord  Axle 
Co.,  1887-97;  member,  mercantile  firm 
of  Foote,  Brown  &  Co.,  Penacook, 
1897-1911;  register  of  deeds  for  Mer- 
rimack County  since  1911;  Repub- 


committee,  and  has  been  town  treasurer 
for  the  hist  twenty  years;  member  of 
the  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1917-18,  serving  on  the  committee  on 
insurance,  and  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  liquor  laws,  taking  an  active 
part  in  the  enactment  of  the  Lewis  pro- 
hibitory bill,  also  as  chairman  of  the 
Merrimack  County  delegation.  He  is 
a  32d  degree  Mason  and  Shriner,  also  a 
Patron  of  Husbandry  and  present  sec- 
retary of  the  N.  H.  Grange  Life  Insu- 
rance Assn.;  in.  Nov.  24.  1SSS,  Florence 
Bell  Colby  of  Warner;  no  children. 
Residence,  Warner,  N.  H. 


lican;  representative  from  Ward  1, 
Concord,  in  N.  H.  legislature,  1893-4, 
1905-6;  state  senator  from  District 
No.  11  (old),  1895-6;  trustee,  Colby 
Academy;  director,  Concord  Axle  Co., 
trustee,  Loan  &  Trust  Savings  Bank; 
Baptist;  member,  Penacook  Baptist 
church,  forty-six  years  (deacon  twenty 
years);  member,  Horace  Chase  Lodge, 
A.  F.  <t  A.  M.  (past  master),  Trinity 
Chapter,  Horace  Chase  Council,  Mt. 
Horeb  Comrnandery  (commander);  re- 
ceived all  Scottish  rite  degrees  to  and 
including  the  32d;  m.,  Oct.  11,  1881, 
Marv  Belle  Proctor;  children,  Helen 


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35 


L.,  b.  Oct.  3,  1882;  Howard  H.,  b. 
June  15,  1884;  William  P.  (died  in 
infancy).  Residence,  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Fellows,  William  Bainbridge 

Lawyer;  b.,  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  July  5, 
1858;  s.  Col.  Enoch  Q.  and  Mary  E. 
(Quimby)  Fellows;  ed.  Tilton  Seminary, 
1876,  'Dartmouth  College,  1880; 
studied  law  with  Hon.  E.  A.  Hibbard 
of  Laconia;  admitted  to  the  bar,  Sept., 
1883,  in  practice  at  Tilton  since  1885; 
Republican;  sergeant-at-arms,  N.  H. 
senate,  1881;  clerk,  U.  S.  senate  com- 
mittee on  claims,  1885-7;  solicitor,  Bel- 
knap  county,  1889-91,  1893-7;  judge 
of  probate,  Belknap  county,  1895-1909; 
N.  H.  state  auditor,  1909-11;  secretary, 
state  board  of  equalization,  1901-8; 
member,  N.  H.  special  tax  commission, 
1908;  member  and  secretary,  N.  H. 
tax  commission,  since  1911;  member, 
N.  H.  constitutional  conventions, 
1902,  1912;  treasurer,  town  of  Tilton, 
1902,  1906;  trustee.  Tilton  Seminary, 
1896—;  trustee,  Tilton  &  Northfield 
Library  Ass'n,  1887- ;  trustee,  Hall 
Memorial  Library  building,  1901- ; 
m.,  1st,  Nov.  1,  1881,  Ida  G.  Scribner, 
who  d.  Jan.  14,  1908;  2d,  Aug.  24,  1909, 
Clara  D.  Merriman;  children,  by  first 
wife,  John  H.,  Paul  R.  Residence, 
Tilton,  N.  H. 

Burroughs,  Sherman  Everett 

Lawyer;  b.,  Dunbarton,  N.  H., 
Fob.  6,  1870;  s.  John  H.  and  Helen 
M.  (Baker)  Burroughs;  descendant, 
on  paternal  side,  of  George  Burroughs 
who  served  under  General  Heath  at 
tho  siege  of  Boston,  and  on  the  ma- 
ternal side,  of  Captains  Joseph  Baker 
and  John  Lovewell  of  Indian  and 
Colonial  War  fame;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Dunbarton  and  Bow,  Concord 
high  school,  class  of  1890,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.,  class  of  1894,  Columbian 
University  Law  School,  LL.B.,  1896, 
LL.M.  1897;  admitted  to  the  District 
of  Columbia  bar,  1896,  New  Hamp- 
shire bar,  1897;  commenced  practice 
in  Manchester  in  1897;  continued  alone 
two  years,  then  becoming  a  member  of 


the  firm  of  Taggart,  Tuttle,  Burroughs 
&  Wyman,  where  he  has  continued, 
the  firm  now  being  Taggart,  Burroughs, 
Wyman  &  McLane;  Republican; 
private  secretary  to  Congressman 
Henry  M.  Baker,  1894-7;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1901- 
3;  elected  to  the  U.S.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, to  fill  the  vacancy  occa- 
sioned by  the  death  of  Cyrus  A. 
Sulloway,  May  29,  1917;  member, 
state  board  of  equalization,  1909-10; 


member,  state  board  of  charities  and 
corrections,  1901-1917;  chairman  from 
1911;  president,  N.  H.  Children's  Aid 
and  Protective  Spc.;  Episcopalian; 
treasurer,  Grace  Episcopal  church,  and 
trustee.  Orphans'  Home,  Concord, 
N.  H.;  member,  Washington  Lodge, 
A.  V.  &  A.  M.,  Manchester;  Scottish 
Rite  Mason;  member,  Derryfield  and 
Country  clubs;  m.,  April  21,  1898, 
Helen  S.  Phillips;  four  sons,  Robert 
Phillips,  John  Hamilton,  Sherman 
Everett,  Jr.,  and  Henry  Baker.  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H. 


Ho.v.  SAMUEL  0.  EASTMAN 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


37 


Eastman,  Samuel  Coffin 

Lawyer,  banker,  manufacturer;  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  July  11,  1837;  s. 
Seth  and  Sarah  (Coffin)  Eastman,  and 
descendant  of  Capt.  Ebenezer  East- 
man, first  settler  of  Concord;  ed.  public 
schools,  Rockingham  Academy,  Hamp- 
ton Falls,  N  .H .,  Brown  University,  A.  M ., 
1857,  Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B.,  1859; 
commenced  practice  of  law  in  Concord 
and  has  since  continued,  giving  special 
attention  to  insurance  and  corporation 
law;  Episcopalian;  Republican;  city 
treasurer  of  Concord  during  Civil 
War  period;  for  twelve  years  member 
of  the  Concord  board  of  education; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives in  1883,  and  elected  speaker; 
again  member  of  house  in  1893, 
serving  on  judiciary  committee  and 
chairman  national  affairs;  president, 
Concord  Mutual  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  which 
he  organized  in  1895;  president,  N.  H. 
Savings  Bank,  for  the  last  twenty 
years;  president,  Concord  <fc  Ports- 
mouth R.  II.;  president,  Eagle  & 
Phenix  Hotel  Co.;  director  and  treas- 
urer, Profile  &  Flume  Co.;  pres- 
ident, N.  H.  Spinning  Mills;  presi- 
dent, Abbot  &  Downing  Co.;  several 
years  director  and  treasurer,  Eastern 
R.  R.  in  New  Hampshire;  some  time 
president  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital;  member,  Reorgan- 
ization Committee,  St.  Louis  &  San 
Francisco  R.  R.;  member,  N.  11. 
Historical  Society,  which  he  has  served 
as  corresponding  secretary,  librarian 
and  president,  and  was  instrumental, 
with  B.  A.  Kimball,  in  establishing 
location  of  its  new  building,  as  he  was, 
with  W.  E.  Chandler,  in  fixing  the 
.site  of  the  U.  S.  Government  build- 
ing; president,  Associated  Alumni  of 
Brown  University,  1906-7;  member, 
Union  Club  of  Boston  and  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  and  University  Club,  of 
New  York;  member  and  past  presi- 
dent, N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  member, 
American  Bar  Ass'n.,  and  delegate- 
at-large  to  the  Universal  Congress 
of  Lawyers  and  Jurists  at  St.  Louis 
in  1904;  for  some  years  part  owner 
of  the  Concord  Monitor  and  In- 
dependent Democrat,  writing  ex- 


tensively for  the  same,  also  serving 
as  legislative  reporter  for  the  Monitor; 
has  traveled  extensively  in  Europe 
and  written  interestingly  of  his  travels; 
versed  in  various  languages  and  has 
translated  books  from  the  French, 
Danish  and  Norwegian;  edited  East- 
man's White  Mountain  Guide  Book;  has 
delivered  various  public  lectures  based 
on  observations  in  foreign  lands  and 
other  subjects;  president  of  the  day  at 
Concord's  150th  anniversary  celebra- 
tion, June  7, 1915;  received  honorary  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  from  Brown  University  on 
lj()th  anniversary  of  his  graduation, June, 
1917;  m.,  July  11,  1861,  Mary  Clifford, 
daughter  of  Judge  Albert  G.  Greene  of 
Providence,  R.  I.,  who  d.  Oct.  19,  1895; 
two  children,  a  son,  dying  in  infancy,  and 
a  daughter,  Mary  C.,  educated  at  Vassar 
College,  and  first  president  of  the 
Friendly  Club  of  Concord,  who  d.  Dec. 
25,  1913.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Brown,  Henry  Currier 

Merchant;  b.,  Hopkinton,  N.  H., 
Sept.  30,  1849;  s.  George  and  Rosetta 
(Currier)  Brown;  ed.  common  School 
and  Hopkinton,  Contoocook  and  Colby 
academies;  removed  to  Concord  in  1870 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Prescott 
Organ  Co.,  learning  the  business;  was 
subsequently  engaged  as  clerk  in  mer- 
cantile establishments,  till  1890,  when 
he  engaged  in  the  clothing  trade,  with 
Charles  C.  Currier,  under  firm  name  of 
Brown  «fc  Currier,  continuing  till  1898, 
when  Mr.  Currier  retired  and  Bennett 
Batchelder  came  into  the  firm  since 
known  as  Brown  <t  Batchelder;  Repub- 
lican; member,  Concord  board  of  educa- 
tion, nine  years,  common  council  two 
vears;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1909-10;  trustee,  Loan  & 
Trust  Savings  Bank  since  Sept.  30,  1901 ; 
member,  investment  committee,  since 
Jan.,  1902,  president  since  April  7,  1913; 
Baptist;  deacon,  Pleasant  St.  church,  for 
more  than  thirty  years;  in.,  Nov.  25, 
1S72,  Sarah  B.  Sweatt  of  Webster;  chil- 
dren, Eleanor  Abbott  (Mrs.  John  C.  Til- 
ton),  Vassar,  1903;  Grace  Currier, 
Mt.  Holyoke,  1911,  N.  E.  Conservatory 
of  Music,  1915.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.H. 


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ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Farrand,  George  Edward 

Merchant;  b.,  Pcnacook,  N.  H. 
(Ward  1,  Concord),  May  1,  1872;  s. 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Far- 


rand;  cd.  public  schools  of  Pena- 
cook  and  Manchester;  Democrat; 
member,  X.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, from  Ward  1,  Concord,  1909-10, 
1911-12;  candidate  in  the  primary 
for  senatorial  nomination,  1912;  dele- 
gate in  constitutional  convention, 
1912;  state  treasurer,  1913-14;  bank 
commissioner,  191");  acting  postmaster 
of  Concord,  July,  1917;  chairman, 
Democratic  State  Committee,  1914 
and  since;  Episcopalian;  Knight,  of 
Pythias,  member,  N.  H.  Historical 
Soc.,  and  Wonolancet  Club;  m.,  June 
21,  1S99,  Huth  A.  Minot  of  Con- 
cord; children,  Kli/abeth  Howland, 
Marv  Minot.  Residence,  1'enacook, 
N  .11. 

Kempton,  Elisha  Moody 

Teacher,  farmer;    b.,  Claremont,  N. 
H.,  May  22,  1S31:   s.  Klisha  and  Har- 


riet (Vickery)  Kempton;  ed.  public 
and  high  schools  in  Sullivan  County; 
taught  school  many  terms  in  early 
life;  engaged  in  farming  in  Acworth; 
enlisted  as  private  in  Third  N.  H. 
Regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  Aug.  19, 
1861;  appointed  corporal  Sept.  13, 
1862;  wounded  at  Morris  Island, 
siege  of  Charleston,  July  10,  1863; 
discharged  for  disability,  Nov.  10, 
1863;  Baptist;  Republican;  register 
of  deeds  for  Sullivan  County,  1872-6; 
register  of  probate  for  the  past  thirty 
years;  Mason  and  member  G.  A.  R., 
past  commander  Fred  Smyth  Post  of 
Newport;  m.,  1st,  March  30,  1870, 
Louisa  E.  Alden,  who  d.  June  7,  1883; 
2d,  May  11,  1885,  Sarah  Isabel  Strong; 
children,  Mary  Louisa,  a  teacher  since 
graduation  at  New  London  Academy; 
Alvan  Alden,  graduate  of  Colby  Acad- 


emy and  Brown  University,  associate 
principal  of  Vermont  Academy  at  Sax- 
tons  River,  where  he  d.  in  1905,  and 
Will  Elisha,  employed  in  his  father's 
office.  Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 


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Chase,  Levin  Joynes 

Manager,  Concord  Electric  Co.; 
b.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Feb.  6,  1862; 
s.  Reginald  Heber  and  Susan  (Stan- 
wood)  Chase;  ed.  Philadelphia  private 
schools;  engaged  for  many  years  in 
employ  of  Wells-Fargo  Express  Co., 
at  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  became  man- 
ager of  the  Concord  Electric  Co., 
Jan.  1,  1909;  Episcopalian;  Repub- 
lican; represented  Ward  3,  Concord, 
in  N.  H.  house  of  representatives  in 


Rowe,  Stewart  Everett 

Lawyer,  poet;  b.,  Jan.  22,  1881;  s. 
Benjamin  F.  and  Hattie  A.  (Truett) 
Rowe;  ed.  Kensington  north  district 
school,  Exeter  high  school,  1899, 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1904,  Bos- 
ton University  Law  School;  studied 
law  three  years  with  the  late  Attorney- 
General  Edwin  G.  Eastman;  admitted 
to  New  Hampshire  bar  July  1,  1911, 
and  since  in  practice  in  Exeter;  Re- 
publican; moderator,  clerk,  auditor 


1913  and  1915;  member,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  Elks,  Wono- 
lancet  Club,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf 
Club,  Snowshoe  Club,  Concord  Board 
of  Trade — president  since  Sept.,  1915; 
trustee,  Concord  public  library;  fre- 
quent speaker  upon  board  of  trade 
topics  and  questions  of  public  interest, 
and  earnest  advocate  of  equal  suffrage, 
to  which  cause  he  gave  hearty  sup- 
port during  his  service  in  the  legis- 
lature; .in.,  Jan.  '_',  1905,  Bertha 
Louise  Adams.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 


library  trustee,  member  school  board, 
ballot  and  election  inspector,  tax  col- 
lector and  delegate  to  the  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1912,  in  which  he 
took  an  active  part,  while  a  resident 
of  Kensington;  moderator,  school  meet- 
ing in  Exeter,  where  he  now  resides; 
treasurer,  Hockingham  County,  elected 
Nov.,  191t>;  Congrcgationalist,  clerk  of 
Phillips  church,  Exeter;  member,  Odd 
Fellows,  Sons  of  Veterans,  Senior  Vice 
Commander  X.  H.  Division,  Patron  of 
Husbandry,  Gamma  Eta  Gamma  Legal 
Fraternity;  Swamscott  Club;  cam- 


(!K\.  WILLIAM  F.  THAYER 


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paign  and  Memorial  Day  speaker; 
active  in  politics  and  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  press  in  verse  and 
prose;  m.,  March  26,  1913,  Lillian 
A.  Whitman  of  West  Barnstable, 
Mass.  Residence,  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Thayer,  William  Fiske 

Banker;  b.,  Kingston,  X.  H.,  March 
13,  1846;  s.  Calvin  and  Sarah  Wheeler 
(Fiske)  Thayer;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden, 
N.  H.;  commenced  business  life  as 
clerk  in  Concord,  X.  H.,  postoffice, 
becoming  chief  clerk;  entered  First 
Xatipnal  Bank  as  clerk  in  1871 ;  became 
cashier  in  1874  and  has  been  president 
since  1885;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; quartermaster  general  on  staff 
of  Gov.  John  McLane;  city-treasurer, 
Concord,  for  thirty-four  years;  treasu- 
rer. Republican  state  committee,  since 
1892;  delegate  in  Republican  national 
conventions  in  1908  and  1912;  treasurer. 
Union  Trust  Co.;  director,  Xorthern 
R.  R.,;  Mason,  K.  T.;  m.,  Oct.  20, 
1874,  Sarah  Clarke  Wentworth,  who 
d.  Jan.  24,  1916;  children,  Margaret 
(Mrs.  Frank  J.  Sulloway),-  William  W. 
Residence,  Concord,  X.  H. 

Worthen,  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr 

Educator;  public  service  commis- 
sioner; b.,  Thetford,  Vt.,  Oct.  3,  1845; 
s.  Joseph  Hewes  and  Elizabeth  (Chase) 
Worthen;  ed.  Thetford.  Vt.,  academy, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1872,  A.M., 
1875;  principal,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  high 
school,  1872-4;  tutor  in  mathematics, 
Dartmouth  College,  1S74-6;  tutor  in 
Greek  and  mathematics,  1876-8:  in- 
structor in  mathematics,  1879-83; 
assistant  professor,  1883-93;  head  of 
department  of  mathematics,  1893-1911 ; 
other  positions  hold  at  the  college  at 
different  times,  instructor  in  gymnas- 
tics, clerk  of  the  faculty,  inspector  of 
college  buildings,  director  of  gymnas- 
ium, director  of  summer  school  for 
teachers:  Congregationalist,  eleven 
years  deacon  of  college  church:  Demo- 
crat, elected  to  X.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives from  Hanover,  1904,  though 
the  town  was  normally  Republican, 


three  to  one;  defeated  as  a  Democrat 
for  X.  H.  Senate,  1906,  by  less  than  500 
votes  in  a  district  Republican  by  1,300; 
justice  of  the  peace;  justice  of  the 
Hanover  police  court  fourteen  years; 
precinct  commissioner;  trustee,  Mary 
Hitchcock  hospital,  Howe  library  and 
Thetford  academy;  member,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  and  Kappa  Kappa  Kappa 
societies  at  Dartmouth,  Dartmouth 
Scientific  Ass'n,  American  Mathemati- 
cal Soc.,  American  Ass'n  for  the 


Advancement  of  Science,  etc.;  mem- 
ber. X.  H.  public  service  commission, 
since  1911;  m.,  1st,  Louise  M.,  dau. 
Brias  D.  and  Adeline  (Dodge)  Wilcox, 
who  d.  1878;  one  child,  Louise  W. 
(Smith,  1901);  2d,  Elizabeth  A.,  dau. 
Gov.  Peter  T.  and  Almira  (Hopkins) 
Washburne;  three  children,  Thacher  W. 
(A.B.,  Dartmouth,  1907,  A.M.  and 
M.D..  1911),  Joseph  W.  (A.B.,  Dart- 
mouth, 1909.  B.C.L.,  Oxford.  1913), 
Mary  (Mrs.  Gray  Knapp.  Smith,  1914). 
Residence,  Hanover,  X.  H.;  address, 
State  House,  Concord.  X.  H. 


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McGregor,  George  Wilbur 

Physician;  b.,  Bethlehem,  N.  H., 
June  15,  1853;  s.  Willard  A.  and 
Almira  G.  (Blandin)  McGregor;  ed. 


Tilton  Seminary,  New  Hampton  Insti- 
tution, 1S75,  Dartmouth  Medical  Col- 
lege, 1S7S;  studied  with  Dr.  L.  B. 
How  of  Manchester;  practiced  a  short 
time  in  Lunenburg,  Yt.,  then  removed 
to  Littleton  where  he  has  continued  in 
successful  practice;  Congregationalist; 
Democrat;  has  served  on  the  hoards  of 
health  and  education  in  Littleton, 
represented  the  town  in  the  legislature 
in  1905  and  has  been  four  times  elected 
moderator;  was  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive council  of  the  state,  1913-14,  and 
of  the  state  board  of  control,  1913-15; 
member  of  the  N.  H.  delegation 
in  the  Democratic  national  conven- 
tion at  Baltimore  in  1912;  Knight 
Templar  Mason,  Knight  of  Pythias, 
and  an  ex-president  of  the  Grafton 
County  and  N.  H.  Medical  societies; 
in.,  Feb.  21,  1SSO,  Klla  Augusta 
Katon  of  Franconia.  Residence,  Little- 
ton, N.  H. 


Shepard,  Joseph  Eastman 

Farmer,  fruit-grower  and  general 
contractor;  b.,  West  Concord,  N.  H., 
Nov.  18,  1865;  s.  Omar  L.  and  Martha 
S.  (Jackson)  Shepard;  ed.  public 
schools,  Pembroke  Academy  and  Prof. 
J.  H.  Larry's  School  of  Practice; 
always  interested  in  apple  culture  and 
among  the  first  to  practice  spraying, 
commencing  in  1886,  and  continuing 
successfully;  had  charge  for  two  years 
of  the  farming  interests  of  the  late 
Moses  Humphrey,  president  of  N.  H. 
board  of  agriculture;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  active  in  political  affairs 
and  for  sixteen  years  president,  Ward 
3,  Republican  club;  moderator  for 
several  years  and  representative  in 
N.  H.  legislature,  1903-4;  assessor  for 
Ward  3  under  old  city  charter,  con- 
tinuously except  1903-4,  till  adoption 
of  new  charter,  serving  as  clerk  of  the 
board  four  years,  and  chairman,  two 


years;  only  member  of  old  board 
elected  under  the  new  charter,  in  1911, 
and  chairman  since  that  time;  in  1912, 
with  his  associates,  Messrs.  Morris 


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and  Donovan,  inspected  and  revalued 
all  the  real  estate  in  Concord;  member, 
Rumford  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Concord; 
Patron  of  Husbandry,  past  master, 
Capital  Grange,  and  charter  master, 
Penacook  Park  Grange,  West  Concord, 
which  he  helped  organize  twenty-six 
years  ago;  past  secretary,  lecturer  and 
treasurer,  Merrimack  County  Pomona 
Grange;  secretary,  Merrimack  County 
Pomona  Grange  Fair  Ass'n,  and 
president,  N.  H.  Grange  Fair  Ass'n; 
m.,  Sept.  19,  1891,  Lilian  Rose;  chil- 
dren, Ernest  Rose,  Joseph  Phillips, 
Mary  Grace  and  Ella  Almira.  Address, 
West  Concord,  N.  H. 

Hunt,  Edwin  Sumner 

Lawyer,  banker;  b.,  Charlestown, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  12,  1865;  s.  Thomas  J. 
and  Clara  M.  (Swett)  Hunt;  ed. 
Charlestown  public  schools,  Vermont 
Academy,  Saxton's  Rivor,  Vt.,  1886, 
Amherst  College,  A.  B.,  1890,  Columbia 
L'niversity,  LL.B.,  1895;  practiced 
law  in  New  York  City,  1895  to  1901; 
in  Wuterbury,  Conn.,  1901  to  1906; 
treasurer,  Waterbury  Savings  Bank, 
since  1906,  also  director  and  secretary; 
director,  Citizens  National  Bank, 
Waterbury;  tax  collector,  Waterbury, 
1904-5;  president,  Savings  Bank  Ass'n 
of  Connecticut,  1912-14;  Episcopalian; 
Republican;  member,  Waterbury  Club, 
Country  Club;  m.,  June  11,  1900,  Helen 
Trowbridge  Hunt;  three  children. 
Residence,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Pingree,  Samuel  Everett 

Lawyer;  b.,  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
2,  1832;  s.  Stephen  and  Judith  (True) 
Pingree;  ed.  Salisbury,  Andover  and 
Mclndoes  Falls  academies  and  Dart- 
mouth College,  1857;  studied  law  with 
Hon.  A.  P.  Huntoon  of  Bethel,  Yt., 
admitted  to  the  Vermont  bar  in  1859; 
settled  at  Hartford,  Vt.,  and  has  then- 
continued,  with  offices  at  Hartford  and 
White  River  Junction,  practicing  in 
Grafton  and  Sullivan  counties,  N.  H., 
as  well  as  in  Vermont;  Baptist; 
Democrat  previous  to  the  Civil  War, 
Republican  since;  town  clerk  of  Hart- 
ford since  1S59,  except  during  tin- 


Civil  War;  lieutenant-governor  of  Ver- 
mont, 1882-4;  governor,  1884-6;  chair- 
man, Vt.  railroad  commission,  1886 
to  1894;  president  and  trustee,  White 
River  Savings  Bank,  1886  to  1912; 
private,  lieutenant,  captain,  major, 
lieutenant  colonel  in  Third  Vermont 
Regiment  in  the  Civil  War,  and 
twice  wounded  in  battle;  colonel, 


Eighth  Regiment, Vt.  National  Guard, 
1864-5;  member,  T.  S.  Medal  of 
Honor  Legion  and  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America  (honorary);  m.,  Sept. 
15,  1S69,  Lydia  M.  Steele  of  Stan- 
stead,  P.  Q.;  one  son,  William  S. 
Pingree  (Norwich  I'niv.  and  Boston 
Univ.  Law  School),  now  state's  attorney 
for  Windsor  County,  Yt.  Residence, 
Hartford,  Vt. 

Hodgman,  Burns  Plummer 

Lawyer,  clerk,  I'.  S.  District  Court; 
1)..  Littleton,  N.  II..  Dec.  30,  1875;  s. 
Charles  and  Sarah  K.  (Taylor)  Hodg- 
man; ed.  Littleton  high  school,  Boston 
University  Law  School,  1X98,  mm 
I'liK/c;  admitted  to  N.  H.  bar,  1898, 


GEN.  FRANK  8.  STREETER 


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and  commenced  practice  of  law  with 
Bingham,  Mitchell  &  Batchellor,  at 
Littleton,  with  whom  he  had  been 
associated  since  1891;  remained  with 
the  firm  until  Nov.  24,  1899,  when  made 
deputy  clerk,  U.  S.  courts;  appointed 
clerk  U.  S.  District  court  for  N.  H., 
Aug.  1,  1900,  also  U.  S.  commissioner; 
Episcopalian ;  Republican ;  never  sought 
public  office  but  has  served  as  master 
in  chancery  in  many  important  cases 
in  the  federal  and  state  courts;  m., 
Jan.  16,  1901,  Anne  L.  Hackett. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Streeter,  Frank  Sherwin 

Lawyer;  b.,  East  Charleston,  Vt., 
Aug.  5,  1853;  s.  Daniel  and  Julia 
(Wheeler)  Streeter;  ed.  public  schools, 
St.  Johnsbury  Academy,  Bates  Col- 
lege and  Dartmouth  College,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  1874; 
taught  school  at  Ottumwa,  Iowa;  re- 
turned east  and  studied  law  with 
Alonzo  P.  Carpenter  of  Bath,  N.  H., 
chief  justice,  N.  H.  supreme  court; 
admitted  to  the  bar,  March,  1877; 
commenced  practice  in  Orford,  but 
soon  removed  to  Concord,  where  he 
has  continued,  in  various  partnerships, 
but  for  some  years  past  as  head 
of  the  firm  of  Streeter,  Demond, 
Woodworth  &  Sulloway;  has  been 
largely  engaged  in  corporation  prac- 
tice, and  was  for  many  years  counsel 
of  the  Boston  &  Maine  H.  R.;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  member,  N.  H. 
legislature,  in  1S85,  serving  on  ju- 
diciary committee;  president,  Repub- 
lican state  convention,  189(5;  pres- 
ident, N.  II.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1902;  judge  advocate  general, 
staff  of  Gov.  Charles  A.  Busiel,  1895-0; 
member,  International  Joint  Com- 
mission, March,  1911  to  Aug.,  1913; 
delegate  at  large,  Republican  national 
convention,  189(5;  member,  Republican 
national  committee,  1907-8;  member, 
Republican  state  committee,  since  1892; 
trustee,  Dartmouth  College,  since  1892 
(life  member  since  1897);  member, 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.  (president,  1914- 
Kij,  American  Historical  Ass'n.  X. 
H.  Bar  Ass'n  (president,  1903-4), 


American  Bar  Ass'n;  delegate,  Uni- 
versal Congress  Lawyers  and  Jurists, 
St.  Louis,  1904;  member,  N.  H.  League 
to  Provide  for  National  Defence  and  to 
Enforce  International  Peace  (president 
since  March,  1916);  member,  executive 
committee,  League  to  Enforce  Peace, 
since  organization;  member,  National 
Security  League;  member,  Snowshoe 
Club  and  Wonolancet  Club  (president 
last  fifteen  years),  Concord,  N.  H.. 
Metropolitan,  Cosmos,  University  ana 
Chevy  Chase  clubs,  Washington,  D.  C., 
Algonquin  and  Union  clubs,  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  Derryfield  Club,  Manches- 
ter; Odd  Fellow;  Mason,  32d  degree; 
LL.D.,  Dartmouth,  1913;  m.,  Nov.  14, 
1877,  Lilian,  dau.  Alonzo  P.  and  Julia 
(Goodall)  Carpenter  of  Bath;  children, 
Julia  (Mrs.  Henry  Gardner),  b.  Sept. 
8,  1878;  Thomas  W.,  b.  July  20,  1883. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Burleigh,  Alvin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
19,  1842,  s.  Samuel  C.  and  Sally  Heath 
(Whipple)  Burleigh;  ed.  Dartmouth 
college,  A.B.  1871;  served  in  the  15th 
N.  H.  Infantry  in  the  Civil  War; 
studied  law,  admitted  to  .the  N.  H. 
bar  in  1873,  and  has  since  practiced  in 
Plymouth,  having  been  long  associated 
in  partnership  with  the  late  George  H. 
Adams;  Republican,  member  and 
speaker,  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1887-8;  sometime  trustee  N.  H.  Nor- 
mal School;  chairman,  Plymouth 
school  board;  director,  Plymouth 
Guaranty  Savings  Bank;  Methodist; 
trustee,  'Plymouth  M.  E.  Church; 
trustee,  Tilton  Seminary;  president, 
Emily  Balch  Hospital  Ass'ns;  m., 
Jan.  (5,  1873,  Elvira  Pane  of  Haverhill. 
Residence,  Plymouth,  X.  H. 

Shockley,  Alice  Porter 

(Mrs.  A.  Lincoln  Shockley),  teacher, 
musician,  club  woman;  b..  Concord, 
X.  II.,  Oct.  31,  1SS7;  dau.  Gen. 
Howard  L.  and  Alice  R.  (Hammond) 
Porter;  descended  from  Colonial  and 
Revolutionary  stock  on  both  paternal 
and  maternal  sides;  ed.  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  high  school,  190(5,  Wellesley 


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College,  1910;  after  graduation  from 
college  taught  history  and  English 
in  Leicester,  Mass.,  academy;  later 
was  head  of  the  English  department  in 


Arlington,  Mass.,  high  school,  leaving 
to  accept  a  similar  position  in  New 
Bedford,  where  she  met  Doctor 
Shockley.  Since  her  marriage,  Feb.  10, 
1916,  she  lias  continued  her  interest 
along  educational  lines,  being  a  member 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  large 
New  Bedford  Woman's  Club,  and 
chairman  of  its  education  committee; 
vice-president  of  the  Young  Women's 
Christian  Ass'n  and  chairman  of  that 
education  committee;  a  very  active 
member  of  the  New  Bedford  College 
Club,  the  Wellesley  Club  of  South- 
eastern Massachusetts,  the  Boston 
Wellesley  Club  and  the  old  Dartmouth 
Historical  Soc.  She  has  always  been 
especially  interested  in  music,  having 
been  president  of  the  (lice  club  and  the 
mandolin  club  in  her  high  school 
course,  president  of  the  mandolin 
dub  of  Wellesley  College  and  a  member 
of  the  college  ehoir;  she  was  an  editor 


of  the  College  News,  one  of  the  editors 
of  the  class  Alumnae  Record,  and  is 
permanent  corresponding  secretary 
of  her  college  class.  Since  her  extended 
trip  through  California  and  the 
Hawaiian  islands,  she  has  given  illus- 
trated lectures  on  her  travel  through 
the  so-called  "Garden  of  the  World." 
Residence,  591  County  St.,  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass.  Summer  home,  Padana- 
ram. 

Aspinwall,  Ada  Mae 

Musician;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
10,  1866,  dan.  Charles  C.  and  Ednah 
(Eastman)  Aspinwall;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  New  England  Con- 
servatory of  Music  and  by  private 
teachers,  including  G.  H.  Howard, 
Milo  Benedict  and  Arthur  Foote; 
teacher  of  pianoforte  in  Concord  since 
1S90,  first  teacher  in  the  city  to  take 
up  the  work  of  instruction  in  the 


"Progressive  Series  of  Piano  Lessons"; 
organist  and  choir  director  at  the  First 
Tniversalist  church  in  Concord  for 
the  last  twenty-five  years;  pianist  and 


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accompanist  for  the  Concord  Choral 
Union,  and  its  successor,  the  Concord 
Oratorio  Society,  since  organization, 
appearing  in  festival  and  concert  work 
with  the  most  noted  artists,  also  as 
accompanist  in  outside  festival  work 
and  chamber  concerts;  member,  Con- 
cord Woman's  Club,  Music  Club, 
Rumford  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  Capital 
Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Fidelity  Rebekah 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.  Residence,  68 
Washington  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Murchie,  Alexander 

Lawyer;  b.,  Creetown,  Kirkcud- 
brightshire, Scotland,  March  1,  1887; 
s.  William  and  Agnes  Janet  (Kellie) 
Murchie;  removed  with  parents  to 
Concord,  N.  H.,  in  childhood;  ed. 


Ass'n,  Wonolancet  Club,  Concord; 
m.,  July  19,  1910,  Gladys  Nelson  Ham- 
mond; daughter,  Janet,  died  in  infancy. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Gunnison,  William  Towne 

Lawyer,  b.,  Greenville,  Miss.,  Sept. 
22,  1869;  s.  Arvin  Nye  and  Sarah 
Helen  (Putnam)  Gunnison;  ed.  Mil- 
ford,  N.  H.,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1892,  Har- 
vard Law  School,  LL.B.,  1895;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  the  same  year,  and  in 
practice  in  Rochester  since  Sept., 
1895,  as  a  partner  with  Ex.-Gpv. 
Samuel  D.  Felker;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention  of  1902;  judge, 
Rochester  district  court,  1913-15; 


Concord  high  school  and  law  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Michigan; 


studied  with  Henry  F.  llollis 
to  the  bar  in  1909;  member,  1 


admitted 
iw  firm  of 


llollis  &  Murchie;  Democrat:  city 
solicitor  of  Concord  since  1911;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n,  American  Bar 


judge,  Rochester  municipal  court, 
1915;  member,  N.  H.  public  service 
commission  since  1916;  director,  Roch- 
ester Loan  A:  Banking  Co.;  Mason; 
in.,  Oct.  11,  189S,  Grace  Homey;  two 
sons,  Arvin  and  John  Vinal.  Resi- 
dence, Rochester,  N.  H. 


Hox.  SAMUKL  L.   POWERS 


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Powers,  Samuel  Leland 

Lawyer;  b.,  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Oct.  26, 
1848,  s.  Larned  and  Ruby  (Barton) 
Powers;  ed.  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Dartmouth 
College  A.B.,  1874;  studied  law  with 
Verry  &  Gaskill  of  Worcester,  Mass., 
and  at  the  University  of  New  York; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1875,  and  com- 
menced practice  in  company  with  his 
college  classmate,  Samuel  W.  McCall, 
in  Boston.  For  some  years  past  he  has 
been  head  of  the  firm  of  Powers  &  Hall, 
with  extensive  practice,  at  101  Milk 
St.,  Boston;  Unitarian;  Republican. 
Residing  in  the  city  of  Newton  since 
1881,  he  has  held  various  local  offices; 
elected  to  Congress  from  the  twelfth 
Massachusetts  district,  serving  in  the 
fifty-seventh  and  fifty-eighth  Con- 
gresses, with  membership  on  the  judici- 
ary and  District  of  Columbia  commit- 
tees; heard  often  in  debate  in  Congress, 
and  a  frequent  campaign  and  after- 
dinner  speaker;  member.  Mass,  state 
board  of  education;  president,  Boston 
Art  Club,  Middlesex  Club  of  Mass.; 
member,  Exchange  Club  of  Boston, 
Newton  Club  of  Newton,  Atlantic  Con- 
ference; m.,  June  21, 1878,  Eva  Crowell; 
one  son,  Leland.  Residence,  Newton, 
Mass.;  office,  101  Milk  St.,  Boston. 

Hollis,  Allen 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Dec.  20, 
1871;  s.  Major  Abijah  and  Harriet  Van 
Mater  (French)  Hollis;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  and  Harvard  Law 
School;  studied  in  the  office  of  Chase  & 
Streeter,  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1893,  and  since  in  practice  in  Concord; 
served  as  special  counsel  for  the  state 
in  the  railroad  rate  investigation  before 
the  Public  Service  Commission  in 
1911-12,  also  for  the  special  rate  com- 
mittee of  the  N.  H.  legislature  of  1913, 
and  associated  with  the  attorney- 
general  in  the  Grand  Trunk  R.  R.  tax 
appeal  case  in  1912;  he  is  extensively 
interested  in  public  utilities;  reorgan- 
ized, in  1901,  the  properties  now  owned 
by  the  Concord  Electric  Co.,  of  which 
corporation  he  has  been  president  since 
1904;  president,  Exeter,  Hampton  & 


Amesbury  St.  Railway  Co.,  Exeter  & 
Hampton  Electric  Co.,  White  Mt. 
Telephone  <fe  Telegraph  Co.;  vice-presi- 
dent, Laconia  Gas  &  Electric  Co.,  and 
Exeter  Railway  &  Lighting  Co.;  di- 
rector, Concord  Shoe  Factory,  and 
Charles  H.  Tenney  &  Co.  (public  utility 
operating  engineers);  vice-president, 
secretary  and  director,  United  Life  & 
Accident  Insurance  Co.;  trustee,  North 
Boston  Lighting  Properties;  fifteen 
years  clerk  of  the  Union  Trust  Co., 
Concord,  resigning  to  become  a  director 
(Class  C)  in  the  Federal  Reserve  Bank 
of  Boston;  president,  N.  H.  Forestry 
Soc.;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Squam 
Lake  Improvement  Ass'n  ;director,Con- 
necticut  Valley  Waterways  Ass'n.;  vice- 
president,  N.  H.  Fish  and  Game  League 
and  Lake  Sunapee  Fishing  Ass'n; 
Royal  Arch  Mason;  member,  Wono- 
lancet,  Canoe,  and  Beaver  Meadow 
Golf  clubs  of  Concord,  Harvard  and 
Exchange  of  Boston ;  Congregat  ionalist ; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  in  1907  and  1909, 
serving  on  judiciary  committee;  assist- 
ant secretary,  Republican  national 
convention,  1908;  moderator,  Ward 
4,  Concord,  1910-16;  m.,  Nov.  10, 
1897,  Amoret  Nichoson  of  Dubuque, 
la.;  children,  Allen,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  1,  1900; 
Franklin, b.  March26, 1904.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Niles,  Edward  Cullen 

Lawyer;  b.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  March 
28,  1865;  s.  William  Woodruff  and 
Bertha  (Olmsted)  Niles;  ed.  public 
and  private  schools,  Concord,  N,  H., 
St.  Paul's  School,  Trinity  College, 
1887,  Harvard  Law  School,  1892; 
commenced  practice  of  law  in  Berlin, 
N.  H.,  in  1892;  removed  to  Concord  in 
1896  where  he  continued  in  practice, 
in  various  partnerships,  till  1915,  hav- 
ing been  associated  at  different  times 
with  the  late  Harry  G.  Sargent,  Henry 
F.  Hollis,  Arthur  P.  Morrill,  James  W. 
Remick  and  Robert  W.  Upton;  Repub- 
lican; town  clerk  anil  member,  board 
of  education,  in  Berlin,  1895-6;  com- 
mon council  and  board  of  aldermen, 
Concord,  1901-5;  president,  Concord 


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ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


board  of  education,  since  1910;  member, 
constitutional  convention,  1902;  chair- 
man, N.  H.  public  service  commission, 
since  its  establishment  in  1911;  first 


vice-president,  and  member,  valuation 
and  legislative  committees,  National 
Association  of  Railway  Commissioners; 
member,  commission  to  revise  the 
charter  of  the  city  of  Concord;  counsel 
on  constitutional  questions  to  the  Tax 
Revision  Commission  of  1908;  Episco- 
palian, chancellor,  and  member,  stand- 
ing committee  of  the  diocese  of  New 
Hampshire;  deputy  to  the  general 
convention  of  the  Episcopal  church, 
1904-16;  judge  of  the  ecclesiastical 
court  of  review,  province  of  New 
P^ngland;  Mason;  member,  Wonolancet 
club,  Concord;  in.,  1st,  July  12,  1S93, 
Ethel  Abbe,  who  d.  1910;  2d,  July  31, 
191(),  Ellen  Tower  Abbe;  three  children 
by  h'rst  wife,  Edward  Abbe  (Trinity, 
1916,  Harvard  Law  School,  Rhodes 
scholar),  James  Huntington,  Rose 
Terry.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 


Smith,  Edward  M. 

Lawyer  and  insurance  agent;  b., 
Alstead,  N.  H.,  Feb.  6,  1838,  s.  Alden 
and  Lurinda  (Partridge)  Smith;  ed. 
select  schools,  Alstead  Academy,  and 
law  department  of  the  University  of 
Albany,  graduating  LL.B.,  March, 
1861;~admitted  to  the  N.  Y.  bar, 
March  4,  1861;  admitted  to  Cheshire 
County,  N.  H.,  bar,  Oct.,  1864, 
and  since  in  practice  at  Alstead, 
where  he  has  done  an  extensive  office 
and  general  business,  including  the 
settlement  of  nearly  four  hundred 
estates;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
tax  collector,  1881,  and  for  fourteen 
years;  member  of  school  board  twelve 
years;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1889;  town  counsel  for  the 
last  thirty  years;  member,  National 
Geographic  Soc.,  Washington,  D.  C., 


Alstead  and  Langdon  Thief  Detecting 
Soc.;  m.,  Nov.  24,  1SSO,  Fannie 
Washburn,  who  d.  Dec.  5,  1913.  Resi- 
dence, Alstead,  N.  H. 


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51 


Chase,  Arthur  Horace 

Lawyer,  librarian;  b.,  Concord,  N. 
H.,  Feb.  16,  1864;  s.  William  M.  and 
Ellen  S.  (Abbott)  Chase;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  1882;  Dartmouth  College, 
1886;  studied  law  in  office  of  Chase 
&  Streeter,  Concord;  attended  Boston 
University  Law  School  one  year; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890;  member, 
firm  of  Streeter,  Walker  &  Chase  till 
Jan.  1,  1895,  when  appointed  librarian 
of  the  N.  H.  state  library,  which 
position  he  still  occupies;  clerk,  N.  H. 
supreme  court  since  1914;  secretary, 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  served  ten  years  in 
N.  H.  N.  G.  retiring;  with  rank  of 
major;  Congregationalist ;  Republican; 
Mason,  32d  degree;  member,  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  and  Sphinx  societies  of 
Dartmouth,  Wonolancet,  Passaconway 
and  Outing  clubs  of  Concord;  m.,  Sept. 
16,  1889,  Alice  M.  Fisk;  children, 
Marjorie  Fisk,  Vassar,  1914  (Mrs. 
Henry  W.  Merrill);  Robert  Martin, 
Dartmouth,  1917.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

^/Hammond,  Otis  Grant 

Librarian;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
May  4,  1869;  s.  Isaac  Ware  and 
Martha  Ann  (Kirnball)  Hammond;  ed. 
Concord  high  school,  Trinity  College; 
honorary  A.M.,  Dartmouth,  1908, 
Trinity,  1912;  assistant  state  historian, 
New  Hampshire,  1890-1915;  assistant 
state  librarian,  1896-1913;  superintend- 
ent and  secretary,  N.  H.  Historical 
Soc.,  since  1913;  president,  Concord 
Foundry  &  Machine  Co.;  captain, 
Company  E,  1st  N.  H.  Vols.,  Spanish- 
American  war;  captain  and  adjutant, 
1st  Inf.,  N.  H.  N.  G.;  major  and  aide-de- 
camp, staff  of  Gov.  Spaulding;  major, 
1st  Inf.,  N.  H.  State  Guard;  member, 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  American  Anti- 
quarian Soc.,  American  Historical  Ass'n; 
N.  E.  Historic-Genealogical  Soc.;  Ma- 
sons, A  K  E,  Wonolancet  and  Heaver 
Meadow  Golf  clubs,  Concord;  Episco- 
palian; Republican;  in.,  Jan.  19,  1S98, 
Jessie  A.  Preseott;  one  dau.,  Priscilla. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 


Lake,  Harry  Foss 

Lawyer;  b.,  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
28,  1876;  s.  Moses  R.  and  Mary  J. 
(Batchelder)  Lake;  ed.  Pembroke  Acad- 
emy, 1894,  Middlebury  College,  1899, 
having  spent  one  year  in  teaching  be- 
fore entering  college;  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  the  late  Hon.  John  M.  Mitchell 
of  Concord,  and  one  year  at  Boston 
University  Law  School;  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  June,  1904,  immediately 
becoming  a  member  of  the  firm  of 


Mitchell,  Foster  &  Lake;  upon  Mr. 
Mitchell's  appointment  to  the  superior 
court  bench  in  1910,  became  member 
of  the  firm  of  Foster  &  Lake  and 
so  continues;  Methodist;  Democrat; 
elected  member  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion for  Union  School  District,  Con- 
cord, for  three  years,  April,  1917;  mem- 
ber, Pembroke  Grange,  P.  of  H.;  in., 
Nov.  29,  1904,  Fanny  M.  Sutton  of 
Burlington,  \"t.,  a  classmate  at  Mid- 
dlebury;  one  daughter,  Mary  Elizabeth. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  11. 


HON.  JAMES  O.  LYFORD 


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53 


Lyford,  James  Otis 

Lawyer,  editor,  publicist;  b.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  June  28,  1853;  s.  James  and 
Mary  I.  (McLane)  Lyford;  ed.  Boston 
public  schools,  Tilton,  N.  H.,  Seminary, 
graduating  in  1872;  educated  for  the 
bar,  and  practiced  law  at  Tilton, 
N.  H.,  from  1880  to  1882;  editor, 
People  newspaper,  Concord,  N.  H., 
1877  to  1879;  personal  clerk  to  Gen. 
R.  X.  Batchelder,  depot  quarter- 
master, Washington,  D.  C.,  from  1882 
to  1887;  chairman  of  N.  H.  savings 
bank  commission  from  1887  to  1895; 
city  auditor,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1896 
to  1898;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1893,  1895,  1897,  and 
1915;  and  active  in  leadership  on  the 
floor  and  in  committee  in  all  sessions; 
member,  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
ventions, 1876,  1902,  and  1912;  naval 
officer  of  customs,  District  of  Boston 
and  Charlestown,  Mass.,  1898  to  1913; 
editor,  Nashua  Telegraph,  1914  and 
1915;  secretary,  Concord  board  of 
trade,  1914-15;  secretary,  N.  H. 
Republican  state  committee,  1896; 
chairman,  N.  H.  savings  bank  commis- 
sion since  1915;  trustee,  Tilton  Semi- 
nary; editor,  History  of  Concord, 
X.  H.,  1903;  author,  Life  of  Edward 
H.  Rollins,  1907,  and  History  of 
Canterbury,  X.  H.,  1911;  Republican; 
Unitarian;  member,  Wonolancet  Club, 
Concord;  Derryfield,  Manchester;  and 
City  and  Algonquin  clubs,  Boston; 
m.,  May  2,  1882,  Susan  Ayer  Hill,  of 
Concord,  X.  H.,  daughter  of  William 
P.  and  Clara  West  Hill;  and  grandaugh- 
ter  of  Gov.  Isaac  Hill;  children, 
Agnes  McLane,  b.  April  6,  1884,  d. 
Jan.  21,  1901;  Katharine  Batchelder, 
b.  Nov.  11,  1888,  d.  Feb.  1,  1893; 
Richard  Taylor,  b.  Jan.  6,  1896. 
Residence,  Concord,  X.  H. 

Woodworth,   Mary   Parker 

(Mrs.  Albert  B.);  b.,  Sugar  Hill, 
Lisbon,  X.  H.,  May  3,  1849;  dau. 
Charles  and  Amelia  (Bennett)  Parker; 
ed.  St.  Johnsbury  Academy  (being  the 
only  girl  in  a  graduating  class  of  nine) 
and  Vassar  College,  entering  in  the 
sophomore  year  and  graduating  in  1S70 


— the  first  Xew  Hampshire  graduate; 
taught  at  St.  Johnsbury  Academy  and 
St.  Agnes  Hall,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.;m. 
the  late  Albert  B.  Wroodworth,  after- 
ward mayor  of  Concord,  Sept.  30, 
1873;  interested  in  music,  literature 
and  social  and  educational  work;  first 
woman  member  of  the  Concord  board 
of  education,  serving  nine  years, 
1890-9, and  declining  a  re-election;  pres- 
cient, Concord  Woman's  Club,  1897-9; 
chairman,  Scholarship  Fund,  X.  H. 


Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  de- 
igned to  aid  in  the  normal  training 
of  girls  for  teaching  in  rural  schools, 
since  its  establishment  in  1904;  mem- 
ber of  the  Vassar  and  Collegiate 
Alumnae  Ass'ns,  and  twice  president 
of  the  Boston  branch;  Episcopalian, 
communicant  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Concord;  president  of  X.  H.  Diocesan 
Woman's  Auxiliary  to  the  General 
Board  of  Missions  since  1912;  writer 
and  speaker  in  behalf  of  causes  in 
which  she  is  interested;  children,  Ed- 
ward Knowlton,  of  the  law  firm  of 
Streeter,  Demoml,  Woodworth  and 


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ONE   THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Sulloway;  Grace,  and  Charles  Parker, 
assistant  treasurer  of  the  Woodstock 
Lumber  Co.  at  Boston,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Merrill,  Robert  Josiah 

Insurance  commissioner;  b.,  Clare- 
mont,  N.  H.,  Oct.  18,  1878;  s.  Martin 
V.  and  Helen  E.  (Barker)  Merrill; 
ed.  public  schools,  Claremont  and 
Charlestown,  Charlestown  high  school, 
1895;  taught  school  three  years  in 
Charlestown;  law  clerk  and  court 
stenographer  in  Claremont  till  1905 
when  engaged  in  insurance  business  in 
that  town;  Episcopalian;  progressive 
Republican;  representative  in  N.  H. 
legislature  from  Claremont,  1907,  1909 ; 
state  senator,  1911,  serving  on  judi- 


ciary committee;  appointed  insurance 
commissioner  for  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire,  Nov.,  1911,  since  con- 
tinuing in  that  office;  rn..  Sept.  14,  1904, 
Abbie  M.  Robertson.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  II . 


Donovan,  Michael  Henry 

Machinist  ;b., Concord,  N.  H.,Sept.  6, 
1853;  s.  Daniel  and  Mary  (Donovan) 
Donovan;  ed.  Concord  public  schools; 
in  service  of  Concord,  Northern  and 
Boston  &  Maine  railroads,  46  years; 


Catholic;  Democrat;  chairman,  Demo- 
cratic city  committee,  1907-11; 
member,  Concord  board  of  assessors, 
since  1911;  member,  Concord  Lodge, 
No.  1210,  B.  P.  ().  E.,  Foresters  of 
America,  Capital  Grange,  P.  of  H.; 
interested  in  music,  church  singer  for 
man}'  years;  in.,  June  11,  1876,  Eliza- 
beth Jane  Bland;  they  have  eleven 
living  children,  seven  .sons  and  four 
daughters.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Musgrove,  Mary  Donker 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Bristol, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  22,  1S75;  dan.  Richard  W. 
and  Henrietta  M.  (Guild)  Musgrove; 
ed.  Bristol  .schools  and  New  Hampton 
(N.  H.)  Institution,  1896;  engaged  since 
graduation  in  the  office  of  the  Bristol 


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55 


Enterprise;  first  associated  with  her 
father,  and  since  his  death,  in  February, 
1914,  as  editor  of  the  Enterprise,  and 
proprietor  of  the  "Musgrove  Printing 
House,"  with  an  extensive  line  of  job 
work,  including  considerable  state 
printing;  Methodist;  recording  stew- 
ard, M.  E.  church  in  Bristol  since 
1914;  member  and  secretary,  Saw- 
hegeuit  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.;  member,  Red 
Cross  and  Bristol  Suffrage  Ass'n. 
Residence,  Bristol,  N.  H. 

Plummer,  John  Wesley 

State  treasurer;  b.,  Hebron,  N.  H., 
Sept.  1,  1871;  s.  Philip  and  Eliza  J. 
(Ferrin)  Plummer;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools;  employed  as  mercantile  clerk 
and  bookkeeper  in  Concord  till  1901; 
member,  Concord  common  council, 


1899-1902,  president,  1901-2;  deputy 
state  treasurer  from  1901  to  1915; 
treasurer  from  1915;  Christian  Scien- 
tist; Republican;  Mason,  Knight 
Templar;  m.,  Jan.  22,  1895,  Etta  F. 
Sleeper;  one  dau.,  Laura.  Residence, 
Concord,  X.  II . 


Pillsbury,  Rosecrans  William 

Lawyer,  manufacturer,  publisher, 
farmer;  b.,  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
18,  1863;  s.  William  S.  and  Sarah  A. 
(Crowell)  Pillsbury;  ed.  Pinkerton 
and  Phillips  (Andover)  Academies  and 
Dartmouth  College,  class  of  1885; 


studied  law  with  Robert  J.  Peaslee, 
and  at  Boston  University  Law  School; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890;  long  en- 
gaged with  his  father  in  shoe  manufac- 
turing in  Derry;  treasurer  and  manager, 
Union  Publishing  Co..  publishing  Man- 
chester Daily  and  Weekly  Union,  1896 
to  1911;  extensively  engaged  in 
agriculture  in  Londonderry,  making  a 
specialty  of  apple  culture  on  an 
unusual  scale;  Republican;  represent- 
ative from  Londonderry  in  X.  H. 
legislature  in  1897,  1905  and  1909, 
serving  the  last  year  as  chairman  of 
special  committee  on  railroad  rates; 
candidate  for  Republican  gubernatorial 
nomination  and  strongly  supported 
in  1906,  1914  and  1916;  trustee,  N.  H. 
College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic 
Arts  for  sixteen  vears;  alternate  in 


JOSIAH  E.  FERXALD 


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57 


Republican  national  convention,  1892, 
and  delegate  in  1904,  serving  on  com- 
mittee to  notify  Theodore  Roosevelt 
of  his  nomination;  Presbyterian; 
Mason,  32d  degree  and  K.  T.,  Knight 
of  Pythias,  Patron  of  Husbandry,  first 
master  of  Derry  Grange;  m.,  1st,  in 
1885,  Annie  E.  Watts  of  Manchester, 
who  d.  Aug.  10,  1911;  2d,  at  Yokohama, 
Japan,  Feb.  25,  1913,  Mrs.  Harriet  F. 
Valentine;  children,  Maria  (Mrs. 
Harold  S.  Taylor),  Horace  Watts 
(F.  S.  Navy),  Dorothy.  Residence, 
Londonderry,  N.  H. — Derry  P.  O. 

Fernald,  Josiah  Eastman 

Banker;  b.,  London,  N.  H.,  June  16, 
1856;  s.  Josiah  and  Mary  Esther 
(Austin)  Fernald;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Loudon  and  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  academy; 
came  to  Concord  in  March,  1875,  and 
entered  employ  of  the  National  State 
Capital  Bank,  working  his  way  up  from 
messenger  boy  to  president,  holding 
latter  position  since  1905;  vice-presi- 
dent, Loan  &  Trust  Savings  bank ;  pres- 
ident, Concord  Axle  Co.;  president, 
New  England  Cable  Co. ;  treasurer, 
Capital  Fire  Insurance  Co.;  treasurer, 
Abbot-Downing  Co.;  treasurer  and 
trustee  of  Mary  Baker  Eddy  estate; 
treasurer,  N.  H.  Centennial  Home  for 
the  Aged;  treasurer,  Concord  board  of 
trade  since  organization ;  member,  First 
Baptist  church,  Concord;  holds  the 
medal  of  the  Mass.  Humane  Soc.  for 
gallantry  in  saving  life  at  Ogunquit, 
Me.,  July  29,  1899;  m.,  Dec.  8,  1880, 
Anna  White;  children,  Edith  F.  (Mrs. 
James  A.  Giberson),  Alary  F.  (Mrs.  Ed- 
ward S.  Willis),  Huth  F.  (Mrs.Engelhart 
W.  Hoist).  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Musgrove,  Frank  Abbott 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Bristol, 
X.  H.,  July  19,  1X72;  s.  Capt.  Richard 
\V.  Musgrove,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil 
War,  and  Henrietta  M.  (Guild)  Mus- 
grove; ed.  Bristol  graded  schools,  New 
Hampton  Institution,  1892,  Dartmouth 
College,  1899;  in  college1  member  Var- 
sity track  and  baseball  teams;  member. 
Phi  Delta  Theta  fraternity,  Casque 
and  Gauntlet  senior  society;  editor- 


in-chief  of  Dartmouth,  senior  year; 
trained  in  newspaper  work  from  boy- 
hood; proprietor,  DartmouthPress,since 
graduation  in  1899;  representative  in 
General  Court,  1907,  1909,  1911; 
speaker  in  1911;  state  senator,  1915; 
supervisor  of  census,  1910;  state  audi- 
tor, 1911-13;  secretary,  Republican 
state  committee,  1910;  chairman,  Pro- 
gressive state  committee,  1912;  now 
president  and  manager  of  The  Dart- 
mouth Press  (Inc.),  book  and  job 
printers,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  editor 
and  publisher  of  The  Hanover  Gazette. 
Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Benton,  John  Edwin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Maidstone,  Vt.,  May  14, 
1875;  s.  Josiah  H.  and  Harriet  B. 
(Niles)  Benton;  ed.  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  1896,  Boston  LTniversity 


School  of  Law,  1898;  began  legal  prac- 
tice in  the  office  of  Charles  F.  Choate, 
Jr.,  Boston,  in  1898,  removed  to  Berlin, 
N.  H.,  in  1901,  and  to  Keene  in  1903, 
where  he  lias  since  resided ;  Episcopalian ; 
Republican;  city  solicitor  of  Berlin, 


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1902;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, from  Ward  4,  Keene,  1907; 
city  solicitor  of  Keene,  1909;  mayor, 
1910;  member,  N.  H.  public  service 
commission,  1911-15;  Mason;  mem- 
ber, Lodge  of  the  Temple,  Cheshire 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  Hugh  de  Payens 
Commandery,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  P.  of  H., 
University  Club,  Washington,  D.  C.; 
m.,  Sept.  4,  1909,  Kate  Lanmou  Nims. 
Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Morris,  James  Henry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Aug.  15,  1862;  s. 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Connelly)  Morris; 
ed.  Concord  public  schools;  studied 
law  with  Albin  &  Martin;  admitted  to 
the  N.  H.  bar,  July  20,  1888;  Catholic; 
Democrat;  city  auditor  of  Concord, 


1899,  1000;  secretary,  Democratic  city 
committee,  1907-11;  member  and 
clerk  of  Concord  board  of  assessors 
since  the  new  charter  went  into  effect, 
in  1911;  member,  Concord  Lodge, 
No.  1210,  H.  P.  O.  K.,  Wonolancet 
Club,  Concord  Gun  Club;  unmarried. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  II . 


Fowler,  George  Winthrop 

Editor,  farmer,  banker;  b.,  Pem- 
broke, N.  H.,  Nov.  1,  1864;  s.  Win- 
throp and  Anne  Lydia  (Locke)  Fowler; 
ed.  Pembroke  Academy,  1882,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1886;  Congregational- 
ist;  Democrat;  member,  Pembroke 
school  board,  nine  terms;  member,  N. 
H.  constitutional  convention,  1912; 
member  and  clerk,  N.  H.  board  of 
control,  1913-15;  state  purchasing 
agent,  1913-15;  director,  Suncook 
Valley  R.  R.;  director,  N.  H.  P'ire 
Insurance  Co.;  trustee,  Pembroke 
Academy  and  president  of  the  board; 
treasurer,  Suncook  Bank,  since  organ- 
ization, Oct.,  1916;  member.  Pembroke 
Grange,  P.  of  H;  reared  to  farm  life 
and  always  interested  in  agriculture, 
in  which  he  is  incidentally  engaged  to  a 
considerable  extent,  but  devoted  him- 
self for  some  time  to  the  Newspaper 
business,  as  editor  of  the  Nashua  Ga- 
zette, 1890  to  1895;  editor,  Manchester 
Union,  1895-1905,  editor  and  business 
manager,  1905-13;  m.,  1st,  in  1888, 
Etta  Bartlett,  who  d.,  1905;  2d,  Grace 
M.  Smith;  children,  George  Sherburne, 
b.  1890;  Harold  Bartlett,  b.  1898;  Win- 
throp John,  b.  1904;  Mary  Anne,  b. 
1910;  Charles  Smith,  b.1914.  Resi- 
dence, Pembroke,  N.  H. 

Jackson,  Robert 

Lawyer;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  May  21, 
1880,  but  reared  in  Littleton,  his 
parents'  permanent  home;  s.  James  R. 
and  Lydia  A.  (Drew)  Jackson;  ed. 
Littleton  high  school,  Dartmouth 
College,  1900,  Harvard  Law  School; 
pursued  legal  study  in  the  office  of 
1T.  S.  Judge  Edgar  Aldrich,  and  of 
Remick  &  Niles,  Concord;  Admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1907,  and  practiced  for 
a  time  with  Remick  &  Niles,  and  later 
with  Judge  James  W.  Remick;  member 
of  firm  of  Remick  &  Hollis,  1910  to 
1912,  Remick  &  Jackson,  1912  to  191<i 
and  since  in  practice  above;  Episcopa- 
lian; Independent  Democrat;  chairman, 
Democratic  city  committee,  Concord, 
1914-18;  member,  N.  H.  excise  com- 
mission, 1915-  ;  secretary,  N.  H.  com- 
mittee of  public  safety,  1917-;  in., 


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Oct.  14,  1909,  Dorothy  Witter  Branch 
of  Manchester;  children,  Sarah  Branch, 
July  26,  1910;  Hope,  b.  Jan.  21,  1915. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Ives,  Henry  Goodson 

Clergyman  and  farmer;  b.,  London, 
England,  May  26,  1872;  s.  James 
Thomas  Bostock  and  Mary  Collins 
(Johns)  Ives;  ed.  English  private 
schools,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  B. 
Sc.  1897,  Harvard  University,  S.T.B. 
1904;  Democrat;  Unitarian;  pastor 
Unitarian  Church,  Andover,  since  1904, 
also  pastor  All  Souls'  Union  Church, 
Potter  Place,  built  1911;  field  agent, 
Proctor  Academy,  Andover,  1904-16; 
assistant  curator,  W.  S.  Vaux  Collec- 
tion of  Minerals,  Academy  of  Natural 


Anti-Saloon  League,  Red  Cross  League, 
National  Municipal  League,  Harvard 
Club,  and  Twentieth  Century  Club  of 
Boston,  Pennsylvania  Alumni  Soc., 
Harvard  Alumni  Soc.,  Merrimack 
County  Farmer's  Ass'n.  Deeply  in- 
terested in  agriculture  and  engaged  in 
breeding  registered  Hereford  cattle  at 
his  farm  i  n  Andover,  believing  that  the 
cheap  pasture  lands  of  New  Hampshire 
are  well  adapted  for  beef.  M.,  Feb.  2, 
1909,  Susan  Whiting  of  Newton,  Mass., 
who  d.  Dec.  6,  1913.  Residence, 
Andover,  N.  H. 

Howard,  Charles  Woodbury 

Furniture  manufacturer,  adjutant 
general;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Oct.  28, 
1869;  s.  Joseph  Woodbury  and  Nancy 


Sciences,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1S91-3; 
Good  Templar,  Mason;  member, 
Eastern  Star,  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
Mineralogical  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
National  Economic  League,  American 
Ass'n  for  Advancement  of  Science, 
N.  H.  Peace  Soc.,  N.  IL  Woman  Suf- 
frage Ass'n,  N.  H.  Single  Tax  Soc., 


Jane  (Hesselton)  Howard;  ed.  Nashua 
public  schools,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
class  of  1X90;  Unitarian;  Republican; 
member,  Nashua  common  council, 
board  of  education,  six  years;  N.  II. 
house  of  representatives,  1905,  1907; 
senate,  1915;  enlisted  as  private  in 
N.  H.  N.  (I.,  March  17.  1X91;  second 


JOHN  H.  FAHEY 


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and  first  lieutenant,  Co.  K,  2d  X.  H. 
regiment;  adjutant,  2d  Infantry;  ap- 
pointed asst.  adjutant  general,  1st 
Brigade,  March  7,  1899,  continuing  till 
Dec.  1,  1907,  when  lie  became  a  major 
in  the  adjutant  general's  department, 
serving  till  May,  1915,  when  he  he- 
came  the  adjutant  general;  trustee, 
Hunt  Home  for  the  Aged;  member, 
Nashua  Country  Club;  member,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  to  and  including  the  33d  de- 
gree; past  commander  in  chief,  N.  H. 
Consistory;  Knight  Templar;  m.,  June 
14,  1894,  Blanche  Louise,  daughter  of 
Josephus  Baldwin,  first  mayor  of 
Nashua;  children,  Wooclbury  Howard, 
h.  1902,  Lucy  Baldwin,  b.  1905.  Resi- 
dence, Nashua,  N.  H. 

Fahey,  John  H. 

Newspaper  publisher,  investment 
banker;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
19,  1873;  s.  Peter  and  Maria  Fahey; 
ed.  public  schools;  graduate  of  Man- 
chester high  school;  began  newspaper 
work  as  reporter  on  Manchester  papers; 
manager,  Associated  Press,  New  Haven, 
Conn.;  New  England  Supt.,  Associated 
Press,  Boston;  editor  and  publisher, 
Boston  Traveler,  1903-10;  second  vice- 
president.  Associated  Press,  1909-10; 
now  president  and  publisher,  Worces- 
ter Evening  Pod,  and  engaged  in  in- 
vestment banking  business  in  Boston; 
long  active  in  business  men's  organiza- 
tions; one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Boston  chamber  of  commerce  and 
«even  years  director  and  member 
executive  committee;  member,  organ- 
ization committee,  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  the  United  States,  later  chair- 
man executive  committee,  president, 

1914  and    1915,    now    honorary    vice- 
president;    member,    permanent    com- 
mittee   of    International    Congress    of 
Chambers  of  Commerce;  appointed  by 
President   Wilson  member   of  interna- 
tional   high    commission   organized   in 

1915  under  allspices  of  U.  S.  govern- 
ment   to    promote    uniform    legislation 
among   the   countries   of   the    Western 
Hemisphere;    chairman,    delegation   of 
American  chambers  of  commerce  visit- 


ing European  countries  in  1911;  mem- 
ber, U.  S.  commission  visiting  South 
America  in  1916;  member,  American 
chamber  of  commerce  in  Paris,  honorary 
member,  Bolsa  de  Comercio,  Buenos 
Ayres,  Worcester  chamber  of  commerce ; 
chair  man  of  t  he  American  commit  t  ee  on 
commercial  arbitration  between  Argen- 
tina and  the  United  States;  awarded 
decoration  of  the  Order  of  the  Golden 
Sheaf  by  Chinese  government  in  1916 
for  service  in  promoting  commercial 
relations  between  China  and  the  United 
States;  director  and  chairman,  execu- 
tive committee,  Commercial  Research 
Co.;  director,  American  Core-Twine 
Co.;  president,  Jiffy  Brush  Co.;  mem- 
ber, Bankers'  Club,  New  York,  Boston 
City  Club,  Economic  Club,  Tedasco 
Country  Club,  Brae-Burn  Country 
Club,  National  Americanization  Com- 
mittee, executive  committee,  League 
to  Enforce  Peace;  Catholic;  m.,  Mar- 
garet Quinn,  Boston,  1901;  two  dau., 
Margaret  and  Eleanor.  Address,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

Thayer,  William  Wentworth 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  April 
15,  1884;  s.  William  Fiske  and  Sarah 
C.  (Wentworth)  Thayer;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  including  Concord  high 
school,  Harvard  University,  B.A.,  1905, 
LL.B.,  1910,  Oxford  University,  B.A., 
1908,  M.A.,  1913;  admitted  to  the  bar, 
1910;  practiced  in  office  of  Streeter, 
Demond  &  Woodworth  till  1913,  and 
alone  since;  Congregationalist ;  Repub- 
lican; elected  solicitor  for  the  County 
of  Merrimack  in  Nov.,  1916,  for  the 
term  beginning  April.  1917;  appointed 
by  the  court  to  fill  vacancy  occasioned 
by  resignation  of  Solicitor  Murchie, 
Jan.,  1917;  trustee,  Union  Trust  Co.; 
director,  First  National  Bank  of  Con- 
cord; assistant  treasurer,  Northern 
R.  R.;  director,  American  Peace 
Soc.;  vice-president,  Concord  Char- 
ity Organization;  president,  Alumni 
Ass'n  of  American  Rhodes  Scholars; 
member,  Kearsarge  Lodge,  K.  of  P., 
Capital  Grange,  P.  of  H.  Residence, 
Concord,  N .  H. 


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Miller,  Ida  Farr 

(Mrs.  Edwin  C.);  club  woman  and 
lecturer;  b.,  Littleton,  N.  H.,  April 
26,  1863;  dau.  Maj.  Evarts  \V.  and 
Ellen  F.  (Burpee)  Farr;  ed.  public 
schools,  St.  Mary's  Academy,  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  Museum  of  Fine  Arts 
School,  Boston,  and  Wellesley  Col- 
lege; past  president,  Melrose  (Mass.) 
Woman's  Club  and  Kosmos  Club, 
Wakefield,  Mass.;  organizer  and  past 
president,  New  Hampshire's  Daugh- 
ters Society,  Boston;  chairman,  For- 
estry Committee,  Mass.  State  Federa- 
tion of  Women's  clubs;  member,  For- 
estry Committee,  N.  H.  State  Federa- 
tion of  Women's  clubs,  1908-11;  mem- 
ber, Wakefield,  Mass.,  school  board 
since  1906;  member,  N.  E.  Historic- 
Genealogical  Soc.;  member,  Society 
for  Prevention  of  N.  E.  Antiquities; 
past  matron,  O.  E.  S.;  organizer  and 
first  regent,  Faneuil  Hall  Chapter, 
D.  A.  R.,  etc.;  lecturer  on  forestry  and 
historical  subjects;  m.,  Jan.  30,  1884, 
Edwin  Child  Miller;  children,  Barbara 
(Miller)  Wicker,  Henry  Franklin, 
Edith  Louise.  Residence,  Wakefield, 
Mass. 

Ray,  Robert  Allen 

Lawyer,  judge  of  probate;  1).,  Palmer, 
Mass.,  April  7,  1851;  s.  Alexander 
Hamilton  and  Sarah  Jane  (Maynard) 
Ray;  ed.  Burr  &  Burton  Seminary, 
Manchester,  Vt.,  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy and  Dartmouth  College,  A.B. 
1877,  A.M.  1885;  studied  law;  admitted 
to  bar.  1879,  and  practiced  from  1879  to 
1889,  in  Concord,  N.  H..  in  partnership 
with  Reuben  E.  Walker,  now  associate 
justice  N.  H.  supreme  court,  and  with 
him  edited  and  published  "Ray  A: 
Walker's  N.  H.  Citations";  later  for 
some  years  principal  of  Hinsdale,  N.  H., 
high  school,  removing  thence  to  Keene, 
in  IS'lH,  to  resume  practice;  Baptist; 
Republican;  member  from  Ward  6, 
Concord,  in  N.  H.  house  of  represen- 
tatives, 1SS.");  judge  of  probate  for 
Cheshire  County  since  1906;  also  acted 
as  judge  in  Sullivan  County  probate 
court  several  months,  during  a  va- 
cancy, in  1917;  member,  Sons  of  Vet- 


erans; m.,  1st,  March  18,  1881, 
Harriet  Annett  Ballou,  who  d.  1900; 
2d,  May,  1907,  Clara  Adell  Case; 
one  dau.,  Agnes  Helen  (Mrs.  Fred  H. 
Robbins,  Philadelphia,  Pa.).  Resi- 
dence, Keene,  N.  H. 

Richardson,  Albert  James 

Farmer,  postmaster;  b.,  Lyndon, 
Vt.,  Oct.  29,  1866;  s.  Henry  and  Mary 
J.  (Clark)  Richardson;  removed  to 
Littleton,  N.  H.,  in  infancy,  and  edu- 
cated in  Littleton  public  schools;  en- 


gaged extensively  in  agriculture  and 
dairying  for  a  series  of  years;  Demo- 
crat; member  of  school  board;  select- 
man, 1907-8;  inspector  for  N.  H. 
license  commission,  several  years  pre- 
vious to  Jan.,  1914,  when  appointed 
postmaster  of  Littleton;  Patron  of 
Husbandry  and  long  active  in  the  or- 
der, serving  as  master  of  White  Moun- 
tain Grange  two  years,  Northern  N.  H. 
Pomona  (irange  four  years,  and  execu- 
tive committee,  N.  H.  State  (irange, 
six  years;  member,  Burns  Lodge,  A.  F. 
A:  A.  M.,  Franklin  Chapter,  St.  Gerard 


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Commandery  and  Bektash  Temple; 
m.,  Oct.  6,  1888,  Lillian  M.  Curtis; 
one  daughter,  Edith  Mabelle.  Resi- 
dence, Littleton,  N.  H. 

Plummer,  William  Alberto 

Jurist;  b.,  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
2,  1865;  s.  Charles  E.  and  Mary  H. 
(Moody)  Plummer;  ed.  Gilmanton 
Academy,  Dartmouth  College,  Boston 
University  School  of  Law,  1889;  lo- 
cated in  practice  in  Laconia;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Democrat;  member,  La- 
conia school  board,  nineteen  years 
(president  sixteen  years) ;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1893, 
1907;  justice,  N.  H.  superior  court, 
Dec.,  1907  to  Dec.,  1913,  since  then 
justice,  supreme  court;  member, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Elks,  Masons,  33d 
degree  (Grand  Master,  Grand  Lodge 
of  N.  H.,  1806-8);  member,  N.  H.  Bar 
Ass'n.,  American  Bar  Ass'n.,  X.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.;  director,  Laconia  Nat'l 
Bank;  trustee  and  vice-president,  City 
Savings  Bank  of  Laconia;  director,  La- 
conia Building  &  Loan  Ass'n.;  m.,  Jan. 
1,  1890;  one  son,  Wayne  M.,  b.  March 
21,  1891,  Boston  University  School  of 
Law,  1917,  admitted  to  X.  H.  bar,  June 
30,  1917.  Residence,  Laconia,  X.  H. 

Mitchell,  Abram  Whittemore 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Lemp- 
ster,  X.  H.,  Feb.  8,  1862;  s.  Andrew  J. 
and  Mary  (Whittemore)  Mitchell;  ed. 
common  and  high  schools,  Kirnball 
Union  Academy,  1883,  Xew  York  Uni- 
versity Medical  School,  1887;  located 
in  practice  at  Epping,  X.  H.;  Metho- 
dist; Independent;  member,  school 
board  and  board  of  health,  Epping; 
physician  to  Rockingham  County  In- 
stitute for  thirty  years;  member  and 
past  president  of  Rockingham  County 
Medical  Soc.  and  X.  H.  Medical  Soc.; 
president,  Epping  Water  Co.;  Odd 
Fellow  and  Mason  to  and  including 
32d  degree.  Knight  Templar  and 
Shriner;  in.,  Oct.  17,  1888,  Hattie  F. 
Perkins;  children,  Avis  W.  (Mrs.  C. 
Cann),  Karl  P.,  Richard  A.,  Philip  W. 
Residence,  Epping,  X.  II. 


Smith,  Ezra  M. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Langdon,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
25,  1838;  s.  Orrin  and  Marinda  (Par- 
tridge) Smith;  ed.  Cold  River  Acad- 
emy, Tubbs  Academy.  Law  Depart- 
ment, University  of  Albany,  LL.B. 
1861;  admitted  to  N.  H.  bar,  May, 
1864;  commenced  practice  in  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.,  June  1,  1865,  and  has 
since  continued;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  ten  years  a  member  of 
the  school  board;  selectman,  twenty- 


five  years  (many  years  chairman  of  the 
board);  member,  X.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, six  terms,  taking  active 
part  in  committee  work  and  debate; 
state  senator,  191.5-16;  member,  con- 
stitutional conventions,  1S76,  1912; 
member,  Peterborough  Grange,  P.  of 
H.,  Peterborough  Lodge,  Xo.  15,  I.  (). 
O.  F.,  Union  Encampment,  Xo.  6;  m., 
Oct.  4,  1886,  Mary  S.  Fairbanks;  chil- 
dren, Etta  M.  (Harlan  B.  deceased), 
Orrin  F.  Residence,  Peterborough, 
X.  H. 


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Fairbanks,  George  Arlington 

Woolen  manufacturer,  farmer;  b., 
Newport,  N.  H.,  March  24,  1863;  s. 
George  H.  and  Helen  M.  (Nourse) 
Fairbanks;  ed.  public  schools,  graduat- 
ing from  Newport  high  school,  June 
24,  1881,  followed  by  one  year  at  Tilton 
Seminary;  a  successful  merchant  in 
Newport  for  fourteen  years;  with 
George  A.  Dorr  purchased  Granite 
State  Mills,  April  1,  1899,  and  from  a 
business  practically  dormant,  it  has 
today  over  one  hundred  fifty  employes 
on  its  pay-roll,  working  in  day  and 
night  shifts;  director  of  Citizens'  Na- 
tional Bank  for  fifteen  years,  its  presi- 
dent since  1913;  trustee  and  treasurer, 
Carrie  F.  Wright  Hospital,  since  its 
establishment;  for  many  years  a 
trustee,  M.  E.  church,  and  for  a  long 
time  a  member  and  generous  contrib- 
utor to  its  welfare.  Continually  identi- 
fied with  the  best  interests  of  Sullivan 
County  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  he  has  been  a 
liberal  supporter  in  all  its  work;  mem- 
ber school  board  for  twelve  years  and 
active  worker  for  the  welfare  of  pupils 
and  teachers;  trustee,  Tilton  Seminary; 
Mason,  member  and  past  high  priest, 
Chapter  of  Tabernacle,  No.  19,  R.  A. 
M.;  Shrine;  Republican;  candidate  for 
presidential  elector,  1916,  member, 
house  of  representatives,  1917-18  and 
chairman  railroad  committee;  occupies 
a  spacious  home  on  a  knoll  overlooking 
the  town,  on  the  spot  where  stood  the 
house  of  his  birth;  m.,  Oct.  22,  1885, 
Margaret  A.  Gilmore  of  Newport; 
three  children,  Helen  M.,  a  successful 
kindergartner,  Marian  S.,  graduate  of 
Boston  University  and  vocal  soloist  in 
local  churches,  Harold  G.,  graduate  of 
Tilton  Seminary  and  now  learning  the 
woolen  business  in  his  father's  mill. 
Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 

Boutwell,  Harvey  Lincoln 

Lawyer;  b.,  Meredosia,  111.,  April  5, 
1860;  s.  Eli  Allen  and  Harriett  W. 
(Weeks)  Boutwell;  removed  to  Hop- 
kinton,  N.  H.,  when  two  years  of  age 
and  reared  in  that  town  where  his  great- 
grandfather, Maj.  William  Weeks,  of 
Washington's  staff,  had  settled  in  1792, 


on  land  said  to  have  been  granted  him 
by  the  government  and  a  portion  of 
which  he,  himself,  now  owns;  ed.  com- 
mon schools,  Hopkinton  and  Contoo- 
cook  academies,  New  Hampshire  Col- 
lege, 1882,  and  Boston  University  Law 
School,  1886;  spent  some  time  in 
teaching,  at  Claremont,  N.  H.,  gram- 
mar school,  Boston  Asylum  Farm 
School,  and  Eliot  Evening  School,  Bos- 
ton, meanwhile  taking  up  the  study  of 


law,  first  with  the  late  John  Y.  Mug- 
ridge  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  later  with 
Wilbur  H.  Powers  of  Boston;  admitted 
to  Massachusetts  bar  in  1886  and  com- 
menced practice  in  Boston  in  Aug.  of 
that  year,  continuing  alone  about 
twenty  years,  since  then  in  partnership 
with  William  H.  Hastings  of  Maiden, 
under  firm  name  of  Boutwell  <t  Hast- 
ings, offices  in  Rogers  Bldg.,  Washing- 
ton St.;  Baptist;  Republican;  mem- 
ber, Maiden,  Mass.,  common  council, 
1893-4 ;  Mass,  house  of  representatives, 
1895-6-7-8,  taking  a  prominent  part  in 
legislation  each  year;  city  solicitor, 
Maiden,  since  1907;  trustee,  New 


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Hampshire  College,  since  1910  and 
president  of  the  board  since  1913;  first 
vice-president.  Second  National  Bank 
of  Maiden;  director,  F.  W.  Ransholb 
Co.,  Samuel  E.  Jordan  Brush  Co.;  Ma- 
son, Odd  Fellow;  member,  Boston  City 
Club,  University  Club  of  Maiden,  Mai- 
den Deliberative  Assembly,  Middlesex 
Club,  Mass.  Republican  Club;  a  fre- 
quent public  speaker  on  political,  pa- 
triotic and  other  occasions;  m.  Nellie 
C.  Booth,  Dec.  28,  1886;  one  son, 
Louis  E.,  b.  Feb.  15,  1892,  Boston  Uni- 
versity School  of  Law,  1917.  Resi- 
dence, Maiden,  Mass. 

Gile,  John  Martin 

Surgeon;  b.  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  March 
8,  1864;  s.  Brainerd  and  Mary  A. 
(Kimbal!)  Gile;  ed.  Pembroke  Acad- 
emy, Dartmouth  College,  1887,  Dart- 


H.  Republican  state  convention,  1910; 
member,  N.  H.  executive  council, 
Fourth  District,  1911-12;  member, 
American  Medical  Ass'n,  N.  H.  and 
Mass.  Medical  Socs.;  trustee,  Dart- 
mouth College;  trustee,  Mary  Hitch- 
cock Memorial  Hospital;  Mason; 
member,  Graduates  Club,  Kappa 
Kappa  Kappa,  Hanover  Country  Club; 
director,  Lake  Tarleton  Club;  m.,  June 
8,  1892,  Vesta  Fowler;  children,  John 
F.,  Archie  B.,  Madelain,  Dorothy. 
Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Woodbury,  Gordon 

Lawyer,  farmer,  journalist;  b.,  New 
York  City,  Sept.  17,  1863;  s.  Freeman 
Perkins  and  Harriet  A.  (McGaw) 
Woodbury,  his  father  being  a  descend- 
ant of  John  Woodbury  (Beverly,  Mass., 
1624)  and  his  mother  a  granddaughter 


mouth  Medical  School,  1X91;  com- 
menced practice  at  Tewksbury,  Mass.; 
Professor  of  Practice  of  Medicine,  1S9(> 
-1910;  Dean  and  Professor  of  Clinical 
Surgery,  1910  -.,  Dartmouth  Medi- 
cal School;  Republican;  president,  N. 


of  Matthew  Thornton,  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence;  ed 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1882,  Har- 
vard College,  1886,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity Law  School,  1888;  located  in 
Bedford,  N.  II.,  in  1889,  upon  the  old 


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67 


McGaw  homestead,  his  mother's  birth- 
place, where  he  has  continued  his  legal 
residence,  engaging  extensively  in  agri- 
culture; Presbyterian;  Democrat ;  rep- 
resentative from  Bedford  in  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1891,  serving 
on  committee  on  revision  of  the  stat- 
utes; candidate  for  senator  in  District 
No.  19,  1892;  member,  N.  H.  delega- 
tion in  Democratic  national  convention, 
1896;  delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1902;  member,  advisory 
council,  N.  H.  Dept.  of  Agriculture; 
1913-15;  Democratic  candidate  for  Con- 
gress, First  N.  H.  District,  1916;  editor 
and  publisher,  Manchester  Daily  and 
Weekly  Union,  1896-1906;  ed.  History 
of  Bedford,  1903;  Mason;  member, 
Derryfield  Club,  Manchester;  m. 
April  18,  1894,  Charlotte  E.,  dau.  Gep. 
E.  Woodbury,  Methuen,  Mass.;  chil- 
dren, Eliza  Gordon  (Bryn  Mawr), 
Peter,  George.  Residence,  Bedford, 
N.  H.,  Manchester  P.  O. 

Baynes,  Ernest  Harold 

Naturalist,  lecturer;  b.,  Calcutta, 
India,  May  1,  1868;  s.  John  and 
Helen  Augusta  (Nowill)  Baynes;  ed. 
College  of  the  City  of  New  York;  re- 
porter for  AT.  Y.  Times,  1891-2; 
assistant  to  his  father  in  photographic 
modeling,  1893-1900;  has  written  and 
lectured  extensively  on  natural  history 
since  1900;  contributed  series  of  ar- 
ticles on  "Wild  Life  in  the  Blue  Moun- 
tain Forest"  to  Boston  Transcript  in 
1904;  member,  American  Bison  Soc., 
Harvard  Travelers  Club,  Tavern  Club, 
Boston,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  Bird  Club, 
general  manager;  chairman,  Sullivan 
Co.  Boy  Scout  Commission.  Resi- 
dence, Plainfield,  N.  H. 

Haynes,  Martin  Alonzo 

Printer  and  editor;  b.,  Springfield, 
N.  H.,  July  30,  1842;  s.  Elbridge  Gerry 
and  Caroline  R.  (Knowlton)  Haynes; 
ed.  public  schools,  Manchester,  N.  H.; 
learned  the  printer's  trade,  also  served 
on  report orial  staff  of  both  the  Union 
and  Mirror  in  Manchester;  served 
three  years  as  a  volunteer  private  in 
the  Second  N.  H.  regiment  in  the 
Civil  War;  established  the  Luke  Vil- 


lage Times,  at  Lake  Village  (Gilford), 
N.  H.,  now  Lakeport  (Ward  6,  Laco- 
nia),  in  1868  and  conducted  the  same 
for  twenty  years ;  Universalist ;  Repub- 
lican; member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, from  Gilford,  1872-3; 
clerk,  N.  H.  supreme  court  for  Belknap 
County,  1876-83;  member,  U.  S.  house 
of  representatives  (First  N.  H.  Dis- 
trict) in  48th  and  49th  Congresses, 


1883  to  1887;  U.  S.  Internal  Revenue 
agent  many  years,  serving  in  different 
sections  of  the  country,  and  for  a  time 
transferred  from  the  Treasury  to  the 
War  Department,  and,  under  commis- 
sion of  Elihu  Root,  Secretary  of  War, 
established  the  Internal  Revenue  in 
the  Philippines;  holds  membership 
with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  G.  A.  R., 
department  Commander  for  the  latter, 
1S81-2;  as  president  of  the  X.  H. 
Veterans  Ass'n'  in  1SS2,  made  the  an- 
nual reunions  at  Weirs  a  fixture;  in., 
March  9,  1S63,  Cornelia  T.  Lane; 
children,  Mary  Addie  (Mrs.  Eugene  S. 
Daniell).  Cornelia  A.,  adopted.  Resi- 
dence. Lakeport,  N.  H. 


*  \ 


HON.  JOHN  B.  NASH 


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69 


Nash,  John  Barzillia 

Lawyer;  b.,  Windham,  Me.,  May  17, 
1848;  s.  Barzillia  and  Lqvina  (Hick) 
Nash;  ed.  common  and  private  schools 
and  Gorham,  Me.,  Academy;  studied 
law  and  located  in  practice  in  Conway, 
N.  H.;  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  in 
1878;  Universalist;  Democrat;  delegate 
in  N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1889;  representative  in  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives,  1891,  1893;  solicitor 
for  Carroll  county,  four  years;  Demo- 
cratic nominee  for  Congress  1894,  1896; 
president,  N.  H.  Democratic  state 
convention,  1896;  delegate  in  Demo- 
cratic national  convention  at  Kansas 
City  in  1900,  and  elected  to  the  Denver 
convention  in  1908,  but  unable  to 
attend;  appointed  I".  S.  naval  officer 
of  customs,  port  of  Boston  and  Charles- 
town,  by  President  Wilson  in  1913,  and 
still  in  that  office;  has  spoken  exten- 
sively on  the  stump  for  the  Democratic 
party  in  many  campaigns;  m.,  Nov., 
1871,  Susan  J.  Libby;  children,  Nathan 
G.,  Jessie  (Mrs.  Clifford  H.  Craig). 
Residence,  Conway,  N.  H.,  P.  ().  ad- 
dress, Intervale. 

Porter,  Eleanor  Hodgman 

Musician  and  author:  b.,  Littleton, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  19,  1868;  dau.  Francis  F. 
and  Llewella  (Woolson)  Hodgman;  ed. 
public  schools,  N.  E.  Conservatory  of 
Music,  and  by  private  teachers;  in., 
May  3,  1X92, "John  Lyman  Porter  of 
Corinth,  Vt. ;  Congregationalist;  en- 
gaged for  several  years  as  choir  and 
concert  singer,  and  music  teacher; 
since  1901  devoted  to  authorship;  has 
written  several  published  volumes  that 
have  attracted  wide  attention,  "Polly- 
anna"  being  the  most  notable,  as  well 
as  a  great  number  of  short  stories  for 
magazines  and  newspapers.  Resi- 
dence, Cambridge,  Mass. 

Tufts,  James  Arthur 

Educator;  b.,  Alstead,  N.  II.,  April 
26,  ISoo;  s.  Timothy  and  Sophia  P. 
(Kingsbury)  Tufts;  <>d.  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  1874,  Harvard  College,  A.M., 
1878,  A.M.  Dartmouth.  1914;  Pro- 
fessor of  English,  Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 


emy, since  1878;  Unitarian;  Pro- 
gressive Republican;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1905,  1907 
and  chairman  committee  on  education 
each  year;  trustee,  N.  H.  College  of 
Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  Robin- 
son Seminary,  Exeter,  Exeter  Public 
library,  Kensington  Social  Library; 
member,  Modern  Language  Ass'n  of 


America,  American  Dialect  Soc.,  Amer- 
ican Philological  Ass'n,  N.  E.  Ass'n 
Colleges  and  Preparatory  Schools; 
honorary  member,  Cliosophic  Soc., 
Princeton  Univ.,  associate  member, 
N.  H.  Soc.  Cincinnati;  m..  Dee.  21, 
1878,  Effie  Locke:  children,  Effie  Mir- 
iam (d.),  Irving  Elting,  Theodora.  Del- 
mont  Locke.  James  Arthur,  Jr.,  Helen. 
Residence,  Exeter,  N.  II . 

Minot,  Fanny  Elizabeth  Pickering 

(Mrs.  James);  b.,  Marnstead,  N.  H.; 
dau.  Hazen  and  Martha  Ann  (Drew) 
Pickering;  ed.  Concord  high  school, 
lS6.r),  Wheaton  Seminary,  Norton, 
Mass.,  1S67  (valedictorian  of  each 
class);  in.,  Capt.  James  Minot,  cashier 


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ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Mechanicks  National  Bank,  May  13, 
1874  (d.  Nov.  15,  1911);  member, 
South  Congregational  church ;  national 
president,  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  1904 


-5;  member,  Concord  board  of  educa- 
tion, since  1908  (secretary);  Woman's 
Club  of  Concord  (president,  1904-5); 
president,  N.  H.  Female  Cent  Inst., 
1901-8;  president,  Concord  Female 
Charitable  Hoc.,  1911-15;  member, 
educational  committee.  General  Fed- 
eration Women's  Clubs,  1912-14; 
regent,  Rumford  Chapter,  I).  A  R., 
1905-8;  president.  Federation  of 
Women's  Missionary  Societies,  Con- 
cord; member,  Woman's  Board  of 
Missions  (life),  Avon  (Shakespeare) 
Club,  Friendly  Club,  Charity  Organ- 
ization Soc.,  District  Nursing  Ass'n, 
Red  Cross,  Nat.  League  for  Woman's 
Service,  \\hcaton  Seminary  Alumnae 
Ass'n,  X.  H.  Historical  Soc.  Resi- 
dence, 23  S.  State  St.,  Concord,  N.  II. 


F.  and  Sarah  J.  (Dodge)  Perley;  ed. 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden, 
1873,  Dartmouth  College,  1878; 
teacher,  1878  to  1883— principal 
Charlestown,  N.  H.,  high  school; 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Ira  Colby  of 
Claremont,  N.  H.;  admitted  to  the 
N.  H.  bar  in  1883,  Mass,  bar,  1883, 
Minn,  bar  in  1884,  having  removed  to 
the  latter  state  and  located  at  Moor- 
head,  Clay  co.,  opposite  Fargo,  N.  D., 
where  he  has  continued  in  legal  practice 
and  also  engaged  extensively  in  the 
handling  of  loans  and  real  estate,  con- 
ducting the  "George  E.  Perley  Farm 
Loan  and  Land  Agency;"  Christian 
Scientist;  Progressive  Republican; 
alderman,  city  of  Moorhead,  four  years; 
member,  Minn,  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1903,  1905,  chairman,  committee 
on  education,  the  latter  year;  member, 
Moorhead  board  of  education,  fifteen 
years;  trustee,  Fargo  College,  Fargo, 


Perley,  George  Edmund 

Lawyer,  loans,  real  estate; 
ster,    N.  II.,   Aug.  19.  1x53; 


I).,  Lemp- 
s.   Asburv 


N.  D.,  twenty-five  years;  Royal  Arca- 
num: m..  May  9,  1884,  M.  Etta  Jones; 
one  daughter,  Grace  Perley  Hess,  Min- 
neapolis. Residence,  Moorhead,  Minn. 


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71 


Jackson,  James  Robert 

Lawyer,  writer;  b.,  Barnet,  Vt.,  Oct. 
5,  1838;  s.  William  and  Prucia  (Mor- 
rill)  Jackson;  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Littleton,  N.  H.,  in  childhood; 
ed.  Littleton  public  schools  and  in  the 
law  office  of  Hon.  Harry  Bingham; 
Episcopalian;  Democrat;  clerk,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1871;  LT.  S. 
Consul  to  Sherbrooke,  1893-7;  author, 
History  of  Littleton;  m.  July  16,  1879, 
Lydia  Drew,  Dover,  N.  H.;  children, 
Robert  (Dartmouth,  1900),  Andrew 
(Dartmouth,  1903),  Harry  B.,  William 
M.,  Elizabeth,  Katharine  (d.),  Rachel. 
Residence,  Littleton,  N.  H. 

Brackett,  John  Q.  A. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Bradford,  N.  H.,  June 
8,  1842;  s.  Ambrose  S.  and  Nancy 
(Brown)  Brackett;  ed.  public  schools, 
Colby  Academy,  New  London,  1861, 
Harvard  College,  1865  (class  orator), 
Harvard  Law  School,  1868;  located  in 
practice  in  Boston  and  there  continued; 
Unitarian;  Republican;  member,  Bos- 
ton common  council,  1873-6  inclusive 
(president,  1886);  member,  Mass, 
house  of  representatives,  1877-81  and 
1884-6  inclusive,  chairman  judiciary 
committee,  1884,  speaker,  1885,  1886; 
lieutenant  governor,  1887-9  inclusive; 
governor  of  Massachusetts,  1890;  dele- 
gate-at-large,  Republican  national 
convention,  1892  (member  committee 
on  resolutions) ;  presidential  elector- 
at-large,  1896,  and  chairman,  Massa- 
chusetts electors;  again,  in  1900,  elee- 
tor-at-large;  president,  Middlesex 
(Republican)  Club,  1893-1901;  de- 
clined a  public  dinner  tendered  by 
Governor  Walsh  and  the  living  ex- 
governors  of  the  state  on  the  occasion 
of  his  seventy-second  birthday  anni- 
versary in  June,  1914,  but  was  made  a 
special  guest  of  the  Middlesex  Club  at 
its  annual  meeting,  June  6,  in  honor  of 
his  birthday  and  the  twenty-first  anni- 
versary of  his  election  as  president  of 
the  club,  as  well  as  the  twenty-fifth 
anniversary  of  the  movement  resulting 
in  his  nomination  for  governor.  In 
May,  1917,  elected  delegate  from  the 
Eighth  Congressional  district  to  the 
Massachusetts  constitutional  conven- 


tion, and  on  the  evening  of  June  5,  the 
night  before  the  meeting  of  the  con- 
vention, in  recognition  of  his  seventy- 
fifth  birthday,  his  election  as  a  delegate, 
and  as  the  senior  living  ex-governor  of 
the  state,  he  was  given  a  public  dinner 
at  Hotel  Somerset  in  Boston,  by  the 
Boston  Club,  largely  attended  by 
prominent  men  of  both  parties  through- 
out the  state;  long  prominent  as  a 
public  speaker,  delivering  many  nota- 
ble addresses  on  important  occasions, 


aside  from  political  speeches  in  many 
campaigns,  among  them  being  those  at 
the  Bradford  centennial  in  1887,  the 
dedication  of  the  Pilgrims  monument 
at  Plymouth,  Mass.,  and  the  centen- 
nial anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Gen. 
Nathaniel  P.  *  Banks  in  Waltham, 
Mass.,  Jan.  30,  1916;  member.  Joseph 
Warren  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  Middle- 
sex Club,  Boston  Club,  Arlington  Boat 
Club;  director.  Exchange  Trust  Co., 
Boston;  vice-president.  Mass.  Real 
Estate  Exchange;  m.,  June  20,  1878, 
Angejine  M.  Peck;  children,  John  Gay- 
lord  (Harvard,  1901,  Law  School,  1004) 
and  Beatrice.  Residence,  Arlington, 
Mass. 


MARILLA  M.   KICKER 


ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


Ricker,  Marilla  Marks  Young 

Lawyer,  author,  humanitarian;  b., 
New  Durham,  N.  H.,  March  18,  1840; 
dau.  Jonathan  B.  and  Hannah  D. 
(Stevens)  Young;  ed.  public  schools, 
Colby  Academy,  New  London,  N.  H., 
1861;  m.,  1863,  John  Ricker  of  M  ad- 
bury,  N.  H.,  who  died  Oct.  6,  1868; 
went  abroad  in  1872,  spending  some 
years  in  study  in  Germany,  thoroughly 
mastering  the  language  of  that  coun- 
try; returning  home  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  with  Al- 
bert G.  Riddle  and  Arthur  B.  Williams; 
admitted  to  the  District  of  Columbia 
bar  in  1882,  taking  the  examination 
with  eighteen  men,  all  of  whom  she 
outranked;  practiced  in  Washington 
for  many  years,  where  she  became 
known  as  "the  prisoners'  friend,"  from 
her  custom  of  aiding  poor  and  friend- 
less prisoners;  associated  with  Col. 
Robert  G.  Ingersoll  in  the  famous 
"Star  Route"  trials;  appointed  exami- 
ner in  chancery  by  the  supreme  court 
of  the  District  of  Columbia,  1884,  also 
U.  S.  commissioner,  in  which  capacity 
she  heard  many  cases;  admitted  to  the 
N.  H.  bar  in  1 890,  being  the  first  woman 
admitted;  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the 
supreme  court  of  the  United  States, 
1891.  Woman  suffragist  and  pioneer 
worker  and  speaker  for  the  cause;  first 
woman  in  New  Hampshire  to  demand 
the  right  to  vote,  and  paying  taxes 
under  protest  since  refusal.  Republi- 
can; offered  herself  as  a  candidate  for 
the  gubernatorial  nomination  of  the 
party  in  1910;  Free  Thinker,  writing 
much  and  strongly  in  championship  of 
Free  Thought  doctrines;  author  of 
"The  Four  Gospels,"  1911,  "I  Don't 
Know,  Do  You?"  1915,  and  "I  Am 
Not  Afraid,  Are  You?"  1917.  An 
early  abolitionist,  pioneer  suffragist, 
and  ardent  disciple  of  Paine  and  Inger- 
soll, she  has  traveled  widely  and  spoken 
much  and  forcefully,  as  well  as  written, 
in  advocacy  of  her  principles.  Resi- 
dence, Dover,  N.  II . 

Felch,  Albert  Dustin 

General  business;  b.,  Sunapee,  N.  II., 
March  23,  1SIJ3;  s.  John  and  Sarah 


J.  (Bartlett)  Felch;  ed.  Sunapee  pub- 
lic schools;  Progressive;  Republican; 
justice  of  the  peace,  notary  public, 
health  officer,  trial  justice,  member, 
school  board,  six  years,  tax  collector, 
1892,  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1911,  chosen  by  the  largest 
majority  ever  given  a  candidate  in  the 
town  with  a  single  exception,  and  serv- 
ing as  chairman  of  committee  on  roads,, 
bridges  and  canals,  and  as  a  member 


of  the  rate  committee  investigating 
B.  &  M.  R.  R.  fares  and  freights;  Pro- 
gressive candidate  for  state  senator  in 
Seventh  district  in  1912;  secretary, 
Sunapee  Mutual  Fire  Ins.  Co.;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  Lake  Sunapee  Pro- 
tective Corporation;  treasurer,  town 
trust  fund;  local  examiner,  state  au- 
tomobile department;  treasurer.  Trow 
Lumber  Co.,  several  years  previous  to 
191(i;  Methodist:  superintendent  of 
Sunday  school  five  years;  treasurer, 
board  of  trustees,  Sunapee  M.  E. 
church;  m.,  May  2,  1SSS,  Lilla  Ingalls; 


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children,  Ruth  A.,  serving  in  state  auto- 
mobile department,  as  stenographer 
and  notary  public,  Rose  C.,  trained 
nurse.  Residence,  "Pleasant  Place," 
.Sunapee,  N.  H. 

Hutchins,  John  Corbin 

Druggist  and  jeweller,  lumberman; 
b.,  Wolcott,  Vt.,  Feb.  3,  1864;  s.  Lewis 
S.  and  Mama  M.  (Aiken)  Hutchins, 
and  grandson  of  Parley  Hutchins  of 
Edinburgh,  Scotland,  who  settled  in 
this  country  immediately  after  the 


Revolution;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Hardwick,  Vt.,  academy,  graduating  in 
1883;  taught  .school  and  pursued  post- 
graduate course;  removed  to  North 
Stratford,  N.  H.,  in  1SS4,  where  he 
entered  a  drug  and  jewelry  establish- 
ment, learned  the  business,  and  two 
years  later  purchased,  and  lias  since 
conducted  the  same,  while  for  the  last 
few  years  engaging  extensively  in  lum- 
bering operations;  attends  Baptist 
church;  Democrat;  has  held  all  town 
offices;  member.  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives. ls»)9,  state  senate,  1913, 


serving  on  education  (chairman), 
banks,  manufactures  and  revision  of 
the  laws  committees,  and  recognized 
minority  leader;  delegate  in  National 
Democratic  Conventions  of  1908  and 
1916;  candidate  for  Democratic  guber- 
natorial nomination  in  1914  and  de- 
feated by  only  two  votes,  and  nomi- 
nated by  a  large  majority  in  1916; 
president,  Farmers  Guaranty  Savings 
bank  of  Colebrook;  director,  Farmers 
and  Traders  National  bank;  trustee, 
Guaranty  Trust  Co.,  Berlin;  director 
and  vice-president,  Coos  Telephone 
Co.;  affiliated  with  the  Odd  Fellows, 
Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias  (Grand 
Chancellor,  New  Hampshire,  1900), 
Masons,  32d  degree  and  Knight  Tem- 
plar; m.,  Oct.  24, 1889,  SaideeH.  Mayo; 
children,  Ralph  M.,  Paul  A.  Residence, 
North  Stratford,  N.  H. 

Dearborn,  Josiah  Greene 

Teacher,  lawyer;  b.,  Weare,  N.  H., 
March  20,  1829;  s.  Josiah  and  Sarah 
(Greene)  Dearborn;  descendant  in 
seventh  generation  from  Godfrey 
Dearborn,  one  of  the  company  from 
Exeter,  England,  who,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Rev.  John  Wheelock,  founded 
Exeter,  N.  H.,  in  1639;  ed.  public 
schools,  Francestown  Academy,  New 
Britain,  Conn.,  Normal  School;  taught 
several  years  in  Manchester  schools; 
subrnaster  in  Lyman  Grammar  School, 
Boston,  1865  to  1870,  meanwhile  enter- 
ing senior  class  at  Dartmouth  College 
and  graduating  in  1867;  master  in 
Boston  Latin  School,  1870  to  1X74; 
Liberal;  Democrat;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1854,  1855, 
and  oldest  surviving  member  present 
at  the  "Legislative  Reunion"  in  Con- 
cord in  1915;  register  of  probate  for 
Hillsborough  County,  1860-5;  N.  H. 
state  treasurer,  1874-5;  postmaster  of 
Manchester,  1889-93;  member,  N.  H. 
Bar  Ass'n;  member,  Manchester  board 
of  education,  1885;  auditor  for  Hills- 
borough  County  many  years;  trustee, 
Merrimack  River  Savings  bank,  twen- 
ty-five years;  m.,  Oct.  16,  1851,  Sabrina 
L.  Hayden,  who  d.  Aug.  14.  1880; 
children,  Julia  A.  (Mrs.  Luther  C. 


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Baldwin),  Cora  M.,  Josephine  G.  (Mrs. 
G.  F.  Russell).  Residence,  South 
Weare,  N.  H. 

Sanborn,  Jeremiah  Wilson 

Farmer,  educator,  publicist;  b.,  Gil- 
manton,  N.  H.,  Feb.  4,  1847;  s.  George 
W.  and  Mary  A.  (Brown)  Sanborn; 
•ed.,  Pittsfield  and  Gilmanton  acade- 
mies and  private  library;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  superintendent 
of  schools,  Gilmanton,  1868,  1869; 
member,  N.  H.  board  of  agriculture, 
1873-82;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1875  and  1876,  serving  as 
chairman  of  committee  on  Agricul- 
tural college;  appointed  superintend- 
ent of  the  State  college  farm  at  Han- 
over, 1876,  and  in  that  year  began 
publication  of  monthly  bulletins  of  re- 
search work  which  were  continued  dur- 
ing the  six  years  of  his  connection  there; 
these  covered  various  fields,  including 
plant  and  animal  nutrition,  and  were 
the  first  regular  publications  of  the 
kind  in  the  country;  in  Sept.,  1882, 
made  dean  of  the  agricultural  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Missouri,  and 
while  there  continued  elaborate  investi- 
gations of  various  problems,  and  car- 
ried on  many  important  experiments; 
served  as  secretary  of  the  Missouri 
board  of  agriculture,  1882-6,  and  gath- 
ered the  material  for  the  state's  agri- 
cultural exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair  in 
New  Orleans;  secretary  of  the  Kansas 
City  Fat  Stock  Show,  and  state  statis- 
tician for  Missouri  for  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  1884-7;  in  1889 
became  president  of  and  organized  the 
Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College 
of  Utah,  and  was  director  of  the  expe- 
riment station;  during  five  years  here 
organized  the  faculty,  its  courses  of 
study,  its  extensive  research  work,  and 
Utah's  agricultural  exhibit  at  the  Co- 
lumbian Exposition  at  Chicago;  re- 
turned to  New  Hampshire  in  1894  to 
become  agricultural  editor  of  the  Mir- 
ror and  Farmer,  and  to  resume  tem- 
porarily suspended  work  of  organizing 
on  a  large  scale  extensive  and  intensive 
farming  on  his  estate  in  Gilmanton, 
where  he  has  redeemed  and  added  to 


the  machine  tillage  area  170  acres,  so 
that  about  500  acres  are  included  in 
one  body  out  of  the  hill  estate  of  2,000 
acres;  served  three  years  as  trustee  of 
the  State  College,  and  again  in  the 
legislature  in  1909,  being  chairman  of 
committee  on  national  affairs;  trustee 
of  Gilmanton  Academy;  chairman, 
town  school  board;  an  officer  of  the 
N.  E.  Milk  Producers'  Union,  and, 
since  1911,  member  of  the  advisory 
council  of  the  State  Department  of 


Agriculture;  Patron  of  Husbandry  and 
past  master,  Catamount  Grange,  Pitts- 
field;  has  lectured  extensively  before 
farmers'  institutes  and  other  organiza- 
tions, in  New  England,  New  York  and 
the  West,  and  written  much  for  the 
press;  author  of  the  section  on  agricul- 
ture in  Gateley's  great  work  on  the 
World's  Progress.  The  New  Hampshire 
and  Utah  state  colleges  have  conferred 
on  him  the  degree  of  B.S.,  M.S.  and 
LL.D. ;  he  is  now  elaborating  his  youth's 
dream  of  a  fine  hill  estate  around  the 
site  first  deeded  to  his  ancestor  for 
colonial  services;  in.,  June  4,  1872, 


HON.  CLARENCE  E.  CARU 


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77 


Belle  Grayham  Osborne;  children, 
Harry  Wilson,  b.  July  14,  1875;  Alice, 
b.  Dec.  13,  1878;  Carl  J.,  b.  Aug.  9, 
1887.  Residence,  Gilmanton,  N.  H., 
Pittsfield  P.  O. 

Carr,  Clarence  Edgar 

Lawyer,  manufacturer,  publicist;  b., 
Enfield,  N.  H.,  Jan.  31,  1853;  s.  John 
P.  and  Emily  A.  (Cochran)  Carr;  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Andover, 
when  ten  years  of  age,  where  he  has 
since  resided;  ed.  public  schools,  Ando- 
ver, New  London  and  Kimball  Union 
academies  and  Dartmouth  College, 
1875;  studied  law  with  the  late  Hon. 
John  M.  Shirley  of  Andover;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1878  and  prac- 
ticed several  years  in  partnership  with 
Mr.  Shirley,  but  abandoned  practice 
on  account  of  health  and  in  1883,  en- 
gaged in  hame  manufacturing  business 
with  father  and  elder  brother,  retiring 
therefrom  in  1912;  Democrat;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1878,  1879,  serving  on  normal  school 
and  judiciary  committees  and  chair- 
man of  special  railroad  committee;  sev- 
eral years  member  Democratic  state 
committee;  president,  Democratic 
state  convention,  1902;  Democratic 
candidate  for  governor,  1908,  1910, 
making  a  vigorous  campaign  each  year; 
Unitarian;  president,  N.  H.  Unitarian 
Conference,  twelve  years;  director, 
American  Unitarian  Ass'n,  1906-12,  a 
vice-president  since  1912;  trustee  and 
treasurer,  Proctor  Academy,  formerly 
N".  H.  Unitarian  Educational  Society; 
president,  N.  H.  Defense  League,  1916; 
chairman,  executive  committee,  N.  H. 
League  to  Provide  for  National  De- 
fense and  to  Enforce  International 
Peace,  1916-;  member,  executive  com- 
mittee, N.  H.  Committee  on  Public 
Safety,  also  of  executive  committee, 
N.  H.  Red  Cross  Ass'n;  first  president, 
United  Life  and  Accident  Insurance 
Co.,  Concord,  now  chairman  board  of 
directors  and  executive  committee;  a 
trustee  of  John  H.  Pearson  fund,  also 
of  Franklin  Savings  Bank;  member, 
Kearsarge  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
Blackwater  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Andover; 


m.,  1st.,  Ella,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomp- 
son Barren,  who  d.  in  1876  leaving  one 
daughter,  Ella,  educated  at  Wellesley 
and  Radcliffe  colleges  and  in  Germany, 
now  living  in  Andover;  2d,  Carrie  E., 
daughter  of  Amos  H.  and  Emeline  M. 
Proctor — two  sons,  Proctor  (Harvard, 
1904),  general  sales  agent,  U.  S.  Hame 
Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  (married,  one 
daughter),  and  John  P.  (Harvard,  1911, 
Law,  1914),  now  a  lawyer  in  Boston, 
Mass.  Residence,  Andover,  N.  H. 

Hening,  Crawford  Dawes 

Lawyer,  supreme  court  reporter;  b., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  19,  1866;  s. 
Edmund  W.  and  Mary  (Dawes)  Hen- 
ing;  ed.  Episcopal  Academy,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.;  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Charles  Biddle,  Philadelphia;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1894,  and  com- 
menced practice  in  Lancaster  the  same 
year;  subsequently  practiced  for  a 
time  in  Berlin,  N.  H. ;  later  returned  to 
Philadelphia,  where  he  served  as  as- 
sistant city  solicitor,  1911-14;  again 
took  up  his  residence  in  Lancaster,  and 
engaged  in  the  work  of  preparing  a 
digest  of  the  N.  H.  law  reports;  ap- 
pointed reporter  for  the  N.  H.  supreme 
court,  1916;  Episcopalian;  m.,  in  1896, 
Mabel  Thompson;  children,  Sally  F., 
Edmund  W.,  Alice  C.  Residence,  Lan- 
caster, N.  H. 

Morrison,  Henry  Clinton 

Educator;  b.,  Oldtown,  Me.,  Oct.  7, 
1871;  s.  John  H.  and  Mary  Louise 
(Ham)  Morrison;  great-grandson  of 
John  Morrison  of  Sutherlandshire, 
Scotland,  who  settled  at  St.  James, 
N.  B.,  in  1803;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1895,  being 
valedictorian  of  his  class;  principal, 
high  school,  Milford,  N.  H.,  1895-9; 
superintendent  schools,  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  1899-1905;  state  superintend- 
ent of  public  instruction  since  Oct.  25, 
1905;  a  consistent  and  presistent  ad- 
vocate of  all  measures  calculated  to 
promote  the  efficiency  of  the  state's 
educational  system,  especially  state  su- 
pervision of  the  public  schools,  which 
has  been  extended  under  his  adminis- 


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tration  till  it  covers  nearly  the  entire 
state;  member,  N.  H.  Teachers'  Ass'n 
(president,  1903) ;  many  years  director, 
National  Educational  Ass'n;  member, 


American  Institute  of  Instruction  (pres- 
ident, 1908-9);  Mason,  Patron  of 
Husbandry,  member,  N.  H.  Historical 
Soc.,  Concord  Board  of  Trade,  Wono- 
lancet  Club,  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Psi 
Upsilon  fraternities  and  Casque  and 
Gauntlet  Soc.  at  Dartmouth;  received 
degree  of  M.  Sc.  from  the  New  Hamp- 
shire College  in  1906;  Episcopalian; 
Independent  in  politics;  in.,  July  29, 
1902,  Marion  Locke,  Andover,  Mass.; 
children,  John  A.,  Hugh  S.,  Robert  D. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Cressy,  Frank 

Manager,  Cressy  <fc  Co. ;  b.,  Bradford, 
X.  H.,  Oct.  21.  1S40:  s.  William  P.  and 
Mary  G.  (Gould)  Cressy;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Colby  Academy,  New  Lon- 
don, N.  II.;  taught  school  several 
years;  established  a  graded  school  in 
Bradford;  appointed  I".  S.  mail  clerk 
in  18t)5.  running  between  Bradford  and 


Manchester;  in  November  of  that 
year  became  a  clerk  in  office  of  Sixth 
Auditor  of  the  Treasury,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  serving  till  Aug.,  1873,  and 
twice  promoted;  transferred  to  N.  E. 
division,  U.  S.  Railway  Mail  Service, 
and  served  as  first  local  agent  at  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  for  two  years;  again  trans- 
ferred to  train  service,  running  between 
Boston  and  St.  Albans,  Vt. ,  till  1884, 
when  he  resigned,  and  became  travel- 
ing salesman  for  Blanchard  <fc  Co  ,  flour 
and  grain  dealers,  of  Concord;  two 
years  later  joined  the  firm  of  Moseley 
<fe  Co.,  in  the  same  business,  traveling 
for  them  over  New  Hampshire  and 
Vermont,  till,  in  1898,  he  bought  out 
the  business,  which  he  has  since  suc- 
cessfully conducted  under  the  name  of 
Cressy  &  Co.,  his  son  Harry  R.  later 
becoming  a  member  of  the  firm;  Uni- 
tarian, Republican;  member,  Concord 
board  of  aldermen,  1901-2;  member, 


N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1892; 
member,  Boston  chamber  of  commerce 
and  two  years  president  N.  E.  Grain 
Dealers'  Ass'n ;  member  Concord  board 


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of  trade  (president,  1913-15),  Wono- 
lancet  Club,  White  Mountain  Travel- 
ers' Ass'n  (twice  president  and  treas- 
urer the  last  twenty  years);  ardent 
equal  suffragist,  ready  after-dinner 
speaker;  m.,  March  31,  1862,  Annette 
M.  Ring,  who  d.  Dec.,  1916;  children, 
Will  Martin,  Mary  F.  (d.  Feb.,  1917), 
Harry  R.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Rolfe,  Jennie  Clapp 

(Mrs.  Benjamin  S.);  b.,  May  13, 
1855,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  dau.  Henry  W. 
and  Sabina  A.  (Taylor)  Clapp;  de- 


Woman's  Club,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital  for  Women 
and  Children  (life  member  and  on 
board  of  monthly  visitors),  Friendly 
Club  and  Red  Cross,  also  of  several 
local  charity  associations;  m.  Benja- 
min Stodder  Rolfe,  June  6,  1877;  child, 
Benjamin  Henry  Rolfe,  b.  Nov.  27, 
1886,  who  m.  Josephine  James,  Oct.  12, 
1909.  Residence,  48  South  St.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Blake,  Amos  Jewett 

Lawyer;  b.,  Rindge,  N.  H.,  Oct.  20 „ 


scended  from  Thomas  Clapp,  who  set- 
tled in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  July,  1633; 
ten  ancestors  who  fought  in  the  Revo- 
lution; graduated  from  Concord  high 
school,  1874;  charter  member,  Rum- 
ford  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.  (registrar  four 
years,  regent  1914-17);  number  in 
National  D.  A.  R.,  25,  774;  chairman, 
committee  to  secure  N.  H.  state  flag 
for  Continental  Hall,  Washington; 
member,  committee  to  secure  final  pav- 
ment  on  Continental  Hall;  member, 
South  Congregational  church,  Concord 


1836;  s.  Ebenezer  and  Hephsibeth 
(Jewett)  Blake;  ed.  public  schools, 
Marlow  Academy,  Mt.  Caesar  Semi- 
nary, Swanzey,  Green  Mt.  Liberal 
Inst.,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Appleton  Acad- 
emy, New  Ipswich,  1859;  studied  law 
with  F.  F.  Lane  of  Keene;  admitted 
to  N.  H.  bar,  1862;  U.  S.  district 
court,  1867;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; superintending  school  committee 
Rindge,  two  years,  Fitzwilliam,  eleven 
years;  selectman,  Fitzwilliam,  three 
years;  moderator,  ten  years;  member, 


HON.  HENRY  F.  HOLLIS 


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81 


N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1872-3, 
1901 ;  state  bank  commissioner,  1876- 
9;  assistant  assessor,  U.  S.  internal 
revenue,  1862-70;  member,  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1889,  1902, 
1912;  census  enumerator,  1880,  1890; 
trustee  and  president,  Fitzwilliam  Sav- 
ings Bank,  for  several  years;  super- 
visor, Fitzwilliam  town  library,  for 
thirty-five  years;  historical  student 
and  writer;  author,  "Life  and  Charac- 
ter of  Gen.  James  Reid,"  published  in 
Vol.  1,  Proceedings  of  the  X.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.;  sketch  of  Fitzwilliam, 
Granite  Monthly,  June,  1898,  and 
"Life  and  Character  of  Col.  Amos 
A.  Parker,"  Granite  Monthly,  Oct.- 
Dec.,  1904;  Free  Mason  since  1862; 
member,  X.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution;  m.,  1st, 
Dec.  26,  1865,  Ann  E.  Howe;  who 
d.  June  22,  1867;  2d,  Jan.  2,  1883, 
Flora  E.  Stone;  one  son,  Leroy  S. 
Blake,  of  Fitzwilliam,  b.  Nov.  5,  1883. 
Residence,  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

Hollis,  Henry  French 

Lawyer,  U.  S.  Senator;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  30,  1869;  s.  Maj.  Abijah 
and  Harriette  Van  Mater  (French) 
Hollis;  ed.  Concord  high  school,  class 
of  1886,  private  tutors,  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1892,  A.B.,  Magna  cum  laude,  hav- 
ing engaged  in  civil  engineering  work 
for  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy 
R.  R.,  between  high  school  and  college 
courses;  studied  law  at  the  Harvard 
Law  School  and  in  Concord  offices  and 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  March,  1893; 
commenced  practice  in  Concord  imme- 
diately upon  admission,  having  been 
associated  for  six  years  with  the  late 
Hon.  Harry  G.  Sargent  and  Edward 
C.  Xiles,  for  six  years  later  with  the 
late  Attorney  General,  Edwin  G.  East- 
man, later  with  Hon.  James  \V.  Rem- 
ick,  Alexander  Murchie,  Robert  Jack- 
son and  Robert  C.  Murchie,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Remick  &  Hollis,  and 
finally  with  the  Murchie  brothers  in 
the  firm  of  Hollis  <k  Murchie,  enjoying 
an  extensive  practice  in  all  connections: 
Democrat;  member,  Concord  board  of 
education,  1896-9;  Democratic  candi- 


date for  Congress,  second  N.  H.  dis- 
trict, 1900;  candidate  for  governor, 
1902,  1904;  chairman,  Democratic 
state  committee,  1902;  member,  Dem- 
ocratic congressional  committee,  1900- 
01;  elected  U.  S.  Senator  from  New 
Hampshire  by  the  legislature  on  the 
42d  ballot,  to  succeed  Henry  E.  Burn- 
ham,  March  13,  1913,  being  the  first 
Democrat  elected  to  the  Senate  from 
the  state  since  18.52;  assigned  to  serv- 
ice on  the  Senate  committees  on  en- 
rolled bills  (chairman),  banking  and 
currency,  civil  service  and  retrench- 
ment, District  of  Columbia,  expendi- 
tures in  the  Interior  Department, 
transportation  and  sale  of  meat  prod- 
ucts, University  of  the  United  States 
and  woman  suffrage;  author  and  mana- 
ger in  Senate  of  National  Farm  Loan 
Act;  Unitarian;  member,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Harvard;  Harvard  Club,  Bos- 
ton; Metropolitan  and  Chevy  Chase 
clubs,  Washington;  Regent,  Smithson- 
ian Institution,  1914 — ;  m.,  June  14, 
1893,  Grace  Bruerton  Fisher,  Norwood, 
Mass.;  children,  Henry  French,  Jr. 
(Cornell,  1917);  Anne  Richardson,  2d. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Jackson,  Lydia  Drew 

(Mrs.  James  R.)  teacher,  lecturer; 
b.,  Newmarket,  N.  H.,  Dec.  3,  1854; 
dau.  George  K.  and  Lucy  (French) 
Drew;  ed.  public  schools,  Dover,  N. 
H.  (high  school,  1874);  taught  five 
years  in  Dover  grammar  schools  before 
marriage  to  James  R.  Jackson  of  Lit- 
tleton, July  16,  1879;  has  since  taught 
in  Littleton  and  Lancaster  high  schools 
and  given  instruction  to  hundreds  of 
private  pupils;  Episcopalian;  member 
and  past  president,  Friday  club  of  Lit- 
tleton; honorary  member,  Unity 
Club,  Lancaster — the  only  woman  thus 
recognized;  trustee,  Littleton  public 
library;  secretary,  Littleton  branch, 
X.  H.  Chapter,  American  Red  Cross; 
has  given  numerous  lectures  on  educa- 
tional and  historical  subjects  before 
women's  clubs  and  other  organizations 
throughout  northern  Xew  Hampshire 
(see  sketch  of  James  H.  Jackson). 
Residence,  Littleton,  X.  H. 


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Thompson,  Edwin  Payson 

Lawyer;  b.,  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  July 
28,  1852,  on  farm  purchased  by  his 
grandfather  in  1836,  which  he  now 


owns;  s.  William  B.  and  Luezer  J. 
(Asher)  Thompson;  od.  public  and 
private  schools  and  dilmanton  Acad- 
emy; studied  law  with  Col.  Thomas 
Cogswell  of  Clilmanton  and  Hon.  Eras- 
tus  P.  Jewell  of  Laconia;  admitted  to 
the  bar,  April  1,  1X76;  practiced  in 
company  with  Colonel  Cosgwell  at 
(lilmanton  one  year,  and  alone  until 
Oct.,  1X79,  when  he  removed  to  Bel- 
inont  and  was  in  practice  there  until 
appointed  clerk  of  the  supreme  court, 
for  Belknap  County,  Jan.  1,  lXX.r>,  con- 
tinuing till  April  'l,  1901,  when  the 
court  was  abolished  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed clerk  of  the  superior  court, 
since  continuing;  held  residence  in 
Belmont  till  1900,  when  he  removed  to 
Laconia;  Republican;  town  treasurer 
in  Helmont  and  moderator  for  sixteen 
years;  delegate  in  X.  11.  constitutional 
convention  of  1XX9,  and  in  convention 
(jf  1902  from  Ward  4,  Laconia,  being 


one  of  twenty  members  serving  in  both 
conventions;  member,  Laconia  city 
council,  seven  years,  from  March,  1905, 
and  sometime  acting  mayor;  trustee, 
City  Savings  Bank,  Laconia,  since 
1907;  director,  Laconia  Building  and 
Loan  Ass'n,  since  1904;  director,  La- 
conia National  Bank,  since  1909;  di- 
rector and  treasurer,  Casino  Building 
Co.;  member,  Belknap  County  Bar 
Ass'n,  and  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  m.,  Dec. 
9,  Ib96,  Minnie  E.  James,  dan.  of 
Orrin  F.  and  Bedora  (Durgin)  James, 
b.  Thornton,  N.  H.,  Sept.  17,  1867;  no 
children.  Residence,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Roberts,  Ernest  Porter 

Banker;  b.,  Brunswick,  Me.,  Feb. 
18,  1869;  s.  John  and  Lydia  Sylvester 
(Porter)  Roberts;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools;  employed  as  clerk  in  general 
freight  office,  Concord  R.  R.;  money 
order  clerk  in  Concord  postoffice  under 


Postmaster  Henry  Robinson;  clerk  in 
superintendent's  office,  Concord  Div., 
B.  &  M.  R.  H..  under  Supt.  Horace  E. 
Chamberlin;  entered  N.  H.  Savings- 


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Bank  as  clerk,  Feb.  1,  1899;  appointed 
treasurer,  N.  H.  Savings  Bank,  Aug.  3, 
1914,  being  fifth  in  succession  since  the 
founding  of  the  bank  in  1830;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  clerk  of  Ward 
4,  Concord;  treasurer,  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  Concord;  director, 
Concord  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  treasurer,  Red 
Cross  war  fund;  Mason;  member, 
Wonolancet  Club;  m.,  Sept.  14,  1899, 
Esther  Burpee  Jackman;  children, 
Porter,  b.  June  26,  1903;  John  Harlan, 
b.  Jan.  16,  1909,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b. 
June  28,  1913.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H.;  Sunapee  Lake  (summef). 

Hazelton,  Gerry  Whiting 

Lawyer;  b.,  Chester,  N.  H.,  Feb.  24, 
1829;  s.  William  and  Mercy  J.  (Coch- 
ran)  Hazelton;  ed.  Pinkerton  Acad- 
emy, Derry,  and  by  private  tutor; 
studied  law  in  New  York  and  removed 
to  Wisconsin  in  1856,  locating  at  Co- 
lumbus; Republican;  member,  Wis- 
consin state  senate,  1861  and  1862,  and 
president  pro  tern;  district  attorney  for 
Columbia  County,  1864-6;  U.  S.  col- 
lector internal  revenue,  1867-8;  mem- 
ber, U.  S.  house  of  representatives, 
1871-5;  U.  S.  district  attorney  for 
Wisconsin,  1875-85;  U.  S.  commis- 
sioner since  1898;  removed  to  Mil- 
waukee in  1875,  when  he  accepted  the 
office  of  district  attorney  at  the  re- 
quest of  President  Grant,  at  the  time 
of  the  "Whiskey  Frauds"  excitement, 
the  former  incumbent  having  been  sus- 
pended; Elder  in  Presbyterian  church, 
for  twenty  years;  member  and  former 
president,  Milwaukee  Bar  Ass'n;  hon- 
orary member,  Wisconsin  State  Bar 
Ass'n;  member  and  former  president, 
'Old  Settlers'  Club  and  Phantom  Club 
— a  social  and  literary  organization; 
former  trustee,  Fox  Lake  Seminary  and 
Carroll  College;  author  of  many  pub- 
lished articles  upon  legal,  historical  and 
biographical  subjects,  including  one  on 
the  "Construction  of  the  Federal  Con- 
stitution," published  in  the  American 
Ma<j<izinc  of  \alidital  History,  "John 
Jay  and  the  Treaty  of  1794,"  New 
York  Leyal  Times,  "The  Author  of  the 
Book  of  Job,"  Bibliolheca  Magazine, 


and  sketches  of  Webster,  Hamilton, 
Franklin,  Greeley,  Blaine  and  Thurlow 
Weed,  published  in  volumes  issued  by 
the  Phantom  Club;  m.  in  1854,  Martha 
L.  Squire,  Great  Barrington;  one 
daughter,  Anna.  Residence,  Milwau- 
kee, Wis. 

Bugbee,  Marion  Louise 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Hartford, 
Vt.,  Sept.  2,  1871;  dau.  Jonathan  and 
Ellen  A.  (Lewis)  Bugbee;  ed.  Tilden 
Seminary,  West  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  1889, 


Woman's  Medical  College,  N.  Y.  In- 
firmary, M.D.,  1897;  postgraduate 
course,  Polyclinic  and  Postgraduate 
hospital,  New  York  City;  in  general 
practice,  Hartford,  Vt.',  1898-1909; 
physician  in  charge,  N.  H.  Memorial 
Hospital  for  Women  and  Children, 
since  1909;  member,  American  Medi- 
cal Ass'n,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc.,  Center 
District  and  Merrimack  County  Medi- 
cal Soc.,  Concord  Woman's  Club, 
Concord  Woman's  College  Club,  Rum- 
ford  Chapter,  I).  A.  H..  Concord  Dis- 
trict Nursing  Ass'n,  Concord  Charity 


ORLANDO  B.  DOU<;LAS,  M.  D. 


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Organization  Soc.  (member  tuberculosis 
committee),  N.  H.  Charities  and  Cor- 
rections, N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and 
Protective  Ass'n;  president,  Associates 
N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital;  member, 
National  Security  League,  Council  of 
National  Defense,  Concord  Equal  Suf- 
frage League.-  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Douglas,  Orlando  Benajah 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Corn- 
wall, Vt.,  Sept.  12,  1836;  s.  Amos  and 
Almira  (Balcom)  Douglas;  academic 
education,  Brandon,  Vt.;  M.D.,  Uni- 
versity Medical  College,  New  York 
University,  1877;  private,  lieutenant 
and  adjutant,  18th  Mo.  Vols.  and  act- 
ing assistant  adjutant-general  in  Civil 
War;  twice  wounded;  assistant  surgeon, 
1877-83,  surgeon  and  director,  1883- 
1902,  consult  ing  surgeon,  1902 — ,  Man- 
hattan Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Hospital; 
professor,  diseases  of  nose  and  throat, 
New  York  Post-Graduate  Medical 
School  and  Hospital,  1889-1901;  presi- 
dent, 1891,  and  treasurer,  1879-87, 
Med.  Soc.  of  County  of  New  York; 
treasurer,  N.  Y.  Acad.  Medicine  1888- 
98;  member,  N.  Y.  State  Med.  Soc., 
N.  H.  Med.  Soc.,  N.  H.  Surg.  Soc., 
N.  H.  Ass'n  Military  Surgeons;  hon- 
orarv  member,  Vt.  Med.  Soc.;  com- 
mander, Dept.  of  N.  H.,  G.  A.  R., 
1914-15;  companion,  first  class,  Loyal 
Legion,  U.  S.  A.;  medical  director  of 
Survivors  of  Battle  of  Shiloh;  Mason 
(32d  degree,  Shriner) ;  medical  director, 
Dept.  N.  H.,  G.  A.  R.;  president, 
N.  H.  Orphans'  Home  1904 —  ;  vice- 
president,  Soc.  for  Protection  N.  H. 
Forests;  member,  State  Ex.  Corn., 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  N.  H.,  1902—  ;  past 
treasurer,  N.  H.  Woman  Suffrage  Ass'n; 
lifelong  advocate  of  prohibition;  mem- 
ber, Baptist  church,  1855 —  ;  Sunday- 
School  teacher,  1857- ;  Republican;  in. 
1st,  Mary  A.  Rust  of  Orwell,  Vt,,  Dec. 
27,  1864  (d.  Aug.  31,  1873);  2d,  May 
L.,  dau.  Rev.  A.  C.  Manson,  Sept.  16, 
1875  (d.  Jan.  IS,  1913).  Son,  Edwin 
Rust  Douglas,  mechanical  engineer, 
M.E.,  Stevens  Institute,  Hoboken; 
Sc.M.,  Harvard  University;  b.,  1872; 


m.  Caroline  Sleeper;  res.  Philadelphia. 
Grandchildren:  Dorothy,  Henry  and 
Mary.  Doctor  Douglas  is  the  author 
of  "Is  the  Cure  of  Chronic  Nasal 
Catarrah  as  Difficult  as  Has  Been  Sup- 
posed?" "The  Upper  Air-Passages  and 
Their  Diseases";  "Modern  Methods  of 
Treating  Diseases  of  the  Nose  and 
Throat."  Residence,  Auburn  St.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Kellom,  Franklin  Pierce 

Journalism,    banking;    b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  16,  1852;    s.  Stephen  W. 


and  Sarah  E.  (Ferrin)  Kellom;  ed. 
Concord  public  schools;  employed  four 
years  in  youth  as  mercantile  clerk; 
connected  with  the  New  Hampshire 
Patriot  and  People  and  Patriot,  Con- 
cord, as  bookkeeper,  cashier  and  busi- 
ness manager  from  1873  to  1892; 
Democrat;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  from  Ward  3,  Concord, 
1881;  treasurer,  Merrimack  County, 
1893-4;  U.  S.  national  bank  examiner, 
1893-7;  removed  to  Winchester,  N. 
H.,  and  became  cashier  of  the  Win- 


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Chester  National  Bank,  1897,  since 
continuing;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  from  Winchester,  1903, 
serving  on  committees  on  banks  and 
apportionment;  engaged  extensively  in 
lumbering  for  the  last  five  years;  Meth- 
odist; m.,  April  8,  1884,  Mary  M. 
Pat  ton;  children,  James  S.  (Wesleyan 
University,  1914);  Franklin  Patton 
(Wesleyan  University,  1916);  George 
C.  (Wesleyan  University,  1919).  Resi- 
dence, Winchester,  N.  H. 

Little,  Cyrus  Harvey 

Lawyer;  b.,  Sutton.  N.  H.,  Aug.  14, 


1859;  s.  Lieut.  Hiram  K.  (of  Co.  F, 
llth  X.  H.  Vol.  Regt.,  who  was  mor- 
tally wounded  in  front  of  Petersburg, 
Va.,  and  died  in  Government  Hospital, 
David's  Island,  New  York  Harbor, 
July  4,  1S(>4)  and  Susan  H.  (Wood- 
ward) Little;  descendant  in  ninth  gen- 
eration of  George  and  Alice  (Poor) 
Little,  who  settled  at  Newbury,  Mass., 
in  11)40;  great  grandson  of  Bond  Little, 
who  served  with  distinction  in  French 


and  Indian  and  Revolutionary  wars; 
connected  on  his  mother's  side  with  the 
Harvey  family,  of  which  Congressman 
Jonathan  Harvey  and  Governor  Mat- 
thew Harvey  were  members;  left  an 
orphan  at  age  of  five;  ed.  New  Hamp- 
ton Literary  Institution,  Bates  College, 
A.B.,  1884;  engaged  in  mercantile 
business  for  a  time;  member,  school 
board,  Sutton,  1885-9;  studied  law 
with  Hon.  James  F.  Briggs  and  Hon. 
Oliver  E.  Branch,  Manchester;  Bos- 
ton University  Law  School,  LL.B., 
1896;  has  practiced  in  Manchester 
since  1896;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1897-1902  (speaker, 
1901-2) ;  member,  state  constitutional 
convention,  1902;  chairman,  state 
board  of  license  commissioners,  1903- 
13;  trustee  and  president,  board  of 
corporators,  New  Hampton  Literary 
Institution;  has  delivered  many  ad- 
dresses on  historical,  political  and  other 
subjects;  Republican;  Congregation- 
alist;  Mason,  Knight  Templar;  mem- 
ber, Sons  of  American  Revolution, 
Massachusetts  Commandery,  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  N.  H.  Bar* 
Ass'n,  and  N.  II.  Historical  Soc.  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H. 

Whipple,  Henry  Chandler 

Woolen  manufacturer;  b.,  Hanover, 
N.  II.,  June  25,  1846;  s.  David  C.  and 
Clementine  (Chandler)  Whipple;  ed. 
Hanover  public  schools;  employed  in 
country  store  in  Hanover  for  ten  years; 
removed  to  Enfield,  becoming  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Dodge,  Davis  &  Co., 
in  1873,  continuing  till  1884,  when  the 
business  was  removed  from  the  Shaker 
Mills  to  the  Holden  Mill  in  Bristol, 
purchased  by  the  firm;  resident  man- 
ager till  1887  when  the  firm  was  incor- 
porated; treasurer  since,  and  president 
since  1897;  Congregationalist ;  Demo- 
crat; member,  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1912;  president,  Bristol 
National  Bank;  trustee,  Bristol  Sav- 
ings Bank;  Mason,  Knight  Templar; 
m.,  June  2,  1875,  Lilla  J.  Plummer, 
Enfield;  children,  Fay,  Margaret, 
Ashley  P.  Residence,  Bristol,  N.  H. 


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De  Meritt,  Jennie  Mabelle 

Librarian,  historian;  b.,  Madbury, 
N.  H.,  June  2,  1863;  dau.  Ezra  E.  and 
Louisa  (De  Meritt)  De  Meritt;  ed. 
public  school,  private  tutors  and  Rob- 
inson Female  Seminary,  1882;  Uni- 
tarian; Progressive;  assistant  in  Bos- 
ton Athenaeum  Library,  Boston,  Mass., 
Feb.,  1892  to  Feb.,  1901;  at  present 
engaged  in  historical  work  in  same 
library;  member,  board  of  education, 
Madbury,  1914-17;  for  eleven  sue- 


cessive  years  active  member,  X.  H. 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  serv- 
ing as  chairman  of  literature  and  li- 
brary extension  committees,  1906-08; 
chairman,  reciprocity  and  club  exten- 
sion committee,  1908-9;  second  vice- 
president,  1909-11;  first  vice-presi- 
dent, 1911-13;  president,  1913-15; 
General  Federation  State  Secretary, 
1915-17;  during  her  incumbency  as 
president  occurred  two  important 
events — the  institution  of  the  system 
of  district  conferences,  upon  various 
subjects,  held  throughout  the  state, 
and  the  joint  publication  of  the  wo- 


man's edition  of  the  Manchester  Union, 
whereby  $1,800  was  realized  for 
advancing  the  work  of  the  Federation; 
member,  Dover  Woman's  Club,  since 
1904,  president,  1907-8,  Margery  Sul- 
livan Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  Dover,  vice- 
regent,  1905-06,  historian,  1915-17,  and 
chairman  various  committees  for  historic 
work;  N.  H.  Historical Soc.,  N.  H.  Equal 
Suffrage  Ass'n,  Dover  Equal  Suffrage 
League;  active  member,  New  Hamp- 
shire's Daughters,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
of  the  Boston  Browning  Soc.  since  1894. 
Residence,  Madbury,  N.  H. 

Woodward,  Sarah  Jones 

Educator;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  June 
1,  1883;  dau.  Charles  Webster  and 
Susan  Jones  (Wentworth)  Woodward; 
ed.  Concord  high  school,  1901,  Wel- 
lesley  College,  B.A.,  1905,  M.A.,  1911, 
Teachers  College,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity certificate  to  teach  Greek  and 
Latin,  1907;  teacher  in  Lancaster,  Pa., 
1907-8,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  1908-9; 
Wellesley  College,  1909-12,  psyclu>l- 
ogy,  1911  alumnae  editor,  1912  official 
college  reporter;  Packer  Collegiate  In- 
stitute, Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  1912—  psy- 
chology and  philosophy;  pursued  grad- 
uate work  at  Columbia  University, 
1905-Feb.,  1907,  in  education  and 
Greek  and  Latin;  Cornell  University 
Summer  School,  1915,  psychology, 
philosophy  and  mathematics.  In  col- 
lege at  Wellesley,  member,  freshman 
crew,  class  and  college  basket-ball 
teams  for  four  years;  class  indoor  meet 
team,  four  years;  president,  Athletic 
Association,  senior  year;  Tree  Day 
solo  dancer;  village  senior;  Shakes- 
peare Society;  took  clown's  part  in 
three  public  outdoor  plays.  In  teach- 
ers College,  member,  basket-ball  team; 
president,  Self  Government  Ass'n  of 
Whittier  Hall — dormitory  for  350 
women.  Member,  Wellesley  College 
Alumnae  Ass'n,  New  York  Wellesley 
Club,  Wellesley  Teachers  Ass'n,  Wel- 
lesley Shakespeare  Soc.,  Ass'n  of  Math- 
ematics, Teachers  of  Middle  States  and 
Maryland,  Private  School  Teachers 
Ass'n  of  Xew  York,  AE  Sorority 
of  Columbia  University;  Episcopalian; 
suffragist.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 


HON.  NATHANIEL  E.  MARTIN 


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Martin,  Nathaniel  Everett 

Lawyer;  b.,  London,  N.  H.,  Aug.  9, 
1855;  s.  Theophilus  B.  and  Sarah  L. 
(Rowell)  Martin;  great-grandson  of 
James  Martin  of  Pembroke,  a  soldier 
of  the  Revolution;  ed.  common  schools 
and  Concord  high  school,  class  of  1876; 
studied  law  with  Sargent  &  Chase;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  Aug.  14,  1879;  lo- 
cated in  practice  in  Concord  and  has 
since  continued;  has  had  several  part- 
ners; now  head  of  the  firm  of  Martin 
&  Howe;  Democrat;  solicitor  of  Mer- 
rimack  County,  1887-8,  and  first  solici- 
tor in  the  state  to  rigidly  enforce  the 
prohibitory  liquor  law;  mayor  of  Con- 
cord, 1899-1900;  member,  constitu- 
tional convention,  1912;  state  senator, 
1915-16,  1917-18;  delegate  in  Demo- 
cratic national  convention  at  St.  Louis, 
1904;  treasurer,  Concord  Building  and 
Loan  Ass'n,  since  organization  Sept., 
1887;  member,  Rumford  Lodge,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  Canton  Wildey,  P.  M.,  Concord 
Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Wonolancet.  Club, 
Concord  Gun  Club  (president);  in- 
terested in  agriculture  owning  the  an- 
cestral farm  in  Loudon;  also,  in  lum- 
bering and  real  estate;  in.  1st,  March 
27,  1902,  Jennie  P.  Lawrence,  who  d. 
Oct.  20,  1911;  2d,  June  14,  1915,  Mar- 
garet W.  Clough.  Residence,  Concord, 
X.  H. 

Blanchard,  Grace 

Authoress,  librarian;  b.,  Dunleith, 
111.;  dan.  George  A.  and  Frances  (Sar- 
gent) Blanchard;  removed  to  Concord, 
X.  II.,  in  early  childhood;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  Smith  College,  North- 
ampton, Mass.,  1882;  frequent  con- 
tributor to  magazines  and  newspapers 
for  manv  years;  author,  "Phil's  Happy 
Girlhood,"  1910,  "Phillida's  Glad 
Year,"  1913;  librarian,  Concord  Public 
Library,  since  1895;  has  frequently 
spoken  before  library  associations  on 
pertinent  topics,  and  at  woman's  club 
meetings;  Unitarian;  member,  Con- 
cord Woman's  Club,  Stratford  (Shakes- 
peare) Club,  Concord  Woman's  Col- 
lege Club  and  the  X.  H.  Smith  College 
Club.  Residence,  Concord,  X.  H. 


Graves,  Robert  John 

Surgeon;  b.  June  22,  1878,  Bosca- 
wen,  X.  H.;  s.  Dr.  Eli  Edwin  and 
Martha  A.  (Williams)  Graves;  ed. 
Concord  high  school,  1896,  Harvard 
University,  1900,  Harvard  Medical 
School,  1903;  interne,  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital  two  years,  Boston 
Lying-in  Hospital,  six  months;  studied 
in  the  hospitals  of  Germany,  France 
and  Switzerland,  1914;  practised,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  1905—  ;  Fellow,  Ameri- 


can College  of  Surgeons;  surgeon  to 
Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.  and  Margaret 
Pillsbury  General  Hospital;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  member, 
^•Esculapian  Club,  Boston,  Harvard 
Club,  Boston,  Mass.  Medical  Spc., 
X.  H.  Medical  Soc.,  American  Medical 
Ass'n,  Center  District  Medical  Soc., 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Wonolancet, 
Bow  Brook  and  Passaconaway  clubs, 
Concord,  and  the  Masons,  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Elks,  and  Capital  Grange,  P.  of 
H.;  m.  Oct.  10,  1905,  Helen  McGregor 
Ayers,  dau.  of  Augustine  R.  and  Clara 


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(Kimball)  Ayers;  children,  Katharine, 
b.  Aug.  3,  1906;  Jane  Phillips,  b.  Jan. 
28,  1909;  John  Kimball,  b.  April  29, 
1912.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Bridge,  John  Davis 

Printer  and  publisher;  b.,  Warwick, 
Mass.,  Aug.  23,  1859;  s.  Henry  M. 
and  Elizabeth  T.  (Cady)  Bridge;  re- 
moved with  parents  to  Colebrook,  N. 
H.,  in  infancy;  ed.  in  public  schools; 
learned  the  printer's  trade  in  office  of 
Colebrook  Neirs;  bought  the  paper, 


ing  plant  in  Northern  New  England; 
Democrat;  Mason;  Odd  Fellow;  mem- 
ber, Wonolancet  Club;  m.,  Sept.  28, 
1888,  Angie  B.  Watson  of  Littleton; 
one  son,  Harold  W.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Dolloff,  Charles  Hall 

Physician;  Superintendent  N.  H. 
State  Hospital;  b.,  Cambridge,  Mass., 
Dec.  29,  1877;  s.  Benjamin  W.  and 
Henrietta  (Hull)  Dolloff;  ed.  Everett, 
Mass.,  high  school,  1896,  Dartmouth 


and,  later,  bought  the  Colebrook  Sen- 
tinel and  united  the  two;  after  a  time 
sold  out,  and  worked  as  a  compositor 
on  Boston  and  New  York  papers;  in 
1SH7  purchased  the  Journal  at  Little- 
ton, N.  II.,  and  published  the  same  for 
three  years;  removed  to  Lancaster  and 
published  the  COOH  Di'tuornit  about  a 
dozen  years,  meanwhile  publishing 
papers  in  Haverhill,  Whitefield,  Grove- 
ton  and  Berlin;  removed  to  Concord 
in  1902,  to  become  manager  of  the 
Rumford  Press,  which,  since  that  time, 
has  become  the  most  extensive  print- 


College,  1900,  Dartmouth  Medical 
School,  M.D.,  1903;  interne,  U.  S. 
Marine  Hospital,  Chelsea,  Mass.;  ap- 
pointed assistant  physician,  N.  H.  State 
Hospital,  Oct.,  1903;  assistant  super- 
intendent, 1907;  superintendent,  July, 
1917;  consulting  physician,  Margaret 
Pillsbury  General  Hospital;  Mason; 
member,  Merrimack  County  Medical 
Soc.,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc.,  American 
Medical  Psychological  Ass'n,  N.  E. 
Soc.  of  Psychiatry,  Wonolancet  Club, 
Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club;  Baptist; 
Republican;  rn.  Sept.  1,  1909,  Gladys 


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•Marie  Booth;  one  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
b.  March  3,  1916.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Parker,  Edward  Melville 

Clergyman,  Protestant  Episcopal 
Bishop  of  New  Hampshire;  b.,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  July  11,  1855;  s.  Henry 
Melville  and  Fanny  Gushing  (Stone) 
Parker;  descendant  on  both  paternal 
and  maternal  sides  from  English  Puri- 
tan stock,  his  first  American  paternal 
ancestor  being  Abraham  Parker  of 
Chelmsford,  Mass.  (1649),  while  his 
great-great-grandfather,  Abel  Parker,  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution,  fought  at 
Bunker  Hill,  and  was  buried  at  Jaffrey, 
N.  H.;  ed.  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  and  Oxford  University,  Eng- 
land, B.A.,  1878,  M.A.,  1881;  was  at 
St.  Paul's,  as  a  student,  from  1868  to 
1874;  studied  five  years  at  Kelle  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  one  year  being  devoted 
to  graduate  work;  master  at  St.  Paul's 
School,  1879-1906;  in  charge  of  St. 
John's  Church,  Dunbarton,  1880-1906, 
and  of  church  work  in  Eavst  Weare, 
1893-1906;  bishop  coadjutor  of  New 
Hampshire,  1906-14;  bishop  since 
1914;  deeply  interested  in  sociological 
work,  especially  as  it  relates  to  the 
condition  of  our  immigrant  population; 
member,  Stark  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Dun- 
barton;  president,  N.  H.  Conference 
of  Charities  and  Corrections;  m.,  1st, 
in  1885,  Grace  Klmendorf,  Racine,  Wis., 
who  d.  1888;  2d,  1914,  Isabella  Good- 
rich, Concord,  N,  H.;  children,  Ed- 
ward L.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1888;  Caroline 
Williams,  b.  Nov.  9,  1915.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Taylor,  Levi  Colby 

Dentist;  b.,  Lempster,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
12,  1841;  s.  Erastus  Day  and  Mary 
(Colby)  Taylor;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Henniker,  X.  H.,  Academy; 
studied  dentistry  in  the  office  of  Dr. 
George  Bowers,  an  eminent  dentist  of 
Springfield,  Vt.;  began  practice  in 
Holyoke,  Mass.,  in  1868,  continuing 
till  1X75,  when  lie  removed  to  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  upon  solicitation  of  the 
famous  Dr.  John  M.  Riggs,  with  whom 


he  was  for  a  time  associated,  and  where 
he  has  since  remained  in  practice;  lec- 
turer on  Oral  Prophylaxis  and  Ortho- 
dontia,  N.  Y.  College  of  Dental  and 
Oral  Surgery,  1892-1904;  president, 
Connecticut  Valley  Dental  Soc.,  1877- 
8;  first  president,  Hartford  Dental  Soc.; 
member,  Connecticut  Dental  Ass'n, 
Massachusetts  Dental  Ass'n,  North- 
eastern Dental  Ass'n,  National  Dental 
Ass'n;  honorary  member,  N.  H. 
Dental  Ass'n,  Institute  of  Stomatology 


of  N.  Y. ;  Congregationalist ;  Progressive 
Republican;  m.,  Dec.  8,  1879,  Nellie 
Thayer,  Peterboro,  N.  H.;  children, 
Charles  Brackett  (d.),  Maude  Winifred 
(Tufts,  M.D.,  .1905),  Leon  Everett, 
Residence,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Keyes,  Anson  L. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Lempster,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
6,  1843;  s.  Orison  and  Lucina  Ann 
(McClure)  Keyes;  ed.  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Dartmouth  College,  1872, 
Albany  Law  School,  1873;  studied  law 
and  settled  in  practice  in  Faribault, 
Minn.,  since  continuing;  Congrega- 


FRANK  P.  CARPENTER 


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tionalist;  Republican;  member,  Fari- 
bault board  of  education,  1894-5; 
county  attorney,  Rice  County,  Minn., 
1889,  1890,  1897,  1898;  city  attorney, 
Faribault,  1893-6;  local  attorney  for 
Rock  Island  and  Pacific  R.  R.;  Mason; 
m.,  June  30,  1873,  Harriet  A.  Lufkin; 
one  daughter,  Mrs.  Luella  K.  Strong. 
Residence,  Faribault,  Minn. 

Carpenter,  Frank  Pierce 

Merchant,  manufacturer,  banker;  b-, 
Chichester,  N.  H.,  Oct.  28,  1845;  s. 
David  M.  and  Mary  (Perkins)  Car- 
penter; ed.  public  schools  of  Concord, 
N.  H.  (high  school  1863);  went  to 
Manchester  in  1864,  where  he  entered 
the  flour  and  grain  business;  in  1885 
bought  the  Amoskeag  Paper  Mills  of 
which  he  is  still  president;  treasurer, 
Mechanics'  Savings  Bank;  director, 
Amoskeag  National  Bank;  director, 
N.  H.  Fire  Insurance  Co.  and  member 
•of  Finance  committee;  director,  Amos- 
keag Mfg.  Co.;  vice-president  and  di- 
rector, Burgess  Sulphite  Fibre  Co.  of 
Berlin,  N.  H.;  director  of  the  Boston 
and  Maine  Railroad,  and  Federal 
Trustee  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  stock 
owned  by  N.  Y.,  N.  H.,  &  H.  R.  R. 
Co.;  president  of  the  Morris  Plan  Co.; 
regular  attendant  at  the  Franklin  St. 
Congregational  Church,  Manchester, 
and  president  of  its  Society;  Demo- 
crat ;  chairman  of  commission  which 
erected  statue  of  President  Franklin 
Pierce  in  1914;  received  honorary  de- 
gree of  A.M.  from  Dartmouth  College 
in  1915;  the  donor  of  the  Carpenter 
Memorial  Library  to  the  city  of  Man- 
chester, in  memory  of  his  wife.  [This 
building,  by  far  the  largest  and  best 
equipped  of  any  city  library  in  the 
state,  compares  in  dignity  and  beauty 
with  the  buildings  of  the  N.  H.  His- 
torical Library  and  the  N.  PL  State 
Library  at  Concord. — EDITOR.]  in., 
Sept.  "  12,  1872,  Elenora  Blood, 
daughter  of  Aretas  Blood,  who  d.  Jan. 
30,  1910;  children,  Aretas  Blood,  b. 
Feb.  14,  1875,  who  m.  Alice  Burnham; 
Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  May  11,  18X2,  in. 
Charles  B.  Manning;  four  grandchil- 
dren. Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 


Scales,  John 

Teacher,  editor,  historian;  b.,  Not- 
tingham, N.  H.,  Oct.  6,  1835:  s.  Samuel 
and  Betsey  (True)  Scales;  ed.  Colby 
Academy  and  Dartmouth  College, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  A.B.,  1863,  A.M., 
1866;  from  1863  to  1883  principal  of 
these  academies  in  succession,  —  Straf- 
ford  Academy,  Wolfeborough  Acad- 
emy, Gilmanton  Academy,  and  Frank- 
lin Academy,  Dover,  N.  H.,  the  latter 
from  1869  to  1883;  editor  and  publisher, 


Dover  Enquirer  and  Doirr  Daili/ 
He  publican,  1883  to  1898;  editorial 
writer  for  Foster'*  Democrat,  1906  to 
1912;  editor  of  history  of  class  of  1S63, 
Dartmouth  College,  also  a  volume  of 
Historical  Memoranda  of  Old  Dover, 
History  of  Straff ord  County,  N.  H.; 
also  copy  for  a  history  of  Dover,  ready 
for  the  printer  (1917);  member  of  the 
advisory  board  of  editors,  who  super- 
vised the  proofs  of  Stackpole's  History 
of  New  Hampshire,  published  in  1916; 
he  has  delivered  numerous  historical 
addresses,  manv  of  which  have  been 


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published;  member  of  the  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.;  N.  H.  Soc.  of  Colonial 
Wars;  N.  H.  Soc.,  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution;  Northam  Colonist 
Historical  Soc.;  Piscataqua  Pioneers; 
Masons;  St.  Paul  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  First  Parish  Church 
(1033);  member  of  school  committee; 
trustee  of  Normal  School  at  Plymouth ; 
in.,  Oct.  20,  1865,  Ellen  A.  Tasker; 
their  son,  Burton  True  Scales  (part- 
mouth,  1895,  is  a  professor  in  Girard 
College,  Philadelphia.  Resident  of 
Dover  since  1869. 

Danforth,  Mary  Shepherd 

Physician;  b.,  Derry,  N.  H.,  May  18, 
1850;  d.  Charles  and  Rebecca  F. 
(Batchelder)  Danforth;  ed.  public 
schools,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Pinkerton 


Academy,  Dcrry,  1869,  Woman's  Med- 
ical  College,  Philadelphia,  M.D.,  lS7f>; 
secured  her  education  by  her  own  ef- 
forts, teaching  in  different  places,  being 
for  some  time  principal  of  the  grammar 
school  at  Danielson,  Conn.;  com- 
menced practice  in  Manchester  .N.  II., 


May  10,  1876,  and  has  since  continued; 
admitted  to  membership  in  the  N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.  in  1878,  being  the  first 
woman  accorded  membership  in  that 
organization,  and  undoubtedly  the 
first  member  of  any  state  medical  so- 
ciety in  the  country;  delegate  in  1882, 
from  Center  District  Medical  Society, 
to  American  Medical  Ass'n.  meeting  in 
Washington,  D.  C.;  Baptist;  member, 
Woman's  Advance  Club,  Manchester, 
N.  H.  Medical  Soc.,  American  Medical 
Ass'n;  unmarried.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Drake,  James  Frank 

Publisher;  b.,  Pittsfield,  N.  H., 
Sept.  1,  1881;  s.  Nathaniel  Seavey 
and  Mary  Agnes  Rogers  (Green) 
Drake;  descendant  of  Robert  Drake, 
who  settled  in  America  about  1640;  ed. 
Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  high  school,  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  Meriden,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.,  1902,  Master  of  Com- 
mercial Science,  Tuck  School  of  Ad- 
ministration and  Finance  (Dartmouth), 
1903;  Episcopalian;  Independent: 
secretary,  Springfield,  Mass.,  board  of 
trade,  1903-8;  secretary,  Phelps  Pub- 
lishing Co.,  1908-Nov.,  1914,  and  since- 
director  and  treasurer;  also  treasurer. 
Patriot  Publishing  Co.,  Worthington 
Realty  Trust,  Myrick  Building  Trust, 
Home  Correspondence  School,  all  of 
Springfield;  vice-president,  Mass,  state 
board  of  trade,  1903-8 ;  director.  Spring- 
field board  of  trade,  1908-15.  vice- 
president,  1914-15;  trustee,  Spring- 
field city  library,  1910-12;  member, 
Springfield  common  council,  1908- 
12  (president.  1910-12),  Springfield 
River  Front,  Advisory  Commission, 
1910-12,  Springfield  Municipal  Bldg. 
Commission,  1909-13,  Springfield  City 
Planning  Commission  since  1913;  mem- 
ber, American  Philatelic  Soc.,  S.  A.  H., 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  U.  S.  A., 
Dartmouth  Alumni  Council,  Spring- 
field Fish  and  Game  Ass'n,  Theta  Delta 
Chi  Fraternity,  Country  Club  of  Spring- 
field (secretary,  1906-11),  University 
Club,  Washington,  D.  C.;  part  author, 
"Springfield  Present  and  Prospective," 
1905;  recreations,  tennis,  fishing,  hunt- 


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ing;  m.,  July  25,  1907,  Mildred  Augusta 
Chase  of  Plymouth,  N.  H.;  children, 
Ruth  Elliott,  Virginia,  James  Frank, 
Jr.,  and  Constance  Chase.  Residence, 
91  Mulberry  St.;  address,  care  of 
Phelps  Publishing  Co.,  Springfield, 
Mass. 

Britton,  William  John 

Lawyer;  b.,  Wolfeboro,  N.  H.,  June 
18,  1872;  s.  John  and  Margaret 
(Macauley)  Britton;  ed.  public  school, 
Brewster  Free  Academy,  Boston  Uni- 
versity Law  School;  law  student  with 
W.  D.  H.  Hill;  admitted  to  the  bar, 
June  22,  1905,  and  has  since  practiced 
in  Wolfeboro;  Progressive  Republican; 
moderator  and  town  clerk  of  Wolfeboro, 
holding  the  latter  office  fourteen 


ballot,  the  Democratic  nominee  having 
withdrawn;  received  the  votes  of  the 
Progressives  and  of  some  Republican?, 
at  one  stage  of  the  contest  for  the 
United  States  senatorship  in  that  legis- 
lature; member,  N.  H.  board  of 
license  commissioners,  1913-15;  mem- 
ber and  past  master,  Morning  Star 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  of  Wolfeboro, 
Eastern  Star,  and  Carroll  Chapter, 
R.  A.  M.  and  Pilgrim  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  of  Laconia;  also  of  the  Odd 
Fellow  and  Rebekah  lodges  and 
Lake  Shore  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  of 
Wolfeboro.  Residence,  Wolfeboro, 
N.  H. 

Chase,  Ira  Arthur 

Lawyer;   b.,  Bristol,  N.  H.,   March 


years;  member,  X.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1<H)3,  serving  on  com- 
mittee on  revision  of  the  statutes; 
solicitor  of  Carroll  County,  1913-14; 
member,  X.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, again  in  1913,  nominated  as 
Progressive  candidate  for  speaker,  and 
elected  to  that  office  upon  the  sixth 


25,  1854;  s.  Ira  Stephen  and  Cordelia 
Page  Simonds  Chase;  ed.  Bristol  pub- 
lic schools,  Xew  Hampton  Literary 
Institution  (1872),  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1877;  studied  law  and  located  in 
practice  in  Bristol,  where  he  has  con- 
tinued; Congregationalisl ;  Republican; 
assistant  clerk,  X.  H.  senate,  1X81-3; 


HON.  JAMES  P.  TUTTLE 


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clerk,  1885-7;  member,  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives,  1897;  senate,  1901; 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1902; 
moderator,  Bristol,  the  last  twenty-five 
years;  member,  Bristol  board  of  educa- 
tion, 1883-8  and  since  1907;  trustee, 
Minot-Sleeper  library,  Bristol,  since 
1884;  clerk,  Mason-Perkins  Paper  Co. 
since  1886  and  of  Bristol  Water  Power 
Co.  since  1884;  director,  Bristol  Aque- 
duct Co.,  and  Bristol  Cemetery  Ass'n; 
was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
N.  H.  Antiquarian  Soc.;  past  master, 
Union  Lodge,  No.  79,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Bristol,  and  past  grand  master  M.  W. 
G.  L.  of  Masons  in  New  Hampshire; 
m.,  July  6,  1881,  Abby  Maria  Taylor. 
Residence,  Bristol,  N.  H. 

Tuttle,  James  Patterson 

Lawyer,  attorney-general;  b.,  New 
Boston,  N.  H.,  July  17,  1856;  s.  James 
Moore  and  Rachel  Patterson  (McNeil) 
Tuttle;  od.  New  Boston  public  schools, 
Francestown  Academy,  Gushing  Acad- 
emy (1880),  Boston  University  Law 
School  (1885);  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1885  and  commenced  practice  Sept.  1, 
of  that  year  in  Manchester;  continued 
alone  till  July  1, 1901,  when  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Taggart,  Tuttle 
&  Burroughs — Taggart,  Tuttle,  Bur- 
roughs &  Wygman  after  Jan.  1,  1904 — 
withdrawing  in  1912  upon  appointment 
as  attorney-general;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  superintendent  of  schools, 
New  Boston,  1881,  1882;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1887; 
solicitor,  Hillsborough  County,  1893- 
1903;  attorney-general  of  New  Hamp- 
shire since  Jan.  22,  1912;  member,  Joe 
English  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Ridgeley 
Lodge  and  Wonolancet  Encampment, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  Bible  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  m.,  Jan  1,  1887,  Elizabeth  J. 
Bunton  (Colby  Academy  and  N.  H. 
State  Normal  school);  children,  Doro- 
thy Moore,  (Simmons,  1913)  wife  of 
Dr.  David  B.  Hagerman,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich;  Rachel  Winifred,  (Mt.  Holyoke, 
1914)  Florence  Elizabeth,  (Mt/ Hol- 
yoke, 1916)  Margaret  Esther,  (Welles- 
ley,  1917).  Residence,  Manchester, 
N.  H. 


Woodward,  Nellie  Fostina  Tupper 

(Mrs.  Josiah  Nichols  Woodward); 
b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  dau.  of  Freeman 
Eastman  and  Susan  Elvira  (Howe) 
Tupper;  ed.  in  public  and  private 
schools  of  Nashua;  m.,  Jan.  6,  1881, 
Dr.  Josiah  Nichols  Woodward  (d. 
Nov.  28,  1910);  member  of  the  Nash- 
away  Woman's  Club,  president,  1909- 
11,  treasurer,  1902-4,  member  of 
civics  committee;  president  of  N.  H. 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  1911-13, 


inaugurated  the  State  Endowment- 
Fund  known  as  the  Prosperity  Fund  of 
the  N.  H.  Federation,  served  on  staff 
of  editors  for  the  Woman's  Edition  of 
the  Manchester  Union  published  in  the 
interest  of  the  Fund;  chairman,  polit- 
ical science  committee  of  Federation, 
1915-17;  General  Federation  State 
Secretary,  1913-15;  member  of  the 
Fortnightly  Club,  Matthew  Thornton 
Chapter,  1).  A.  H.,  Woman's  Auxiliary 
of  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  King's  Daughters' 
Benevolent  Ass'n,  Nashua  Equal  Fran- 
chise League  (president);  honorary 
vice-president  of  the  Audubon  Soc. 


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of  New  Hampshire;  director,  N.  H. 
Children's  Aid  and  Protective  Soc.; 
member,  N.  H.  Daughters  of  Boston; 
Congregationalist.  Residence,  Nashua, 
N.  H. 

Robie,  Edward 

Clergyman;  b.  Gorham,  Me.,  April 
5,  1821 ;  s.  Dea.  Thomas  S.  and  Clarissa 
(Adams)  Robie;  ed.  Gorham  Academy, 
1836,  Bowdoin  College,  1840,  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  1843,  Univer- 


sity of  Halle,  Germany  (two  years); 
teacher  of  languages,  Gorham  Acad- 
emy, 1846-8;  assistant  professor  of 
Hebrew,  Andover  Theological  Sem- 
inary, 1848-;")  1;  pastor,  Congregational 
church,  Greenland,  N.  H.,  1851-1917. 
He  was  ordained  and  installed,  Feb. 
25,  1852,  but  had  supplied  the  pulpit 
from  September  previous.  His  pas- 
torate surpasses  in  length  that  of  any 
other  pastor  of  his  time,  and  is  ex- 
ceeded by  only  two  in  the  history  of 
the  Statf — those  of  Rev.  Labati  Ains- 
worth  of  JafTrey  which  continued 
seventy-five  years  and  five  months, 


and  Rev.  Joseph  Adams  of  Newington, 
sixty-seven  years  and  seven  months. 
He  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from 
Dartmouth  College  in  1876,  and  from 
Bowdoin  in  1893.  In  1893,  when  over 
seventy  years  of  age,  he  took  a  special 
course  at  Harvard  in  order  to  master 
certain  subjects  with  which  he  pro- 
posed to  deal  in  his  sermons.  During 
his  remarkable  pastorate  in  this  little 
country  town  he  has  officiated  at  about 
two  hundred  marriages  and  six  hun- 
dred funerals;  m.,  Dec.  28,  1852, 
Susan  P.,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lord)  Jameson,  of  Effingham, 
N.  H.,  d.  June  12,  1878.  Residence, 
Greenland,  N.  H. 

Duncan,  Charles 

Physician,  bacteriologist;  b.,  Chelsea, 
Mass'.,  March  18,  1872;  s.  James  and 
Margaret  (Patterson)  Duncan;  ed. 
Chelsea  high  school,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1898,  Harvard  Medical  School, 
1903;  appointed  bacteriologist,  N.  H. 
State  Board  of  Health  in  1903  and  has 
since  continued;  bacteriologist  and 
pathologist,  N.  H.  State  Hospital, 
Margaret  Pillsbury  General  Hospital 
and  N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital  for 
Women  and  Children;  Congrega- 
tionalist; Republican;  member,  Con- 
cord board  of  education,  1915-;  ward 
supervisor,  1917-;  member,  Center 
District  and  Merrimack  Countv  Med- 
ical Soc.  (secretary,  19 13-);  "N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.,  American  Medical  Ass'n; 
Theta  Delta  Chi  and  Casque  and 
Gauntlet  college  societies;  Wonolancet 
Club;  m.,  June  28,  1905,  Charlotte 
llsley,  Chelsea  (A.B.  Radcliffe,  1900); 
children,  Lawrence  llsley,  b.  Oct.  5, 
1906;  Eleanor,  b.  Nov.  8r,  1908;  Mar- 
garet, b.  Feb.  27,  1913.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Baker,  Dana  Wingate 

Insurance  and  real  estate;  b.,  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  Aug.  1,  1861;  s.  Samuel 
and  Caroline  (Wingate)  Baker,  great- 
grandson  of  Paine  Wingate,  of  the  Con- 
tinental Congress  and  colleague  of  John 
Langdon  in  the  first  U.  S.  Senate;  ed. 
Exeter  public  schools  and  Phillips  Exe- 


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ter  Academy,  having  removed  to  Exe- 
ter with  his  family  in  1872;  employed 
eight  years  as  a  drug  clerk,  in  youth, 
and,  later  engaged  for  eleven  years  in 
the  retail  boot  and  shoe  trade;  en- 


gaged in  insurance  and  real  estate 
business  the  last  twenty  years;  general 
agent  for  Connecticut  General  Life 
Insurance  Co.,  as  well  as  conducting  a 
large  miscellaneous  business;  Con- 
gregationalist,  member  of  Phillips 
Church,  Exeter,  clerk  of  the  church  and 
treasurer  of  the  parish  for  several  years 
past;  Republican;  moderator,  1914, 
1916;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1911-12,  1913-14;  presi- 
dent, Rockingham  County  Republican 
Club,  1913-15;  first  treasurer,  Exeter 
school  board  under  the  new  law;  past 
president,  Pacataqua  Congregational 
Club;  several  years  secretary,  Exeter 
board  of  trade;  member,  I.  ().  ().  F. 
(past  grand  of  Sagamore  Lodge);  P. 
of  H.  (past  master  Oilman  Grange); 
I.  ().  R.  M.  (past  Sachem  Wehanow- 
nowit  Tribe) ;  member,  Renaissance 
Club,  Music  Club,  etc.,  Exeter;  m., 


Sept.  7,  1886,  Fannie  E.  French; 
two  daughters,  Florence  (Robinson 
Sem.,  1909,  Bradford  Acad.,  1912); 
Beatrice  (Robinson  Sem.,  1911,  Brad- 
ford Acad.,  1913).  Residence,  Exeter, 
N.  H. 

Junkins,  William  Oliver 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Berwick, 
Me.,  May  13,  1845;  s.  Alexander  and 
Elizabeth  Leighton  (Staples)  Junkins; 
ed.  common  schools,  Elliot  and  South 
Berwick,  Me.,  academies,  Bowdoin 
College  Medical  Department,  1870; 
located  in  practice  at  Kittery  Point, 
Me.,  in  1870,  soon  removing  to  Green- 
land, N.  H.,  where  he  continued  twenty 
years;  removed  to  Portsmouth  in  1891 
remaining  in  practice  there  till  1917; 
Methodist;  Democrat;  mayor  of  Ports- 
mouth, 1895,  1896;  U.  S.  pension  ex- 
aminer under  Presidents  Cleveland 


and  Wilson;  president,  Candelaria 
Fruit  Co.,  Porto  Rico;  Mason,  32d 
degree,  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner; 
charter  member,  Portsmouth  Lodge, 
B.  P.  O.  E.;  member,  Portsmouth 


MRS.  SARAH  F.  S.  DEARBORN'. 


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Yacht  Club;  m.,  Sept.  5,  1872,  Julia 
E.  Hill,  d.  March  7,  1916.  Residence, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Dearborn,  Sarah  Frances  Stevens 

(Mrs.  Joseph  Henry  Dearborn), 
club-woman,  owner  and  manager  of 
extensive  real  estate;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  dau.  of  Major  Josiah  and  Ann 
H.  (Head)  Stevens.  Major  Stevens 
served  in  the  Second  N.  H.  Vols. 
during  the  Civil  War.  Mrs.  Stevens 
was  the  sister  of  Gov.  Natt  Head  of 
Hooksett.  Their  daughter,  Mrs. 
Dearborn,  was  born  on  the  estate  lying 
on  the  road  to  St.  Paul's  School,  which, 
later,  was  sold  to  Rev.  Mary  Baker  G. 
Eddy,  the  founder  of  Christian  Science. 
Mrs.  Eddy  made  her  home  here  during 
the  last  fourteen  years  of  her  life  in 
Concord.  Sarali  F.  (Stevens)  Dear- 
born was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Concord  and  Manchester,  X.  H., 
graduating  from  the  Manchester  high 
school,  1872.  State  Regent,  X.  H. 
D.  A.  R.,  1910-11;  president,  X.  H. 
Daughters  in  Boston,  1912-14;  pres- 
ident, Historic  Art  Club,  Manchester; 
member,  Grace  Episcopal  church, 
Manchester,  Buntin  Chapter  D.  A.  R., 
Suncook  (regent,  1896-8),  X.  H.  Soc. 
Colonial  Dames  of  America,  Woman's 
City  Club,  Boston,  Brookline  Woman's 
Club,  Massachusetts,  Presidents'  Club, 
Boston,  Order  of  Eastern  Star,  Order 
of  Rebekahs,  Past  Master  of  Pem- 
broke Grange,  P.  of  H.,  noted  for 
having  the  first  set  of  woman  officers 
in  the  country;  X.  II.  Historical  Soc.; 
m.,  Nov.  9,  1880,  Joseph  Henry  Dear- 
born, wholesale  manufacturer,  Har- 
vard University,  A.B.  1871,  who  d. 
March  24,  1911;  children,  Jenness 
Stevens  Dearborn,  b.  Aug.  17, 

1881,  N.    H.    College,    class   of    1904, 
who  m.  Edith  Dalton  of  Suncook,  June 
19,    1907;   Joseph   Jewell,    b.    Dec.    6, 

1882,  A.B.     Harvard,      1907,     post- 
graduate  in  forestry,    superintendent, 
Diamond    Match    Co.,    Athol,    Mass., 
who  m.   Inez  Jones  Emery,  Sept.  24, 
1910;   Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  March   17, 
1885,  who  in.  Arthur  Dryden  Camp- 
bell of  Boston,   Xov.  6,   1915;   grand- 


children, Lucy,  Joseph  Henry,  Frances, 
Joanne,  Lewis  Emery  Dearborn. 
Residence,  Pembroke  Street  (Suncook), 
N.  H.;  York  Beach,  Me.;  Boston, 
Mass. 

Hadlock,  Albert  Emerson 

Lawyer;  b.,  Amherst,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
9,  1863;  s.  John  and  Sarah  E.  (Carlton) 
Hadlock;  ed.  public  schools  of  Milford, 
N.  H.,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
Dartmouth  College,  1887,  Harvard 
Law  School,  1893;  entered  the  office 
of  Evarts,  Choate  and  Beaman  as  a 
clerk  in  1893,  immediately  after  grad- 
uation from  law  school,  and  has  en- 
gaged in  general  practice  of  the  law 
since  that  time,  when  the  duties  of 
public  office  have  not  required  all  his 
time;  Republican;  secretary  to  the 
president  of  the  borough  of  Richmond, 
city  of  Xew  York,  1898-1902;  assistant 
corporation  council,  1902-4;  chief  of 
law  and  adjustment  division,  depart- 
ment of  finance,  city  of  New  York, 
1910-16;  deputy  comptroller  of  the 
city  of  New  York  since  1916;  member, 
*T  fraternity,  Casque  and  Gauntlet  Soc. 
(one  of  the  founders),  Bar  Ass'n  of  the 
City  of  Xew  York,  and  City  Club ; 
m.,"  1902,  Marion  Canfield;  children, 
Albert  Emerson,  Jr.,  Canfield  and 
Marion.  Address,  Municipal  Building, 
Xew  York. 
/ 
Hall,  Daniel 

Lawyer,  publicist;  b.,  Barrington, 
X.  H.,' Feb.  28,  1832;  s.  Oilman  and 
Eliza  (Tuttle)  Hall;  ed.  public  schools, 
Straff ord  Academy,  X.  II .  Conference 
Seminary,  Tilton,  Dartmouth  College, 
1854,  teaching  school  in  winter  to  aid 
in  payment  of  college  expenses;  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Daniel  M.  Christie; 
admitted  to  the  bar,  May,  1860;  school 
commissioner  for  Strafford  County,. 
1859-60;  clerk,  special  committee  of 
the  U.  S.  Senate  investigating  the 
surrender  of  the  Norfolk  Navy  Yard, 
1861,  and  later  clerk,  U.  S.  Senate 
Committee  on  Naval  Affairs,  of  which 
John  P.  Hale  was  chairman;  commis- 
sioned as  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of 
Gen.  A.  W.  Whipple,  with  the  rank  of 


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captain,  in  March,  1862,  and  partici- 
pated in  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg, 
Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg,  being 
slightly  wounded  in  the  latter;  Provost 
Marshal,  1st  N.  H.  District,  1864-5; 


clerk,  S.  J.  court  for  .Stratford  County, 
1866-74;  judge,  Dover  police  court, 
1X68-74;  reporter,  X.  H.  supreme 
court,  1876-7;  I'.  S.  naval  officer  of 
customs,  Boston,  1877-85;  Free 
Thinker;  Republican;  president,  N.  H. 
Republican  state  convention,  1X76; 
chairman,  Republican  state  committee, 
1S74-7;  delegate  to  Republican  na- 
tional convention,  1876,  and  chairman, 
N.  H.  delegation;  colonel  on  the  staff 
of  (!ov.  Walter  Harriman  and  judge 
advocate  under  ( lov.  Frederick  Smyt  h ; 
member,  board  of  managers,  X.  II. 
Soldiers'  Home,  Tilton.  18X9—;  mem- 
ber, Loyal  Legion  of  the  I'nited  States 
and  Post  17,  G.  A.  R.;  commander, 
N.  II.  Department.  G.  A.  R..  1X02  I',; 
trustee.  Stratford  savin  us  bank,  IXXIi  — ; 
director.  Stratford  Nat 'I  Hank,  1X97 — ; 
trustee,  Dover  public  library,  Went- 
worth  Home  for  the  Aged;  he  is  a 


graceful  writer  and  speaker  and  has 
delivered  numerous  occasional  ad- 
dresses, notably  that  at  the  dedication 
of  the  statue  of  John  P.  Hale  in  Con- 
cord, in  August,  1892;  m.  Jan.  25,  1877, 
Sophia,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah 
(Hanson)  Dodge  of  Rochester;  one 
son,  Arthur  Wellesley,  b.  Aug.  30,  1878 
(Harvard,  1902),  now  practicing  law 
in  Dover.  Residence,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Gould,  Alfred  Josiah 

Farmer,  fruitgrower;  b.,  Newport, 
N.  H.,  Jan.  18,  1840;  s.  Gideon  and 
Sally  (Ward)  Gould;  ed.  public  school 
and  Newport  Academy;  owns  and 
occupies  the  old  homestead  established 
by  his  grandfather,  Nathan  Gould,  a 
century  and  a  quarter  ago;  extensively 
and  successfully  engaged  in  fruit  culture, 
along  with  general  farming;  Liberal; 
Republican;  member,  Newport  board 


of  selectmen,  four  years;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1889; 
member,  Sugar  River  Lodge.  I .().().  !•'., 
Sullivan  Grange,  P.  of  II.,  Merrimack 
Countv  Pomona  Grange;  director, 


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First  Nat'l  Bank,  Newport;  trustee, 
Newport  savings  bank  (president  for 
ten  years);  m.  1st,  Sarah  Jane  Ayers, 
Cornish,  Dec.  15,  1861,  d.  Oct.  6,  1864; 
2d,  Orpha  A.  Honey,  Lempster,  Feb. 
3,  1866,  d.  April  18,  1902;  3d,  Ida  M. 
Parker,  Newport,  May  4,  1905;  one 
daughter,  Mary  Alice,  b.  June  1,  1886 
(Newport  high  school,  1905).  Resi- 
dence, Newport,  N.  H. 

Sullivan,  Dennis  Edward 

Physician;  b.,  Augusta,  Me.,  Aug. 
23,  1863;  s.  Daniel  W.  and  Catherine 
(Mann)  Sullivan;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Augusta,  Bowdoin  College  Medical 
School,  Brunswick,  Me.  (two  years), 
Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York,  M.D., 
1885;  Catholic;  Democrat;  member, 
Concord  board  of  education  since  1908; 
N.  H.  state  board  of  health,  since  1913; 
secretary,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc.;  mem- 
ber, American  Medical  Soc.;  U.  S. 
pension  examining  board;  staff  of 
Margaret  Pillsbury  General  Hospital 
since  1885;  member,  Wonolancet  Club, 
Knights  of  Columbus,  Ancient  Order 
of  Hibernians;  m.  Mary  E.  Scanlan, 
July  9,  1889;  children,  Edward  Scan- 
Ian,  b.  Jan.  25,  1892  (A.B.  Harvard, 
1914,  M.D.  Harvard  Medical  School, 
1918);  Paul  Mann,  b.  May  1,  1887, 
entered  Harvard,  1915.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Quimby,  Frank  Pierce 

Secretary,  Concord  Building  and 
Loan  Ass'n;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Sept.  22,  1856;  s.  John  and  Lydia 
(Colby)  Quimby;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools  and  Bryant  it  Stratton  Busi- 
ness College,  Manchester;  entered  em- 
ploy of  Concord  R.  R.  as  section  hand 
in  1871,  passing  through  the  various 
positions  as  switchman,  yard  brake- 
man,  fireman  and  clerk  in  the  treasur- 
er's office;  appointed  chief  clerk  and 
paymaster  upon  the  organization  of  the 
Concord  it  Montreal  R.  R.  corpora- 
tion, serving  in  such  capacity  until  the 
lease  of  the  road  to  the  Boston  it 
Maine,  when  he  was  made  assistant 
paymaster  of  the  entire  system,  with 
headquarters  at  Concord;  Jan.  1, 


1912,  after  more  than  forty  years  of 
faithful  service,  he  resigned  this 
position  to  assume  the  duties  of  secre- 
tary of  the  Concord  Building  Ass'n, 
which  office  he  still  holds;  Republi- 
can; alderman  from  Ward  7,  Concord, 
four  years;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1893;  in  this  year  he 
introduced  a  bill  in  the  house  which 
was  passed  in  that  body,  but  defeated 
in  the  senate,  providing  that  "All 
money  loaned  upon  real  estate,  in  the 


state  of  New  Hampshire,  where  the 
rate  of  interest  does  not  exceed  five 
per  cent,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxa- 
tion." (This  measure,  of  which  Mr. 
Quimby  was  the  author,  has  recently 
become  the  law  of  the  state.)  Chair- 
man, Republican  city  committee,  ten 
years;  Past  Master,  Eureka  Lodge, 
A.  F.  it  A.  M.;  Past  High  Priest, 
Trinity  Royal  Arch  Chapter;  member 
Horace  Chase  Council,  Mt.  Horeb 
Commandery,  K.  T.;  Past  Potentate, 
Bektash  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine;  mem- 
ber and  Worthy  Patron,  Epiphany 
Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star; 


Hox.  WILLIS  (1.  BUXTON. 


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charter  member  of  the  Wonolancet 
Club,  Concord;  m.,  May  6,  1880, 
Millie  B.  Smith,  d.  July  29,  1899;  one 
dau.,  Marie  B.,  b.  March  13,  1893. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Buxton,  Willis  George 

Lawyer  and  insurance  agent;  b., 
Henniker,  N.  H.,  Aug.  22,  1856;  s. 
Daniel  M.  and  Abbie  A.  (Whittaker) 
Buxton;  ed.  Clinton  Grove  and  New 
London  academies,  Boston  University 
Law  School,  1879;  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1879  and  commenced  practice  in 
Hillsborough,  remaining  till  1882,  when 
he  removed  to  Penacook  (Boscawen 
side);  partner  one  year  with  the  late 
Judge  Nehemiah  Butler;  since  in 
practice  alone;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican till  1912,  since  then  Pro- 
gressive; member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives.  1895,  serving  as  chair- 
man of  committee  on  elections,  and 
member  committee  on  revision  of 
statutes;  member,  N.  H.  Senate,  1897, 
serving  as  chairman  judiciary  com- 
mittee; delegate  in  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional conventions,  1889,  1902,  1912; 
delegate  to  Progressive  national  con- 
ventions of  1912  and  1916;  served 
twenty-two  years  as  member  of  Re- 
publican state  committee  and  five 
years  as  member  of  Progressive  state 
committee;  associate  justice  of  the 
Concord  district  court  two  years,  and 
since  justice  of  the  Boscawen  munici- 
pal court;  many  years  town  treasurer, 
library  trustee,  member  of  local  board  of 
health  and  board  of  education;  treasurer 
and  superintendent,  Penacook  and  Bos- 
cawen water  precinct;  Knight  Templar 
Mason  and  Odd  Fellow;  member,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  Union  Club;  trustee, 
Merrimack  Co.  Savings  Bank;  trustee 
and  secretary,  X.  II.  Orphans'  Home, 
Franklin,  since  1895;  m.,  June  4,  1884, 
Martha  .1.  Flanders;  a  daughter,  Grace 
H.,  died  in  childhood.  Residence,  Bos- 
cawen (Penacook  P.O.),  N.  H. 

Barton,  Jesse  Morton 

Lawyer;  b.,  Newport,  N.  II.,  Jan. 
21,  1870;  s.  Levi  \V.  and  Elizabeth  F. 
(Jewett)  Barton;  ed.  public  schools, 


Kimball  Union  Academy,  1888,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1892;  principal,  Pena- 
cook grammar  school,  1892-3;  principal, 
Simonds  free  high  school,  Warner, 
1903-6;  studied  law  with  his  father, 
with  the  late  Albert  S.  Wait  of  Newport, 
and  at  the  Boston  University  Law 
School;  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  March, 
1899,  and  has  since  practiced  in  New- 
port; Methodist;  Republican;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1901-2; 
member,  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 


tions, 1902,  1912;  judge  of  probate  for 
Sullivan  County,  1906-17;  trustee, 
N.  H.  Industrial  School,  appointed  by 
Gov.  Henry  B.  Quinby;  member  and 
president,  X.  II.  state  senate,  1917-18; 
chairman,  Republican  state  committee, 
May,  1912  to  Oct.,  1914;  Mason,  Odd 
Fellow;  trustee,  Newport  Savings 
Bank,  Richards  Free  Library,  Method- 
ist church;  president,  Newport  board 
of  trade;  in..  Sept.  29,  1911,  Kmma 
Byars;  one  dau.,  Jean  Elizabeth,  b. 
March  4,  1914.  Residence,  Newport, 
N.  H. 


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Hatch,  Albert  Ruyter 

Lawyer;  h.,  Portsmouth,  X.  H., 
Aug.  10,  1882;  s.  John  and  Alice 
Spencer  (Benton)  Hatch;  ed.  Ports- 
mouth High  School,  19(X),  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.,  1904;  Harvard  Law- 


March  Hatch,  2d. 
St.,    Portsmouth; 

N.  H. 


Office,  45  Pleasant 
home,     Greenland, 


School,  LL.B.,  1907;  admitted  to  the 
bar  June  27,  1907;  commenced  practice 
with  John  W.  Kelley,  and  remained 
with  him,  under  firm  names  of  Kelley, 
Harding  &  Hatch  and  Kelley  &  Hatch 
until  his  death  in  1912,  since  when  he 
has  practiced  himself  under  the  firm 
name  of  Kelley  &  Hatch;  Episcopalian, 
member  and  vestryman,  St.  John's 
Episcopal  church,  Portsmouth;  He- 
publican;  solicitor  for  Rockingham 
County,  1915-17;  chairman, Greenland 
Republican  town  committee,  1912-; 
member,  St.  John's  Lodge,  A.  F.  A:  A. 
M.,  15.  P.  O.  F...  K.  of  P..  Warwick 
Club,  Portsmouth  Athletic  Club, 
Portsmouth  Country  Club,  treasurer 
and  director,  Finery  Rubber  Heel  Co.; 
director,  Southern  N.  H.  Agricultural 
Ass'n;  in.  Rosalie  I-'.  Fittlefield,  Jan. 
10,  190.");  children,  Harris  and  Francis 


Willis,  Eben  Marston 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Clarernont,  X.  H., 
May  11,  1871;  s.  Algernon  and  Susan 
L.  (Marston)  Willis;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  high  school  class  of  1889; 
entered  employ  of  Page  Belting  Co., 
of  Concord  immediately  after  grad- 
uation and  has  been  connected  there- 
with ever  since  in  one  capacity  or 
another,  having  been  treasurer  and 
general  manager  since  1914;  Universa- 
list  (grandson  of  Rev.  Lemuel  Willis, 
a  prominent  Universalist  clergyman 
seventy-five  years  ago);  Republican; 
member,  Concord  common  council, 
1897-8,  board  of  aldermen,  1899-1900, 
1901-2;  member,  X.  H.  house1  of  rep- 


resentatives, 1903-4,  1905-n ;  director, 
Page  Belting  Co.,  Mechanicks  Na- 
tional Bank,  Capital  Fire  Insurance 
Co.;  trustee,  Merrimack  Co.  Savings 
Bank;  vice-president  and  director, 
Northern  Securities  Co.;  Mason,  32d 


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degree;  member,  Wonolancet  and  Snow- 
shoe  clubs;  m.,  Oct.  2,  1895,  Lena  Vira 
George;  one  dau.,  Mary  Elizabeth,  b. 
July  25,  1899  (Wellesley,  1920). 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Button,  Samuel  Train 

Educator;  b.,  Hillsborough,  N.  H., 
Oct.  16,  1849;  s.  Jeremiah  and  Rebecca 
(Train)  Dutton;  ed.  Yale  College,  A.B., 
1873;  A.M.,  1890;  LL.D.,  Baylor  Uni- 
versity, 1912;  Superintendent  schools, 
South  Xorwalk,  Conn.,  1872-8;  princi- 
pal, Eaton  School,  New  Haven,  1878- 
82;  Superintendent  schools,  New- 
Haven,  1882-90,  Brookline,  Mass., 
1890-1900;  professor  of  school  admin- 
istration, Teachers  College  (Columbia 
University),  1900-1915;  professor 
emeritus  since  1915;  lecturer  on  Peda- 
gogy, Harvard,  1896-7,  University  of 
Chicago,  1897-8,  Boston  University, 
1898;  secretary,  N.  Y.  Peace  Soc.; 
chairman,  Nat'l  Arbitration  and  Peace 
Congress,  1907;  trustee,  Constanti- 
nople College  for  Women,  Canton, 
China,  Christian  College,  World  Peace 
Foundation,  American  Scandinavian 
Foundation;  honorary  secretary,  Japan 
Soc.;  member,  International  Commis- 
sion on  the  Balkan  War,  1913;  member, 
Yale  and  Authors  clubs,  New  York; 
author,  "Social  Phases  of  Education," 
"School  Management,"  etc.;  associate 
editor,  Christian  Work;  m.,  Oct.  8,  1874, 
Cornelia  North,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Residence,  Hartsdale,  N.  Y.;  address, 
70  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 

Emerson,  Charles  Franklin 

Educator;  b.,  Chelmsford,  Mass., 
Sept.  28,  1843;  s.  Owen  and  Louisa 
(Butterfield)  Emerson;  ed.  Westford, 
Mass.,  Academy,  Appleton  Academy, 
New  Ipswich,  N.  H.  and  Dartmouth 
College,  1868,  having  taught  school  in 
Massachusetts  a  part  of  three  years 
before  entering  college;  upon  gradua- 
tion appointed  instructor  in  gymnastics 
in  Dartmouth  College,  and  instructor 
in  mathematics  in  the  N.  H.  College 
of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts, 


then  connected  with  Dartmouth;  also 
tutor  in  mathematics  in  Dartmouth, 
1868-72;  associate  professor  of  natural 
philosophy  and  mathematics,  1872-78; 
Appleton  professor  of  natural  philoso- 
phy, 1878-99;  dean  of  the  college,  1893- 
1913,  retiring  in  the  latter  year,  after 
forty-five  years  of  continuous  service 
— the  longest  record  held  at  that  time 
by  any  person  connected  with  the  in- 
stitution; Congregationalist ;  member, 
Church  of  Christ,  at  Dartmouth; 
Republican;  served  fifteen  years  as 
chairman  of  supervisors  of  check  lists 


for  Hanover;  member,  N.  II.  house 
of  representatives,  1915-16,  1917-18; 
member,  Alpha  Delta  Chi,  and  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  societies;  life  member, 
American  Ass'n  for  Advancement  of 
Science;  in.,  Jan.  20,  1875,  Caroline 
Flagg;  two  daus.,  Martha  Flagg, 
librarian  of  the  State  College  at  Dur- 
ham, and  Emily  Sophia,  wife  of  Prof. 
Edmund  E.  Day  of  Harvard  Univer- 
sitv.  Residence,  Hanover.  N.  H. 


HON.  KDGAR  J.  KXOWLTON. 


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Knowlton,  Edgar  Jay 

Journalist;  b.,  Sutton,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
8,  1856;  s.  James  and  Mary  F.  (Mar- 
shall) Knowlton;  ed.  common  schools; 
entered  office  of  the  Manchester  Union, 
under  Campbell  &  Hanscom,  as  an 
apprentice  to  learn  the  printer's  trade, 
when  sixteen  years  of  age;  later  be- 
came a  reporter  and  soon  promoted  to 
city  editor,  which  position  he  held 
when  Stilson  Hutchins  purchased  the 
Union  in  1879  and  made  it  a  morning 
paper,  and  in  which  he  continued  till 
June,  1880,  when  he  became  editor  of 
the  Daily  Union  at  Lockport,  N.  Y., 
but  returned  to  Manchester  the  follow- 
ing year  to  become  city  editor  of  the 
Mirror  and  American,  continuing  till 
1884,  when  he  became  city  editor  of 
the  Union,  serving  till  Feb.,  1890, 
when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  posi- 
tion of  secretary  of  the  Manchester 
board  of  trade;  elected  mayor  of 
Manchester  in  Nov.,  1890,  and  re- 
elected,  two  years  later  by  the  largest 
majority  that  had  ever  been  given  a 
candidate  for  the  office;  resigned  in 
May,  1894,  to  accept  the  office  of  post- 
master of  Manchester,  to  which  he  had 
been  appointed  by  President  Cleve- 
land, and  which  he  held  till  July  1898; 
previously,  in  1886,  elected  to  the  N.  II. 
house  of  representatives  from  Ward  6, 
Manchester.  When  not  in  office  he  has 
been  connected  with  one  or  the  other 
of  the  Manchester  daily  newspapers; 
is  now  and  has  been  for  several  years 
past,  on  the  staff  of  the  Mirror;  also 
many  years  correspondent  of  the  Boston 
Globe;  Universalist;  Democrat;  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Keyes,  in  1917,  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  State  Institutions;  member  for 
twenty  years  of  the  Manchester  board 
of  water  commissioners  and  many  years 
clerk  of  the  board;  author,  city  garden 
plan  of  1917,  utilized  by  1500  people; 
member,  P.  of  II.,  K.  P.,  I.  ().  R.  M.; 
in.,  Nov.  2,  1880,  (Jencvieve  I.  Blan- 
chard,  Nicholville,  N.  Y.,  d.  April  28, 
1912;  two  daughters,  Bessie  (Jencvieve 
(Mrs.  Arthur  ().  Friel,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.) 
and  Belle  Frances.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  II. 


Mitchell,  John  Louis 

Lawyer;  b.,  Hooksett,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
1,  1873;  s.  Abram  and  Angeline  D. 
(Eastman)  Mitchell;  ed.  Pembroke 
Academy,  1890,  Dartmouth,  1895; 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Page  & 
Bartlett  of  Portsmouth  while  serving 
as  principal  of  the  Whipple  grammar 
school,  1896  to  1901;  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  commenced  practice  in  1901 ; 
member,  firm  of  Page,  Bartlett  & 
Mitchell;  Unitarian;  Democrat;  city 


solicitor,  Portsmouth,  1905-6;  mem- 
ber, board  of  instruction,  1905-8,  191(5-; 
N.  II.  constitutional  convention,  1912; 
legal  representative  of  the  government 
in  appeal  eases  from  exemption  board 
in  1st  Hockingham  district,  1917; 
member,  Warwick  Club;  in.,  Dec.  19, 
1907,  Alma  Natalie  Kirsch;  one  son, 
John  S.,  b.  April  15,  1911.  Residence, 
Portsmouth,  N.  II. 

Blaisdell,  Carlyle  W. 

Violinist,  musical  instructor  and 
conductor;  b..  Concord,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
11,  1S7S;  s.  Henri  (I.  and  Lilla  D. 


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ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


(Leonard)  Blaisdell;  ed.  public  and 
private  schools,  Concord  and  Laconia. 
He  is  of  the  third  generation  of  one  of 
New  England's  best  known  musical 
families,  personally  ranking  among  its 
leading  violinists;  leader  of  the  famous 
Blaisdell  Orchestra  for  twenty  years; 
conductor  of  the  New  England  Sym- 
phony Orchestra,  and  violin  instructor 
of  long  experience;  prominent  in  musi- 
cal festival,  concert  and  general  orches- 
tral work,  playing  and  conducting  in 


different  parts  of  the  country;  asso- 
ciated in  concerts  with  the  most  noted 
singers,  and  offered  a  position  with  the 
famous  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra; 
his  experience  in  orchestral  work  com- 
pares favorably  with  that  of  any  man 
of  his  age;  member,  St.  Paul's  Episco- 
pal church,  Concord.  B.  P.  ().  E., 
Wonolancet  Club,  American  Federa- 
tion of  Musicians,  and  Lake  Winnipe- 
saukee  Club;  motor  boating  is  his 
diversion;  won  the  New  England 
championship  for  speed  boat  racing 
in  1916  after  ten  vears  of  winning; 
rn.  Florence  M.  To'of,  Sept.  1,  1899; 


one  son,  Paul  Henry,  b.  May  9,  1908. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H.;  summer, 
Weirs,  N.  H. 

Sanborn,  Alden  F. 

Farmer  and  lumberman;  b.,  Fre- 
mont, N.  H.,  Aug.  20,  1855;  s.  Aloah 
and  Nancy  (Page)  Sanborn;  ed. 
public  schools  and  New  Hampton 
Literary  Institution,  1877;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  chairman, 
board  of  selectmen,  fourteen  years; 
member,  board  of  education,  twelve 
years;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1895-6;  member,  state 
board  of  agriculture,  1902-13;  member 
and  treasurer,  Rockingham  County 
Farmers'  Ass'n  since  its  organization; 
Mason;  Patron  of  Husbandry,  past 
master  Fremont  Grange;  owns  and 
occupies  the  old  homestead  which  has 
been  held  in  the  family  for  over  150 
years,  and  has  also  been  extensively 
engaged  in  lumbering;  in.,  Jan.  26, 
1882,  Luna  A.  Gove,  of  Raymond; 
two  sons,  Moses  Hermon  (N.  H.  Col- 
lege, 1908)  and  Edson  Dana  (N.  H. 
College,  1910),  president,  N.  H.  C. 
Alumni  Association,  1917.  Residence, 
Fremont,  N.  II . 

Burnham,  William  Henry 

Educator;  l>.,  Dunbarton,  N.  II., 
Dec.  3,  1855;  s.  Samuel  and  Hannah 
(Dane)  Burnham;  ed.  Harvard  College, 
A.B.,  1882,  Ph.D.,  Johns  Hopkins, 
1888;  instructor,  Wittenberg  College, 
1882-3,  State  Normal  School,  Pots- 
dam, N.  Y.,  1882-5,  Johns  Hopkins, 
1892-1900;  assistant  professor  peda- 
gogy, 1900-06;  pedagogy  and  school 
hygiene,  Clark  University,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  since  1906;  member,  American 
Psychological  Ass'n,  Soc.  College 
Teachers  of  Edn.;  member,  permanent 
com.,  International  Congress,  Schools 
of  Hygiene;  member  Council,  American 
School  of  Hygiene  Ass'n;  assistant 
editor,  Pedagogical  Seminary;  author, 
articles  on  Hygiene  in  Universal  Cyclo- 
pedia; departmental  editor  (Hygiene), 
Cyclopedia  of  Education.  Home,  Dun- 
barton,  N.  H.;  address,  Worcester, 
Mass. 


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111 


Day,  Arthur  Kehew 

Physician;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
12,  1862;  s.  Warren  Kelsey  and  Martha 
Shackford  (Brooks)  Day;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  1881,  Harvard  University, 
A.B.,  1886,  Harvard  Medical  School, 


M.D.,  1889;  attending  physician, 
Margaret  PilLsbury  General  Hospital, 
Concord,  twenty-five  years;  state  bac- 
teriologist, April,  190*1  to  Oct.,  1903; 
pathologist,  X.  H.  Memorial  Hospital 
for  Women  and  Children,  Concord, 
189,5-;  examining  surgeon,  U.  S.  Pen- 
sion Bureau,  1897-;  member,  X.  H. 
Medical  Soc.,  Merrimack  County  Med- 
ical Soc.  (president,  1911);  first  lieuten- 
ant and  assistant  surgeon,  1st  X'.  H. 
Vols.,  during  the  Spanish  War  (1898), 
following  three  years'  service  as  assist- 
ant surgeon,  X.  H.  X.  G.;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  member,  X.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1907-8;  author,  "Pul- 
monary Tuberculosis — Its  Marly  Diag- 
nosis and  Treatment,"  "Modified  Milk 
as  a  Food  for  Infants";  in.,  March  23, 
1892,  Annie  But  lor  Stevens,  Boston, 
Mass.;  children,  Helen  Downing,  b. 


July  19,  1893;  Philip  Stevens,  b.  Sept. 
8,  1894  (West  Point  Military  Academy, 
1917);  Robert  Brooks,  b.  March  9, 
1896,  sergeant,  101st  U.  S.  Engineers. 
Residence,  Concord,  X.  H. 

Pender,  John 

Insurance;  b.,  Sturbridge,  Mass., 
June  7,  1843;  s.  Hugh  and  Margaret 
Lenox  (Paton)  Pender;  ed.  public 
schools  and  private  tutors;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  •  alderman, 
Portsmouth,  X.  H.,  1869-70;  mayor, 
1902;  member,  X.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1871,  1872,  1897,  191^17; 
X.  H.  senate,  1911;  sheriff,  Rocking- 
ham  County,  1898-99-1900;  member, 
staff  of  Gov.  Samuel  W.  Hale;  chair- 
man, X.  H.  Ocean  Boulevard  Comm.; 
secretary  and  treasurer,  Portsmouth 
Building  and  Loan  Ass'n;  member, 


X.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  St.  Andrew's 
Lodge,  A.  F.  <fc  A.  M.  (Grand  Master, 
Grand  Lodge  of  Xew  Hampshire, 
1892-3),  Damon  Lodge,  K.  of  P., 
X.  H.  Lodge,  I.  ().  O.  F.,  Portsmouth 
Lodge,  B.  P.  0.  K.,  Warwick  Club;  has 


Hox.  WM.  F.  WHITCHER. 


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113 


conducted  a  large  and  successful  in- 
surance business  in  Portsmouth  since 
1885;  has  contributed  extensively  to 
the  Metropolitan  press,  and  for  several 
years  successfully  conducted  the  Ports- 
mouth Evening  Post;  m.,  Nov.  20,  1863, 
Ellen  S.  Ryan,  Newton,  Mass.,  who  d. 
Jan.  26,  1907;  children,  George  E. 
(Dartmouth,  1893,  N.  Y.  University 
Med.  Col.,  1896),  medical  referee  for 
Rockingham  Co.;  Horace  G.  (Dart- 
mouth, 1897,  Harvard  Law  School, 
1900),  graduate  manager  of  athletics 
at  Dartmouth  College;  John  L.  of  the 
Boston  Globe  staff,  and  Helen  P.,  wife 
of  Harry  E.  Boynton,  treasurer  of  the 
Portsmouth  Savings  Bank.  Residence, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Whitcher,  William  Frederick 

Clergyman  and  journalist;  b.,  Ben- 
ton,  N.  H.,  Aug.  10,  1845;  s.  Ira  and 
Lucy  (Royce)  Whitcher;  ed.  public 
schools,  N.  H.  Conference  Seminary, 
Tilton  and  Wesleyan  University, 
Middletown,  Conn.,  graduating  from 
the  latter,  with  honors,  in  1871; 
from  the  Theological  Department  of 
Boston  University  in  1873,  and  was  for 
nine  years  a  member  of  the  Southern 
N.  E.  Methodist  Episcopal  Confer- 
ence, holding  pastorates  in  Provi- 
dence and  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  New 
Bedford,  Mass.  Abandoning  the  min- 
istry he  was  for  eighteen  years  en- 
gaged in  journalistic  work  in  Boston, 
as  reporter  and  editor,  first  with  the 
Traveler,  and  later  with  the  Adver- 
tiser, with  residence  in  Maiden,  where 
he  served  several  years  as  member  and 
chairman  of  the  school  board;  re- 
moved to  Woodsville,  N.  PL,  in  1898, 
where  he  purchased  the  Woodfsi'ille 
Xews  and  conducted  the  same  till 
19 It);  Republican;  moderator  for  the 
town  of  Haverhill  sixteen  years;  mem- 
ber of  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1901,  1903,  1905,  1907,  1911;  member 
of  the  judiciary  committee  each  year; 
trustee,  N.  H.  state  library,  nine  years; 
earnest  advocate  of  the  measure 
providing  for  the  erection  by  the  state 
of  a  statue  of  (Jen.  Franklin  Pierce, 
and  one  of  the  speakers  at  the  dedica- 


tion of  the  same,  Nov.,  1914;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1912;  has  served  as  director  and  clerk 
of  trustees  of  Woodsville  Savings 
Bank  and  clerk  and  treasurer  of  Opera 
Block  Ass'n;  member  and  president, 
N.  H.  Soc.  S.  A.  R.;  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
Alpha  Delta  Chi,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  R.  A., 
A.  O.  U.;  deeply  interested  in  his- 
torical matters;  has  written  "Some 
Things  about  Coventry,  Ben  ton"  and 
Descendants  of  Chase  Whitcher,  and 
numerous  genealogical  works,  and  is 
engaged  in  the  preparation  of  a  "His- 
tory of  Haverhill";  m.,  1st,  Dec.  4, 
1872,  Jeannette  Marie  Burr,  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  d.  Sept.  22,  1894;  2d, 
Nov.  4,  1896,  Marietta  H.  Hadley, 
Stoneham,  Mass.;  one  son,  Burr 
Royce  Whitcher  (Dartmouth,  1902), 
a  practicing  physician  in  West  Somer- 
vifJe,  Mass.  Residence,  Woodsville, 
N.  H. 

Parks,  Isabel  Merial 

Educator;  b.,  Davenport,  Iowa, 
Nov.  13,  1857;  dau.  Milo  Kent  and 
Althera  M.  (Hosmer)  Parks;  ed., 
Davenport  high  school,  1876,  Salem, 
Mass.,  Normal  School,  1880  (four 
years'  course),  special  student,  Rad- 
cliffe  College,  1894-5;  teacher,  St. 
Agnes'  Hall,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt,,  1880-1, 
1882-3;  first  assistant,  Littleton,  N.  H., 
high  school,  18S3-93;  head  instructor, 
Miss  Comegys  and  Miss  Bell's  School, 
Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,  1895-8; 
instructor,  St.  Mary's  School  for  Girls, 
Concord,  N.  II.,  1S93-4;  assistant  prin- 
cipal, 1898-1900;  head  mistress,  1900-; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  member, 
Concord  Woman's  Club,  Friendly 
Club,  Woman's  College  Club,  N.  H. 
Conference  of  Charities  and  Correct  ions, 
N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and  Protective 
Soc.,  Concord  Charity  Organization 
Soc.,  Concord  S.  P.  C.  A.,  District 
Nursing  Ass'n,  American  Red  Cross, 
X.  E.  Ass'n  of  Teachers  of  English, 
Nat.  Home  Economics  Ass'n,  N.  H. 
State  Teachers'  Ass'n,  Woman's  Aux. 
to  Board  of  Missions  of  the  P.  E. 
Church  of  America.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  II . 


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Rand,  John  Prentice 

Physician;  b.,  Francestown,  N.  H., 
Nov.  8,  1857;  s.  Thomas  Prentice  and 
Lydia  (Wheeler)  Rand;  descendant  of 
Robert  Rand,  immigrant  ancestor,  who 
settled  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  in  1635; 
engaged  on  his  father's  farm  in  youth, 
and  taught  school  to  obtain  money  for 
preparatory  education;  graduated  from 
Francestown  Academy  in  1880  and 
N.  Y.  Homeopathic  Medical  College 
and  Flower  Hospital,  M.D.,  1883; 


associated  in  practice  in  Monson,  Mass., 
with  his  elder  brother,  Dr.  N.  W.  Hand, 
till  188S,  when  he  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  the  New  York  Polyclinic  and 
removed  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  practic- 
ing there  ten  years,  then  returning  to 
Monson,  on  account  of  his  brother's 
death,  and  continuing  practice  till 
1905,  then  again  locating  in  Worces- 
ter, where  he  now  resides;  member, 
savings  bank  and  public  library  cor- 
porations while  in  Monson,  also  mem- 
ber school  committee;  now  consulting 
physician,  Westborough  state  hospital, 
attending  physician,  Worcester  Hahne- 


mann  hospital;  member,  American  Inst. 
of  Homeopathy,  National  Ass'n  for 
the  Study  and  Prevention  of  Tuber- 
culosis, Alumni  Ass'n,  N.  Y.  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  College  and  Flower 
Hospital  (president,  1908),  Mass. 
Homeopathic  Medical  Soc.  (president, 
1907),  Mass.  Surgical  and  Gynecolog- 
ical Spc.  (president,  1899),  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  Worcester  Cor- 
poration, Sons  and  Daughters  of  New 
Hampshire  (president,  1891-2);  asso- 
ciate editor,  North  American  Journal 
of  Homeopathy,  1910-12;  trustee, 
Mass.  State  Sanatorium,  1903-10; 
lecturer  for  ten  years,  from  190(5,  upon 
the  "History  of  Medicine"  and  "Hom- 
eopathic Therapeutics"  in  Boston  Uni- 
versity School  of  Medicine;  author, 
with  N.  W.  Rand,  of  "Random  Rimes," 
volume  of  original  verse  (1897),  three 
editions;  has  also  published  occasional 
poems  and  medical  papers;  member, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Economic  Club; 
Congregationalist;  Independent;  m., 
1st,  Jan.  17,  1889,  Harriet  M.  Ander- 
son, of  Monson,  Mass.  (Mt.  Holyoke), 
d.  May  6,  1892;  one  child,  Frank 
Prentice  Rand,  teacher  of  English, 
Mass.  Agricultural  College;  2d,  Sept. 
3,  1904,  Lena  M.  Adams  (Wcsleyan, 
A.M.),  of  Weathersfield,  Conn.  'Ad- 
dress, 5  Benefit  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Wood,  Leonard 

Major  general,  U.  S.  A.;  b.,  Winches- 
ter, N.  H.,  Oct.  9,  1860;  s.  Charles  ,T. 
and  Caroline  E.  (Hagar)  Wood;  ed. 
Pierce  Academy,  Middleboro,  Mass., 
Harvard  Medical  College,  M.D.,  1884; 
LL.D,  Harvard,  1899,  Williams,  1902, 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  1903;  ap- 
pointed assistant  surgeon,  U.  S.  A., 
Jan.  5,  188(5;  captain  and  assistant, 
surgeon,  Jan.  5,  1891;  colonel,  1st 
U.  S.  Vols.  (Hough  Riders),  May  8, 
1898;  brigadier  general,  July  8,  1898, 
for  services  at  Las  Guasimas  and  San 
Juan  Hill;  major  general,  Dec.  7,  1898; 
honorably  discharged  from  volunteer 
service  April  12,  1S99;  military  gov- 
ernor of  Cuba,  Dec.  12,  1S99  to  April 
20,  1902;  brigadier  general,  V.  S.  A. 
Feb.  4,  1901;  major  general,  Aug.  8, 


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1902;  governor  Moro  province,  Philip- 
pine Islands,  July,  1903  to  April, 
1906;  commander,  Philippine  Division, 
U.  S.  A.,  1906-8;  commander,  Depart- 
ment of  the  East,  1908-9 ;  special  ambas- 
sador to  Argentine  Republic,  1910; 
chief  of  staff,  U.  S.  A.,  1910-14;  com- 
mander, Department  of  the  East, 
1914-17,  Southeastern  Department, 
191T-;  awarded  Congressional  medal 
of  honor,  March  29,  1898,  "for  distin- 
guished conduct  in  campaign  against 
the  Apache  Indians,  while  serving  as 
med'cal  and  line  officer";  m.  Louisa  A. 
Condit  Smith,  Washington,  D.  C., 
Nov.  18,  1890. 

Perlry,  Mary  Elizabeth 

Educator:  b.,  Lempster,  N.  H.,  July 
2,  1863;  dau.  Asbury  F.  and  Sarah  J. 
(Dodge)  Perley;  ed.  N.  H.  Conference 
Seminary,  Tilton,  Boston  schools 
(high),  Washington  State  University, 
A.B. ;  University  of  Wisconsin  (master's 
degree  in  German;  special  advanced 
study  in  Hanover,  Berlin  and  Paris); 
teacher  of  modern  languages  in  Tilton 
Seminary  six  years;  professor  of  mod- 
ern languages  at  Tabor  College.  Tabor, 
Iowa;  professor  of  German  at.  Fargo 
College,  Fargo,  N.  D.,  since  1906;  as 
an  avocation  writes  occasional  Sunday 
newspaper  articles  and  short  stories. 
She  has  also  written  German  playlets, 
adapted  to  high  school  or  college  dra- 
matics, several  of  which  have  been  pre- 
sented in  the  schools  of  North  Dakota 
and  Wisconsin.  Residence.  Fargo, 
N.D. 

Carter,  Solon  Augustus 

Ex-state  treasurer;  b.,  Leominster, 
Mass.,  June  22,  1837;  s.  Solon  and  Lu- 
cretia  (Joslin)  Carter;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Leominster;  taught  district  schools 
in  youth;  removed  to  Keene,  N.  H., 
where  he  became  superintendent  of  the 
gas  works  in  1859;  Aug.,  18(52,  enlisted 
in  1  1th  Regiment,  N.  H.  Vols.,  in  the 
Union  service,  continuing  till  July, 
18(53;  commissioned  by  President  Lin- 
coln assistant  adjutant  general  of  vol- 
unteers, with  rank  of  captain,  July  2f>, 
18(54,  and  served  with  a  division  of 


colored  troops  till  close  of  war;  bre- 
vetted  lieutenant  colonel;  Unitarian; 
many  years  moderator  of  the  Concord 
Unitarian  Soc.  and  past  president, 
N.  H.  Unitarian  Ass'n;  Republican; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1869-70;  state  treasurer  of  New 
Hampshire,  1872-1913— the  longest 
term  ever  filled  by  any  incumbent; 
past  commander,  Keene  Post,  G.  A.  R.; 
past  president,  N.  H.  Veterans'  Ass'n; 
member  (senior  vice  commander), 


Loyal  Legion;  chief  of  staff  of  Gov. 
Benjamin  F.  Prescott;  Mason,  33d 
degree;  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  1878-9; 
R.  E.  Grand  Commander,  K.  T.,  1875; 
director,  First  Nat'l  Bank,  Concord; 
president,  Union  Trust  Co.;  member, 
Concord  water  board, twenty-four  veal's, 
(president,  fifteen  years);  president 
State  Dwelling  House  Fire  Insurance. 
Co.;  member,  Wonolancet  Club,  N.  11. 
Historical  Soc.;  in.,  Dec.  13,  1860, 
Emily  A.  Conant,  d.  June  2,  1916;  chil- 
dren,' Edith  1 1  inks,  b.  Jan.  1,  1864 
(Concord  high  school,  1881),  employed 
since  graduation  as  assistant  in  state 


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treasurer's  office,  having  charge  of  two 
or  more  important  departments; 
Florence  Gertrude,  b.  Feb.  24,  1866, 
m.  Edward  P.  Comins  and  d.  June  8, 
1905 — their  dau.,  Sara  Comins,  b.  Sept. 
7,  1892,  grad.  Smith  College,  1915. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Runnells,  John  Sumner 

Lawyer;  president  of  The  Pullman 
Co.;  b.,  Effingham,  X.  H.,  July  30, 
1844;  s.  John  and  Huldah  (Staples) 
Runnells;  great-grandson  of  Ralph 
Farnham,  last  survivor  of  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill,  who  died  in  1860,  aged 
105  years;  ed.  New  Hampton  In- 
stitution, Amherst  College,  1865;  com- 
menced the  study  of  law  with  Wheeler 
<fc  Hall  of  Dover,  X.  H.,  but  removed 
to  Des  Moines,  la.,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  studies  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1873,  having  meanwhile 
served  as  U.  S.  Consul  at  Tunstall, 
England,  in  1869  and  1870;  Epis- 
copalian; Republican;  reporter,  su- 
preme court  of  Iowa,  1875-81;  LT.  S. 
district  attorney  for  Iowa,  1881-5; 
chairman,  Republican  state  central 
committee,  1879,  1880;  member,  Re- 
publican national  committee,  1880-4; 
delegate  in  Republican  national  con- 
vention of  1880,  voting  for  James  G. 
Blaine  until  the  last  ballot,  when  he 
voted  for  General  Garfield;  continued 
legal  practice  in  Des  Moines,  largely 
along  corporation  lines,  till  1888, 
when  he  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he 
soon  became  general  counsel  of  The 
Pullman  Co.,  holding  this  position  until 
1895,  when  he  was  made  vice-presi- 
dent and  in  1911  became  president, 
since  continuing.  He  takes  a  par- 
donable pride  in  the  reform  in  methods 
and  practices  effected  by  the  manage- 
ment of  this  great  company,  employ- 
ing from  2().(KX)  to  30,000  men,  in- 
creasing efficiency  and  production, 
and  reducing  expenses  and  waste, 
while  insuring  a  more  liberal  reward 
for  labor.  Connected  with  many 
corporations,  being  a  director  of  The 
Pullman  Co.,  the  National  Biscuit 
Co.,  the  Guaranty  Trust  Co.  of  Xew 
York,  the  Merchants'  Loan  and  Trust 


Co.,  Chicago,  the  Pullman  Trust 
and  Savings  Bank,  Chicago,  and  the 
Roseland  State  Savings  Bank,  Chi- 
cago; member  of  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars;  active  in  club  life  in 
Chicago,  having  been  president  of  the 
Chicago  Club  ten  years,  and  president 
at  various  times  of  the  Union  Club, 
the  Saddle  and  Cycle  Club  and  others; 
m.,  March  31,  1869,  Helen  Ruther- 
furd,  dau.  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  B.  Baker, 
Governor  of  New  Hampshire,  1854; 
children,  Mabel  (Mrs.  Robert  I. 
Jenks,  Xew  York),  Lucy  (Mrs.  Albert 
A.  Jackson,  Philadelphia),  Clive(  vice- 
president  of  the  Pullman  Co.,  Chicago; 
educated  at  Pomfret  and  Harvard)  and 
Alice  (Mrs.  William  James,  Cambridge, 
Mass.).  Residence,  1525  No.  State 
Parkway,  Chicago,  111. 

Scales,  Burton  True 

Musician  and  educator;  b.,  Dover, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  10,  1873;  s.  John  and  Ellen 
(Tasker)  Scales;  ed.  Dover  high  school 
and  Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1895; 
made  special  study  of  music  in  Boston 
and  New  York;  graduate  of  XTew 
School  Methods  in  Public  School  Music; 
managing  editor  of  The  Dartmouth, 
in  college;  member  of  the  editorial  staff 
of  the  Dover  Daily  Republican,  1895-7; 
supervisor  of  music  in  Dover  and 
Newmarket  public  schools,  1897-9;  sec- 
retary of  N.  H.  Music  Teachers'  Ass'n, 
1896-9;  instructor  in  music  at  the 
Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Normal  School's  sum- 
mer session,  1898-1908;  director  of 
music  and  aid  to  the  Headmaster  of  the 
William  Penn  Charter  School  for  Boys, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1899-1914;  director 
of  music,  Girard  College,  Philadelphia, 
19 14-;  director  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  Glee  Club,  and  Mask 
and  Wig  Glee  Chorus,  19 10-;  lecturer 
at  the  Institute  of  Musical  Art,  New 
York  City;  instructor  in  the  Music 
Department  of  the  New  York  Univer- 
sity Summer  School,  1908—13;  in- 
structor in  music  at  Cornell  University 
Summer  School,  1914-.  In  college  he 
was  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa 
Kpsilon  Fraternity;  Casque  and  Gaunt- 
let Soc.;  Republican;  Presbyterian; 


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member  of  Moses  Paul  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Dover,  N.  H.;  N.  H.  Soc. 
S.  A.  R.;  Musical  Art  Club,  Philadel- 
phia; m.,  Sept.  10,  1900,  Kate  Hub- 
bard  Reynolds  of  Dover;  children, 
Catherine  Bradstreet,  b.  Jan.  11,  1903; 
Benjamin  Reynolds,  b.  March  24, 
1907.  Residence,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rossiter,  William  S. 

Publisher;  b.,  West  field,  Mass., 
Sept.  9,  1861;  ed.  Columbia  (now 
George  Washington)  University,  Am- 


herst  College,  A.B.,  18S4;  assistant 
business  manager  and  special  writer, 
N.  Y.  Tribune,  1884-8;  circulation 
manager,  A*.  Y.  Press,  188S-9;  co- 
organiser,  1889,  and  member  till  1900, 
N.  Y.  Printing  Co.;  expert  special  agent 
printing  and  publishing  twelfth  U.  S. 
Census,  1900;  chief  clerk  of  the  Census 
and  chief  of  publication  division.  1904 
to  July  1,  1909;  resigned  to  engage  in 
private  business;  vice-president,  Hum- 
ford  Press,  Concord.  N.  H.,  1909-; 
member.  American  Economic  Ass'n, 
National  Municipal  League,  American 
Political  Science  Ass'n,  American 
Statistical  Ass'n,  Cosmos  Club,  Wash- 
ington, 1).  C.,  Republican  Club,  New 


York;  author,  "An  Accidental  Romance 
and  Other  Stories,"  1895;  report  on 
Printing  and  Publishing,  Census  of 
1900  and  1905;  "A  Century  of  Popu- 
lation Growth  in  the  U.  S.";  "The 
Population  Problem  in  Vermont, "  19 1 1 ; 
magazine  contributor  and  writer  on  eco- 
nomic and  statistical  subjects;  Repub- 
lican; Congregationalist;  deacon,  South 
Congregational  church,  Concord;  m. 
Nellie  C.  Budd,  New  York,  Oct.  21, 
1891;  one  dau.,  Marjorie  (Smith,  1917). 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Ayers,  Helen  McGregor 

Teacher,  club  woman;  b.,  London, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  26,  1843  (reared  in  Can- 
terbury); dau.  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Rogers)  Ayers;  ed.  Tilton  Seminary, 
Boscawen  Academy  and  by  private 


instruction;  preliminary  teaching  in 
country  schools;  teacher,  1865-83, 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind., 
Denver,  Col.,  as  assistant  and  principal 
of  grammar  schools,  also  high  school 
work;  member,  South  Congregational 
church  and  president,  Woman's 


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Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  1890-6,  also 
president,  Home  Missionary  Soc.,  sev- 
eral years;  Republican;  national  secre- 
tary, W.  R.  C.,  1904-5,  and  department 
secretary,  1907-8;  regent,  Rumford 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  1912-14;  on  com- 
mittee for  Preservation  of  Historic 
Spots,  Nat.  Soc.  of  D.  A.  R.;  one  of  the 
founders  and  for  many  years  president, 
Avon  (Shakespeare)  Club;  director, 
Concord  Female  Charitable  Soc.; 
charter  member,  Concord  Woman's 
Club;  member,  Concord  District 
Nursing  Ass'n,  Charity  Organization 
Soc.,  Concord  S.  P.  C.  A.,  American 
Red  Cross.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Jewett,  Stephen  Shannon 

Lawyer;   b.,    Gilford,    N.    H.,    Sept. 
18,    1858;   s.   John   Glines  and  Carrie 

E.  (Shannon)     Jewett;     ed.      public 
schools,    Laconia,    Gilford  '  Academy; 
studied  law  with  the  late  Hon.  Charles 

F.  Stone,  admitted  to  the  bar,  March, 
1880,  and  has  since  practiced  law  in 
Laconia;    member,  bar  of   U.    S.   dis- 
trict,    circuit     and     supreme     courts; 
Congregationalist;      Republican;       en- 
grossing clerk,  N.  H.  legislature,  1883; 
clerk,  supreme  court  for  Belknap  Co., 
1884;   assistant  clerk,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1887-9;   clerk  of  same, 
1891-3;   member,  N.  H.   house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 189.5-7,  speaker  the  former 
year;   member,    X.    H.    senate,    1899; 
member,     N.     II.     executive     council. 
1907-8;   secretary,     Republican     state 
committee,  1890-1;  chairman  of  same, 
1892-4;   delegate   at   large   and   chair- 
man,   X.    II.    delegation    to    Republi- 
can  national   convention  at  St.  Louis, 
1896;   city  solicitor,  Laconia,  eighteen 
years;    member,   staff  of  Gov.    David 
II.    Goodale,    with     rank    of     colonel, 
1888-9;    many     years     member     Bel- 
knap  Rifles,  Co.   K,   X.  H.  X.  (J.;    Ma- 
son,   33d   degree,   past    grand    master, 
grand    lodge    of    X.     II.;    past     grand 
commander  of  grand   commandery  of 
Knights  Templar;  past   grand   master, 
grand  council;  member,  Bektash  Tem- 
ple, Mystic  Shrine.  Concord;  society  of 
Veteran  Free  Masons,  X.  II.;    Knights 
of  Pythias  and  Elks;  member,  American 


Bar  Ass'n,  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n,  Belknap 
and  Carroll  Co.  Bar  Ass'ns,  Home 
Market  Club,  Boston,  Derryfield  Club, 
Manchester,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.H. 
Soc.  S.  A.  R.,  N.  H.  Horticultural  Soc., 
American  Fisheries  Soc.;  director, 
Laconia  Nat'l  Bank,  Laconia  Building 
and  Loan  Ass'n;  trustee,  City  Sav- 
ings Bank,  Laconia;  director,  Ma- 
sonic Temple  Ass'n  of  Laconia;  clerk, 
Winnipesaukee  Telephone  Co.;  m., 
June  30,  1880,  Annie  L.  Bray;  one 


son,  Theo  Stephen  Jewett,  b.  Dec.  24, 
1891  (Dartmouth,  1913),  now  in  part- 
nership with  his  father.  Received  hon- 
orary degree  of  A.  M.,  Dartmouth, 
1913.  Residence,  Laconia,  X.  II. 

Brennan,  James  F. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Peterborough,  X.  II., 
March  31,  1853;  s.  Hubert  and 
Mary  (Mahoney)  Brennan;  ed.,  public 
schools,  Peterborough  Academy,  Mary- 
land I'niversity,  1884;  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1SS4  and  commenced  practice 
in  Peterborough,  where  he  has  con- 
tinued, with  success;  Catholic;  Demo- 


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crat;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  represent- 
atives, 1913-4,  1915^6,  1917-8,  being 
the  first  Democratic  representative 
from  this  overwhelmingly  Republican 
town  in  sixty  years;  candidate  of  his 
party  for  speaker  in  1915  and  1917, 
and  minority  floor  leader;  introduced 
twenty-six  measures  in  the  house  dur- 
ing those  sessions,  of  which  twenty- 
three  were  enacted  into  law,  including 
that  establishing  the  new  department 
of  weights  and  measures;  member 
state  board  of  library  trustees,  1903-9, 
state  board  of  charities  and  correction. 
1899  to  the  present  time;  member 
staff  of  Gov.  Felker,  with  rank  of 
major,  1913-5;  appointed  on  the  new 
state  library  commission  by  Gov. 
Keyes,  1917  and  elected  its  chairman; 
member  of  the  Peterborough,  the 
American-Irish  and  the  N.  H.  Histori- 
cal Societies  and  is  historiographer  of 
the  first  two;  many  years  a  member  of 
the  Democratic  state  committee  and 
of  the  executive  committee  of  that  body 
and  a  frequent  speaker  for  his  party 
on  the  stump;  delegate  to  Democratic 
national  convention,  1916;  chairman 
executive  committee,  Peterborough 
board  of  trade;  deeply  interested  in  his- 
torical matters,  particularly  the  history 
of  hisown  town,  of  which  he  has  the  most 
complete  record  extant;  has  travelled 
extensively  in  America  and  Europe. 
Residence,  Peterborough,  N.  H. 

Brown,  Calvin  Luther 

Jurist;  b.,  Goshon,  N.  H.,  April  20, 
1854;  s.  John  H.  and  Orrisa  (Maxfield) 
Brown;  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Minnesota  in  1855,  residing  at  Shak- 
opee  till  1S71,  when  they  removed  to 
Willmar,  which  has  since  been  the 
family  home;  received  a  high  school 
education  and  studied  law  in  his 
father's  office;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Feb.,  187<>,  and  in  1S7S  located  in 
practice  at  Morris,  Minn.;  served  as 
county  attorney,  1S82  to  1887,  and 
as  district  court  judge  from  1887  to 
1899,  when  he  was  appointed  associate 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Min- 
nesota, and  in  1912  was  made  chief 
justice,  which  position  he  now  holds, 


having  removed  to  Minneapolis  in 
1904;  descendant  of  William  Brown, 
of  Bradford  (son  of  John  Brown  of  the 
same  place);  private  in  Col.  Henry 
Dearborn's  regiment,  N.  H.  Conti- 
nentals, in  the  war  of  the  Revolution; 
Congregationalist;  member,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  Loyal  Legion, 
Masons,  American  Bar  Ass'n,  and  other 
civil  associations  and  clubs;  m.,  Sept.  1, 
1879,  Annette  Marlow;  children,  Alice  A. 
(Mrs.  B.  J.  Branton,  Willmar),  Montre- 


ville  J.  (Univ.  of  Minn.,  1907),  Edna  M. 
(Univ.  of  Minn.,  1910)  and  Margaret 
E.,  now  a  student  in  the  University. 
Residence,  Minneapolis;  official  ad- 
dress, State  Capitol,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Richardson,  Ellen  Ruddick 

(Mrs.  George  W.  Richardson);  b., 
St.  John,  N.  B.,  Dec.  27,  1848;  dau.  Dr. 
James  and  Ellen  (Skinner)  Ruddick; 
ed.  private  schools,  St.  John,  and  public 
schools,  South  Boston,  Mass.;  deeply 
interested  in  temperance  and  charitable 
work;  president,  Grafton  Co.  W.  C. 
T.  U.  eleven  years;  president,  N.  II. 


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W.  C.  T.  U.  since  1899;  widely  known 
speaker  on  temperance  topics;  charter 
member,  N.  H.  Peace  Soc.;  member, 
Concord  Equal  Suffrage  League, Friend- 
ly Club,  District  Nursing  Ass'n,  Wo- 


man's Council  of  National  Defense, 
Woman's  Liberty  Loan  Com.,  N.  H. 
Woman's  Memorial  Hospital  Ass'n 
(monthly  visitor),  W.  R.  C.,  N.  H. 
Settlement  Ass'n;  trustee,  W.  C.  T.  U. 
Mercy  Home,  Manchester;  member, 
Baker  Memorial  M.  K.  church,  Con- 
cord; in.  George  W.  Richardson,  Dec. 
24,  1S70;  resided  at  East  Haverhill, 
N.  H.,  1870  to  1908,  where  her  husband 
was  a  merchant  and  postmaster,  remov- 
ing to  Concord  in  the  latter  year;  one 
son,  Guy  Richardson,  b.  Dec.  9,  187.'}, 
editor  Our  Dumb  Animal*,  Boston;  Sec- 
retary, Nat'l  Humane  Educational  Soc. 
and  Mass.  S.  P.  C.  A.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  II . 

Mitchell,  William  Hugh 

Educator  and  farmer;  b.,  Acworth, 
X.  H.,  April  10,  1S72;  s.  Jonathan  T. 
and  Amelia  T.  f Dodge;  Mitchell;  ed. 


Kimball  Union  Academy  and  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1898,  A.M.,  1904; 
served  in  Co.  E.,  1st  N.  H.  Vols., 
Spanish  American  War,  in  expedition 
to  Porto  Rico,  May  to  Dec.,  1898; 
Teacher,  Kenyon  Military  Academy, 
Garnbier,  O.,  1899-1902;  instructor, 
Dartmouth  College,  1902-4;  Kenyon 
Military  Academy,  1904-6;  University 
School,  Cleveland,  O.,  1906-9;  Berk- 
shire Hills  School,  Great  Harrington, 
Mass.,  1909-10;  Hill  School,  Potts- 
town,  Pa.,  1910-11;  Nichols  School, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  1911  to  the  present 
time;  deeply  interested  in  his  work  of 
preparing  boys  for  college  and  for  life, 
and  successful  in  winning  their  confi- 
dence and  respect;  Congregationalist; 
Independent;  member.  N.  H.  Histori- 
cal Soc.,  American  Historical  Ass'n, 
American  Political  Science  Ass'n; 
retains  his  interest  in  New  Hampshire 


and  his  native1  town,  where,  in  company 
with  his  brother,  Martin  L.  Mitchell, 
he  is  the  owner  of  several  farms;  his 
specialties  in  teaching  are  mathematics 
and  history,  but  he  takes  due  pride  in 


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his  connection  with  agriculture,  which 
he  hopes,  ultimately,  to  make  more  in- 
timate. Residence.  44  Elmwood  Ave. , 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Nason,  William  Francis 

Lawyer,  b.,  Sanford,  Me.,  Nov.  22, 
1857;  s.  Joseph  T.  and  Susan  E. 
(Frost)  Nason;  ed.  public  schools, 
South  Berwick,  Me.,  Kennebunk  high 
school;  studied  law  with  Bud  C. 
Carter  at  Wolfeboro;  admitted  to  the 
bar,  Jan.,  1879,  and  commenced  prac- 
tice in  Dover  that  year;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  city  solicitor  of 
Dover  seven  terms,  county  solicitor 
three  terms;  mayor  of  Dover,  1896-7; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1887-1901-3,  1907-9;  member 
judiciary  committee  each  term,  chair- 
man ways  and  means,  1909;  associate 
justice,  Dover  police  court,  1892; 
judge,  municipal  court,  1915-;  member, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  m.,  July  3,  1902,  Dr. 
Inez  H.  Ford.  Residence,  9  Hamilton 
St.,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Upham,  Warren 

Geologist,  librarian,  archaeologist; 
b.,  Amherst,  N.  H.,  March  8,  1850;  s. 
Jacob  and  Sarah  (Hayward)  Upham; 
ed.,  common  schools,  Amherst,  N.  H., 
Appleton  Academy  (now  McCollurn 
Institute),  Mont  Vernon,  and  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1871,  A.M.,  1894, 
D.Sc.,  1906;  assistant  on  state  geologi- 
cal surveys,  New  Hampshire,  1875-8; 
Minnesota,  1879-85,  and  1893-4; 
United  States,  1885-95;  librarian  and 
secretary,  Minnesota  Historical  Soc., 
1895-1914,  and  its  archaeologist  since 
1914;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
corresponding  member,  N.  H.  Histori- 
cal Soc.,  member,  Boston  Soc.  of  Natu- 
ral History,  Geological  Soc.  of  America, 
American  Ass'n  for  Advancement  of 
Science1,  Minnesota  Historical  Soc., 
Mississippi  Valley  Historical  Ass'n, 
Archaeological  Soc.,  of  America,  Vic- 
toria Institute,  London,  etc.;  author, 
chapters  in  Vols.  I  and  III,  Geology  of 
New  Hampshire  1874-8;  "Upham  and 
Amherst,  N.  H.,  Memories"  (with 
sister,  Mrs.  Mary  U.  Kelley),  1897,  66 


pp.;  two  papers  in  "Colonial  Amherst,', 
1916;  many  chapters  in  Reports  of 
Geology  of  Minnesota,  1884,  1888, 
1899;  The  Glacial  Lake  Agassiz,  mono- 
graph XXV,  1896,  U.  S.  Geological 
Survey;  "Greenland  Icefields  and  Life 
in  the  North  Atlantic,  with  Causes  of 
the  Ice  Age"  (with  Prof.  G.  F.  Wright), 
1895;  editor,  and  author  of  papers  for 
Vols.  VIII-XV,  1898-1915,  Minn. 
Hist.  Soc.  Collections;  "Minnesota  in 
Three  Centuries,"  Vol.  I,  1908;  also 


many  geological  reports  and  papers  in 
scientific  magazines,  chiefly  relating  to 
glacial  subjects;  "Groseilliers  and  Mad- 
isson,  the  First  White  Men  in  Minne- 
sota, and  the  Progress  of  Discovery  of 
the  Mississippi  River,"  in  Vol.  X, 
Minn.  Hist.  Soc.  Collections;  in.,  Oct. 
22,  1SS5,  Addie  M.  Bixby,  Aurora, 
Minn.;  one  dan.,  Pearl,  b.  and  d.,  Sept. 
26,  1SS7.  Residence,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Amsden,  Charles  Hubbard 

Manufacturer,  U.  S.  customs  official ; 
b.,  Boscawen,  N.  H.,  July  S,  1S4S;  s. 
Henry  Hubbard  and  Mary  (Mu/./.ey) 


Hox.  CHARLES  H.  AMSUEX 


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Amsden;  ed.  public  schools  and  Apple- 
ton  Academy,  New  Ipswich;  entered 
his  father's  office  and  in  1867  became  a 
partner  with  his  father  and  brother  in 
the  furniture  manufacturing  business. 
In  1869  his  father  died  and  his  brother 
two  years  later,  when  he  took  up  and 
carried  on  the  business  alone,  greatly 
increasing  the  volume  so  that  in  the 
course  of  twenty  years  more  than 
$1,000,000  had  been  paid  in  wages  to 
employes.  In  partnership  with  John 
Whittaker  in  lumber  business  several 
years,  cutting  3,000,000  feet  annually; 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Concord 
Axle  Co.,  and  a  director  and  president 
for  more  than  ten  years;  director  in 
Mechanicks  National  Bank,  Concord, 
Granite  State  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  Ports- 
mouth and  Portland  and  Ogdensburgh 
R.  R.;  president  of  Penacook  &  Bos- 
•cawen  water  board,  having  been  one  of 
the  originators  and  active  promoters  of 
the  water  works  system;  instrumental 
in  establishment  of  the  Concord  Mfg. 
•Co.'s  business  (now  Brampton  Mills) 
at  Penacook,  and  secured  the  establish- 
ment there  of  the  Whitney  Electrical 
Instrument  Co.,  formerly  of  Manches- 
ter, and  erected  a  building  for  its  use. 
Upon  withdrawal  of  the  foreign  insur- 
ance companies  from  the  state,  upon 
the  enactment  of  the  "Valued  Policy" 
law  of  18K7,  Mr.  Amsden  was  instru- 
mental, with  other  prominent  manufac- 
turers, in  organizing  the  N.  H.  Manu- 
facturers' Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co., 
of  which  he  was  chosen  president,  the 
purpose  being  to  protect  the  interests 
of  manufacturers  in  the  existing  emer- 
gency. Before  removing  from  Pena- 
cook to  Boston  he  presented  W.  I. 
Brown  Post,  G.  A.  R.  of  Penacook,  an 
elegant  memorial  volume,  at  a  cost  of 
SI 00,  containing  the  record  of  each 
Penacook  soldier  in  the  Civil  War.  He 
secured  t  lie  extension  of  Concord  Street 
Ry.  to  Contoocook  River  Park,  and 
sold  the  land  for  same  at  a  nominal 
price;  retired  from  business  in  1893. 
Democrat;  alderman  from  Concord, 
Ward  One,  1S73-5,  being  a  citizens' 
candidate  and  unanimously  elected  the 
latter  year,  an  honor  never  accorded 


any  other  candidate  in  the  ward;  state 
senator,  1883-4;  Democratic  candidate 
for  governor,  1888  and  1890,  receiving 
the  largest  vote  ever  cast  for  a  candi- 
date of  that  party  in  the  state,  there 
being,  however,  no  choice  by  the  peo- 
ple, a  majority  of  all  the  votes  being 
then  required,  the  election  went  to 
the  legislature,  and,  through  the  seat- 
ing, contrary  to  precedent,  of  certain 
members,  elected  "if  entitled,"  under 
the  new  census  not  then  officially  pro- 
claimed, the  choice  was  given  to  the 
Republican  candidate.  Represented 
New  Hampshire  at  the  centennial  cele- 
bration of  the  inauguration  of  Wash- 
ington as  president,  in  New  York,  in 
1889;  president,  N.  H.  Democratic 
state  convention,  1892;  president, 
N.  H.  Board  of  Commissioners  for  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition,  Chi- 
cago, 1893;  Baptist  denomination,  and 
one  of  its  most  liberal  supporters; 
Mason;  member,  Horace  Chase  Lodge, 
Penacook,  Mt.  Horeb  Commandery, 
Concord,  Aleppo  Temple,  Boston;  mem- 
ber, New  Hampshire  Club,  Boston,  Bos- 
ton City  Club;  president,  Boston  Mer- 
cantile Library  Ass'n;  appointed  dep- 
uty naval  officer  of  customs  at  Boston, 
July  12,  1894,  serving  until  a  change 
of  administration;  continued  in  custom 
house  service,  thereafter,  and  now 
(1917)  acting  deputy  naval  officer;  in., 
1st,  Oct.  29,  1870,  Helen  Ardelle 
Brown,  who  d.  Aug.  6,  1891;  children, 
Henry  Hubbard,  b.  July  15,  1872; 
Mary  Ardelle,  b.  Jan.  31,  1878,  d.  Oct. 
20,  1883;  Ardelle  Brown,  b.  Dec.  3, 
1885,  d.  June  9,  1887;  2d,  Nov.  26, 
1908,  Alma  E.  Deane,  Middlebury,  Vt. 
Residence,  20  Oakley  Rd.,  Belrnont, 
Mass. 

Wood,  George  Albert 

Insurance,  real  estate;  b.,  .South 
Acworth,  N.  II.,  Aug.  24,  18<>2;  s. 
James  A.  and  Mary  E.  (Bowers)  Wood; 
ed.  public  and  select  schools,  South 
Acworth,  and  Vermont  Academy, 
Saxtons  River,  Vt.:  entered  the  U.  S. 
railway  mail  service  in  1SS3,  continuing 
with  promotions,  till  1S9S;  chief  deputy 
collector,  U.  S.  Internal  Revenue, 


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District  of  New  Hampshire  (including 
Maine,  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont), 
1898-1913;  elected  president,  First 
Division,  National  Association  of  Rail- 
way Postal  Clerks,  1896,  and  secretary, 
National  Association,  the  following 
year,  when  he  commenced  and  carried 
out  the  organization  of  a  mutual  acci- 
dent insurance  department,  also  for 
ten  years  edited  the  official  magazine 
of  the  Association;  relinquishing  his 
connection  with  the  Association,  and 


retiring  from  the  internal  revenue  office, 
upon  the  advent  of  the  Democratic  ad- 
ministration in  1913,  opened  a  real 
estate  and  insurance  office  in  Ports- 
mouth, and  now  conducts  the  same; 
Unitarian;  Republican;  resided  in  Med- 
ford,  Mass.,  from  1889  to  1898,  then 
removing  to  Portsmouth;  member, 
Portsmouth  board  of  aldermen,  1901-2; 
member,  X.  11.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1915-16,  1917-1S;  lias  served  as 
as  president  and  secretary  of  the  Saga- 
more Club  of  Medford,  and  Unitarian, 
Warwick,  and  Paul  Jones  clubs,  Ports- 
mouth Improvement  Co.,  and  Associ- 


ates Land  Co.,  of  Portsmouth;  m.,  Oct, 
14,  1884,  Mary  I.  Stevens  of  Saxtons- 
River,  Vt.;  children,  Helen  Margaret, 
Wellesley,  1907  (Mrs.  Gordon  M. 
Campbell,  Wellsville,  N.  Y.);  Albert 
J.,  connected  with  the  Western  Elec- 
tric Co.,  Chicago;  Mary  Elizabeth, 
Wellesley,  1909  (Mrs.  Robert  L. 
Lament,  Manchester,  Conn.);  Keith 
A.,  Dartmouth,  1913.  Residence, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

^Quimby,  Fred  Elihu 

Publisher  and  printer;  b.,  South 
Berwick  (Junction),  Me.,  Dec.  15, 
1857;  s.  Elihu  Hayes  and  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth (Tibbetts)  Quimby;  ed.  high 
school  and  supplementary  studies; 
engaged  many  years  in  printing  and 
publishing  business  in  Dover,  mainly 
in  connection  with  the  Dover  Enquirer; 
Methodist;  Republican;  supervisor  of 
check  lists  several  years;  member, 
school  committee,  1886  to  1891  in- 
clusive; member,  Dover  common 
council,  1892,  1893  (president  in  1893); 
city  clerk  from  March  24,  1894  to  date; 
member,  Olive  Branch  Lodge,  No.  6, 
K.  of  P.;  Mt.  Pleasant  Lodge,  No.  16, 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  Prescott  Encampment,  No. 
23, 1. 0.  O.  F. ;  Dover  Lodge,  No.  184,  B. 
P.  O.  E.;  Strafford  Lodge,  No.  29, 

A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Belknap  Chapter,  No.  8, 
R.  A.  M. ;  St.  Paul  Commandery,  K.  T. ; 
Grand  Lodge,  K.  of  P.;  Grand  Lodge, 

B.  P.  O.  E.;  Grand  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.;  Grand  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.;  member, 
N.  H.  Genealogical  Soc.  and  secretary 
from  date  of   incorporation;  member, 
Northam    Colonists    Historical      Soc.; 
m.,   Nov.    10,    1878,    Marietta    Scales; 
children,   Edward  Harold,    b.    Oct.    2, 
1880:  William  Leroy,  b.  June  29,  1883. 
Residence,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Doe,  Haven 

Railroad  agent;  b.,  Rollinsford,  N. 
H.,  April  23,  1870;  s.  Chief  Justice 
Charles  and  Edith  Haven  Doe;  ed. 
Berwick,  Me.,  and  Philips  Exeter  acad- 
emies and  Mass.  Inst.  of  Technology; 
lias  been  engaged  for  many  years  as 
station  agent  of  the  B.  &  M.,  railroad 
at  Somersworth;  Agnostic;  Democrat; 


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held  about  every  town  office  in  Rollins- 
ford  and  Somersworth;  member,  N. 
H.  house  of  representatives,  1893-4; 
member,  state  senate,  1907-9;  member, 
Masons  and  Eagles;  director,  Salmon 
Falls  Mfg.  Co.,  thirteen  years;  director 
and  treasurer,  Somersworth  &  Berwick 
Community  Farm  Ass'n.;  m.,  Mora 
Hubbard,  Rollinsford,  Dec.  28,  1895; 
children,  Edith,  b.  Dec.  25, 1896;  Joseph 
Roberts,  b.  Aug.  27,  1903;  Mary,  b. 
Oct.  18,  1906.  Residence,  Somers- 
worth, N.  H. 

Cheney,  Elias  Hutchins 

Printer,  publisher,  dean  of  New 
Hampshire  journalists;  b.,  Holclerness 
(now  Ashland),  N.  H.,  Jan.  28,  1832; 
s.  Moses  and  Abigail  (Morrison) 
Cheney;  ed.  public  schools  and  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy;  entered  office  of  the 
Peterboro  Transcript  as  an  apprentice, 
and,  in  1853,  became  editor  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  paper;  in  1855  removed 
to  Concord  where  he  published  the  N. 
H.  Phenix;  subsequently  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  office  of  the  N.  H.  Sen- 
tinel at  Keene,  and  the  Sullivan  Repult- 
lican  at  Newport,  and  in  1861,  pur- 
chased the  Free  Press  at  Lebanon,  to 
whose  readers  he  is  still  known  as  the 
"senior  editor";  Baptist;  Republican; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 18(57,  state  senate,  1885;  U.  S. 
Consul,  Matanzas,  Cuba,  1892-5; 
Curacao,  Dutch  West  Indies,  for 
fifteen  years  from  1899;  in.,  1st,  Jan. 
22,  1852,  Susan  Youngman,  Peterboro, 
d.  Dec.  29,  1904;  four  children,  Fred 
Willard,  Harry  Morrison,  Susan  Young- 
man (d.  in  infancy),  Helen  (Irey;  2d, 
Oct.  11,  1907,  Mrs.  Clara  M.  (Hardin) 
Smith,  Brewer,  Me.  Residence,  Leba- 
non, N.  H. 

Howard,  Charles  Danforth 

Chemist;  1).,  West  ford,  Mass.,  July 
31,  1873;  s.  Calvin  L.  and  .Jennie 
(Hale)  Howard;  ed.  West  ford  Acad- 
emy, Worcester  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute, 1893;  postgraduate  assistant 
with  Dr.  Wolcott  (libbs  (professor  of 
chemistry  emeritus,  Harvard  I'niv.), 
Newport,  R.  L,  1S93-4;  assistant  chem- 


ist, N.  H.  College  Experiment  Station, 
Durham;  associate  chemist,  West 
Virginia  University  Experiment  Sta- 
tion, Morgan  town,  West  Va. ;  chemist, 
N.  H.  board  of  health  since  1905; 
collaborating  chemist,  U.  S.  Bureau  of 
Chemistry,  Washington,  D.  C.;  Con- 
gregationalist ;  Republican ;  member, 
American  Chemical  Soc.,  American 
Public  Health  Ass'n,  N.  E.  Water 
Works  Ass'n,  Ass'n  of  Official  Agri- 
cultural Chemists,  Wonolancet  Club; 


honorary  member,  N.  H.  Medical 
Soc.;  Fellow,  American  Ass'n  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science;  chairman, 
N.  H.  Committee  on  Dust  and  Fumes 
in  Factories;  member,  Council  of 
National  Defense;  m.,  Aug.  5,  1901, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Ada  Yates;  children, 
John  Adams,  b.  Jan.  29,  1909;  Char- 
lotte Danforth,  b.  July  16,  1916. 

Moses,  George  Higgins 

Journalist,  diplomat ;  b.,  Lubec,  Me., 
Feb.  9,  1869;  s.  Hev.  Thomas  (lannett 
and  Ruth  (Smith)  Moses;  ed.  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy  anil  Dartmouth  Col- 


Hox.  GEO.  H.  MOSES. 


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lege,  A.B.,  1890,  A.M.,  1893;  entered 
office  of  Monitor  and  Statesman,  Con- 
cord, immediately  after  graduation  and 
has  continued  since,  serving  as  re- 
porter, news  editor,  editorial  writer  and 
editor;  president,  Monitor  and  States- 
man Co.,  since  1898;  Congregationalist 
member  standing  committee,  South 
Congregational  Church  Soc.,  Concord, 
three  years;  Republican;  private  sec- 
retary to  governor  of  New  Hampshire, 
1889-91,  1905.  secretary  to  chairman, 
Republican  state  committee,  1890; 
secretary,  N.  H.  Forestry  Commission, 
1893-6;  member,  Concord  board  of 
education,  1902-3,  1906-9,  1913-16; 
U.  S.  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Min- 
ister Plenipotentiary  to  Greece  and 
Montenegro,  April,  1909  to  Nov.,  1912; 
delegate  at  large  to  Republican  na- 
tional convention,  Chicago,  1908,  1916; 
president,  N.  H.  Republican  state  con- 
vention, 1914;  chairman  advisory  com- 
mittee, Republican  state  committee, 
1914,  1916;  president,  Greek  Products 
Co.,  New  York  (office,  32  Nassau  St.) 
since  1913;  member  staff,  Republican 
Publicity  Ass'n,  (Real  Estate  Trust 
Bldg.),  Washington,  D.  C.;  member, 
Athenian  Club,  Athens,  Greece;  Uni- 
versity, Army  and  Navy  and  National 
Press  clubs,  Washington,  D.  C.,  Re- 
publican club,  New  York,  Wonolancet 
and  Passaconoway  clubs  and  Capital 
Grange,  P.  of  H.  Concord;  author, 
"John  Stark,"  1890;  editor,  "New 
Hampshire  Men,"  1893;  magazine 
contributor,  lecturer  and  campaign 
speaker;  m.,  Oct.  3.  1893,  Florence 
Gordon,  Franklin,  N.  IF.;  one  son, 
Gordon,  b.  Oct.  5,  1900  (Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1918).  Home,  5 
Auburn  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Preston,  Frank  Buchanan 

Insurance  and  real  estate;  b.,  Straf- 
ford,  N.  H.,  Feb.  11,  1856;  s.  Wingate 
T.  and  Mary  (Jewell)  Preston;  ed. 
public  schools,  Franklin  Academy, 
Dover,  and  New  Hampton  Literary 
Institution;  Free  Baptist,  president, 
True  Memorial  Soc.,  F.  B.  Church, 
Rochester;  Democrat;  moderator, 
Rochester,  1887-8;  member,  N.  H. 


constitutional  convention,  1889,  1912; 
Democratic  candidate  for  presidential 
elector,  1900;  mayor,  Rochester,  1913- 
14;  member,  Democratic  state  com- 
mittee, six  years;  member,  Rochester 
school  board,  six  years  (president,  two 
years) ;  trustee,  Gafney  Home  for  the 
Aged;  president,  People's  Building  and 
Loan  Ass'n,  since  incorporation  in 
1909;  member,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Rebekah 
Lodge,  Rochester  Grange,  P.  of  H., 
and  Eastern  N.  H.  Pomona  Grange; 


m.,  May  28,  1881,  Fannie  C.  Foss,  d. 
May  10,  1907;  three  children,  Vinton 
W.,  b.  Rochester,  May,  1882  (New 
Hampton  Inst.,  1902);  Mary  Florence, 
b.  June  25,  1891  (New  Hampton  Inst., 
1909);  Verne  F.,  b.  Dec.  15,  1893  (New 
Hampton  Inst.,  1915,  Boston  Univ., 
1919).  Residence,  Rochester,  N.  H 

Welch,  John  Tapley 

Journalist,  public  official;  b.,  Dover, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  15,  1856;  s.  Joseph  Wil- 
liams and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Tapley) 
Welch;  ed.  public  schools  and  Dart- 
mouth College;  Congregationalist;  Re- 


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publican;  reporter  on  Whiteside  Senti- 
nel, and  correspondent,  Chicago  Times, 
Morrison,  111.,  1877;  city  editor,  Dover 
Daily  Republican,  1880;  several  years 
Dover  correspondent,  Boston  Globe; 
city  editor,  Dover  Daily  Times,  1889; 
clerk,  Dover  police  court,  1881-2;  reg- 
ister of  probate,  Strafford  County, 
1882-7;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1889-^90;  chief  time  clerk, 
government  printing  office,  Washing- 
ton, 1890-4;  member,  N.  H.  state  sen- 


ate, 1897-8;  postmaster,  Dover,  1898- 
1915;  city  treasurer,  Dover,  1915  to 
date;  member,  school  committee,  1882- 
8;  trustee,  Dover  public  library,  1883- 
8;  member,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  K.  of  P.,  S.  A. 
R.,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Gen- 
ealogical Soc.,  Bellamy  Club,  Dover; 
m.,  Dec.  1,  1884,  Elizabeth  A.  Mc- 
Danicl;  one  son,  George  Gregg,  b. 
Sept,  18,  1885,  d.  March  24,  1915. 
Residence,  Dover,  X.  H. 

Hazlett,  Charles  Albert 

Banker,   historian;    b.,    Portsmouth, 
X.  II.,  July  21,  1.S47;  s.  William  and 


Hannah  S.  (Davis)  Hazlett;  ed.  Ports- 
mouth schools,  high  school,  1863;  con- 
fidential clerk  to  Gov.  Ichabod  Good- 
win, 1863-72;  connected  with  First 
National  Bank  of  Portsmouth  (founded 
1824)  since  1872;  cashier  for  more  than 
thirty  years,  beginning  1884;  now  vice- 
president;  trustee,  Piscataqua  savings 
bank;  agent,  N.  H.  Fire  Insurance  Co., 
Manchester,  more  than  forty  years; 
trustee,  Portsmouth  public  library, 
since  1884;  park  commissioner;  presi- 
dent, Portsmouth  Improvement  Ass'n, 
1903;  life  trustee,  Weeks  Memorial  Li- 
brary, Greenland,  N.  H.;  for  many 
years  warden  of  records  of  North  Con- 
gregational parish  (founded  1640) ;  sec- 
retary, T.  B.  Aldrich  Memorial;  trustee 
of  Soc.  for  Care  of  South  Cemetery; 
president,  Piscataqua  Pioneers;  chair- 
man, John  Langdon  Club;  director, 
N.  H.  Pioneers;  member,  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  N.  H.  Genealogical  Soc., 
St.  Andrews  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M., 
Osgood  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Warwick 
Country  and  Portsmouth  Auto  clubs; 
for  several  years  member  of  city  coun- 
cil, also  assessor;  Republican;  Congre- 
gationalist;  m.,  Josephine  Richardson, 
Manchester,  X.  H.,  Dec.  10,  1884; 
author  of  "Portsmouth  Historical  and 
Picturesque,"  "Portsmouth  in  1824"; 
editor,  "Historical  Calendar  of  Ports- 
mouth" (pub.  1907),  "History  of  Rock- 
ingham  County"  (pub.  1915);  advisory 
editor  of  "History  of  Xew  Hampshire" 
(four  vols.,  1916).  Residence,  Ports- 
mouth, X.  H. 

Hollis  Abijah 

Granite  business;  b.,  Milton,  Mass., 
Xov.  13,  1837;  s.  Thomas  and  Deborah 
Clark  (Allen)  Hollis;  ed.  public  schools, 
Milton,  Milton  Academy,  Chauncey 
Hall  School,  Boston,  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  1858,  Harvard  Law  School, 
LL.B.,  1860;  enlisted  in  the  Civil  AVar, 
Aug.  26,  1862,  becoming  second  lieu- 
tenant, 45th  Mass.  Vols.;  later  captain, 
56th  Mass.  Vols.;  breyetted  major, 
April  2,  1865;  Agnostic;  Democrat; 
moved  to  West  Concord,  X.  H.,  Xov. 
1,  1865,  and  engaged  in  the  granite 
business,  retiring  in  1895;  selectman  for 


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several  years;  representative,  N.  H. 
legislature,  1876;  member,  constitu- 
tional convention,  1889,  1902,  1912. 
Major  Hollis  is  a  great  lover  of  nature 
and  the  outdoor  life,  is  much  interested 
in  forestry  and  for  many  years  was  an 
enthusiastic  fox-hunter,  m.,  July  9, 
1864,  Harriette  Van  Mater  French, 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  dau.  Judge  Henry 
Flagg  French,  gr.  dau.  Chief  Justice 
William  M.  Richardson  of  N.  H.;  d. 
May  29,  1911;  children,  (1)  Thomas, 
b.  May  5,  1865,  m.,  1st,  Mary  Letch- 
worth  Coonley  of  Chicago,  2d,  Mary 
Dwight  Brooks,  Pearl  Creek,  N.  Y., 
children,  Thomas,  John  Coonley,  How- 
ard Coonley;  (2)  Anne  Richardson,  b. 
July  9,  1867,  m.  Dr.  Arthur  Hutchins 
Cilley  of  New  York  City,  children, 
Grace  (d.),  John  Kelly;  (3)  Henry 
French  (see  p.  81);  (4)  Allen  (see  p. 
49);  (5)  Harriette  Van  Mater,  b.  Sept. 
21,  1874,  d.  April  10,  1877;  (6)  Mary 
French,  b.  April  27,  1880,  m.  Ralph 
E.  Dakin  of  Concord,  Mass.,  children, 
Morrill,  Harriette  Van  Mater,  Mary 
and  Hollis.  Residence,  West  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Fletcher,  Robert 

Educator,  civil  engineer;  b.,  New 
York  City,  Aug.  23,  1847;  s.  Edward 
H.  and  Mary  A.  (Hill)  Fletcher  (both 
from  Cavendish,  Vt.);  ed.  public 
schools,  College  of  City  of  New  York 
(three  years);  U.  S.  Military  Academy, 
West  Point,  1868;  second  lieutenant, 
U.  S.  Artillery,  serving  at  Brownsville, 
Tex.  and  Fort  Trumbull,  New  London, 
Conn.;  instructor  in  mathematics,  U. 
S.  Military  Academy,  1869-70;  re- 
signed to  become  senior  professor  and 
director,  T haver  School  of  Civil  Engi- 
neering, at  Dartmouth,  1871,  serving 
to  the  present  time;  consulting  engineer 
on  water  works  and  sanitation;  engi- 
neer in  charge  of  construction  of  Han- 
over water  works,  Knfield,  N.  II., 
water  works,  reservoir  for  Hartford, 
Vt.,  water  works,  steel  bridges — four 
spans  each — across  Connecticut  River 
at  West  Lebanon  and  White  River  at 
Hartford,  Vt.;  conducted  part  of  the 
New  Hampshire-Vermont  Boundary 


survey,  1917;  contributor  to  technical 
papers  and  N.  H.  Bulletins  on  sanita- 
tion and  engineering  construction; 
Baptist;  Republican;  school  trustee, 
seventeen  years;  member,  N.  H.  state 
board  of  health  since  1895  (president 
since  1913);  president  and  engineer, 
Hanover  Water  Works  Co.;  member, 
American  Soc.  C.  E.,  forty-four  years, 
member  and  past  president,  Soc.  for 
Promotion  of  Engineering  Education; 
fellow,  A.  A.  A.  S.,  *B  K  (hon.), 


Graduate  Club,  Hanover;  received  hon- 
orary A.M.,  Dartmouth,  1871,  Ph.D., 
1881;  in.,  July  2,  1872,  Ellen  M.  Hunt- 
ington;  children,  Mary  A.,  Robert  H. 
Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Whipple,  Sherman  Leland 

Lawyer;  b.,  New  London,  N.  H., 
March  4,  1862;  s.  Dr.  Solomon  Mason 
and  Henrietta  Kimball  (Mersey)  Whip- 
pie;  descendant  of  Matthew  Whipple, 
a  freeman  of  Ipswich  Hamlet,  now 
Hamilton,  Mass.,  in  1638,  and  great- 
grandson  of  Moses  Whipple,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Crovdon,  N.  H.,  and 


HON.  SHERMAN  L.  WHIFFLE 


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long  a  leading  citizen  of  the  town,  who 
commanded  the  town  company  at 
Bennington,  where  he  served  under  his 
kinsman,  General  William  Whipple, 
signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, in  command  of  the  Second  N.  H. 
Brigade;  ed.  public  schools,  Colby 
Academy,  1877,  Yale  College,  A.B., 
1881  (a  Commencement  orator),  and 
Yale  Law  School,  LL.B.,  1884  (Town- 
Bend  orator).  Admitted  to  the  bar, 
Connecticut  and  New  Hampshire  in 
1884,  Massachusetts,  1885;  practiced 
a  few  months  in  Manchester,  N.  H., 
and  in  1885  removed  to  Boston,  where 
he  has  established  a  practice  in  his 
profession  said  to  be  the  largest  in  New 
England.  He  has  conducted  heavy 
litigation  in  many  notable  causes  in- 
volving large  sums  of  money  and 
attracting  considerable  popular  interest ; 
in  1917  he  acted  as  counsel  for  the 
Committee  on  Rules  of  the  House  in 
conducting  the  famous  "Leak  Investi- 
gation" as  to  advance  information  to 
the  Stock  Exchange  relating  to  the 
President's  Peace  Note  to  belligerents; 
Democratic  nominee  for  United  States 
Senator  in  Massachusetts  legislature 
in  1911  and  1913;  delegate-at-large  to 
the  constitutional  convention  of  1917; 
member  of  Committees  on  Rules  and 
Procedure  and  Initiative  and  Refer- 
endum; member  of  American,  Massa- 
chusetts State,  Suffolk,  Norfolk,  Bos- 
ton bar  associations;  University,  Algon- 
quin, Country,  Yale  (Boston),  Yale 
(New  York),  and  Twentieth  Century 
clubs;  lives  at  Brookline;  summer 
residence  at  Plymouth,  where  he  owns 
an  estate  of  some  1500  acres  devoted 
to  fanning — Guernsey  cattle  and  Chev- 
iot sheep,  especially;  'owner  of  the 
historic  grove  at  Brook  Farm  and 
Pulpit  Rock,  where  John  Eliot,  "the 
Apostle,"  preached  to  the  Indians; 
in.,  Dec.  27,  1893,  Louise  (d.  July  20, 
1914),  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Lucien 
B.  Clough;  children,  Dorothy  (Mrs. 
Russel  Thurston  Fry),  Katharyn  Carle- 
ton  (Mrs.  Lothrop  Withington),  Sher- 
man Leland,  Jr.,  volunteer  in  American 
Field  Service  work  in  France. 


Waterman,  Thomas  Palmer 

Lumberman,  banker;  b.,  West  Leb- 
anon, N.  H.,  Dec.  10,  1844;  s.  Silas  and 
Sarah  (Wood)  Waterman;  grandson  of 
Thomas  Waterman,  first  male  child 
born  in  Lebanon;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meri- 
den;  engaged  in  lumber  business  from 
early  life,  owning  and  operating  a  mill 
on  the  Mascoma  River,  on  the  first 
privilege  utilized  by  the  early  settlers 
of  the  town;  Congregationalist;  Re- 


publican; long  prominent  in  public  af- 
fairs of  the  town,  serving  sixteen  years 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen, 
as  a  member  of  the  N.  H.  legislature  in 
1878  and  1879  and  again  in  1913-14, 
and  delegate  in  the  N.  II.  constitutional 
convention  of  1912;  he  is  president  of 
the  People's  Trust  Co.  of  Lebanon,  a 
member  of  the  Langdon  Club,  and 
served  several  years  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Rockland 
Military  Institute;  Patron  of  Hus- 
bandry and  member  of  Lebanon  and 


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ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


Mascoma  Valley  Pomona  Grange;  m., 
Dec.  11,  1886,  Rosamond  Wood;  one 
dau.,  died  in  infancy.  Residence,  West 
Lebanon,  N.  H. 

Warren,  Joseph 

Farmer,  lumberman,  brick  manu- 
facturer; b.,  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  July  12, 
1857;  s.  Hugh  T.  and  Lydia  A.  (Moore) 
Warren;  ed.  common  schools  and  Pem- 
broke Academy;  engaged  for  several 
years  in  the  manufacture  of  brick  in 


Pembroke,  then  removing  to  Rochester 
where  he  continued  extensively  in  the 
business,  making  as  many  as  17,000,000 
brick  in  a  season;  Democrat;  member, 
Rochester  board  of  aldermen,  1892- 
3-4;  member,  X.  H.  house  of  represent- 
atives, 1903,  1913;  mayor  of  Roches- 
ter, 1910,  191 1-,  chosen  for  second 
term  without  opposition;  inspector  of 
state  highways,  1914;  appointed  com- 
missioner of  insurance  in  Dec.,  1914,  by 
Gov.  Samuel  I).  Felker  and  removed  by 
legislative  address  for  partisan  reasons, 
in  January,  1915;  appointed  postmaster 
of  Rochester  bv  President  Wilson,  Feb. 


3,  1916,  since  continuing;  m.,  Aug.  4, 
1878,  Addie  G.  Elliott  of  Pembroke; 
one  daughter,  Sarah  W.  (Mrs.  Albert 
D.  Jones  of  Rochester).  Residence, 
Rochester,  N.  H. 

Barnabee,  Henry  Clay 

Musical  comedian;  b.,  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  14,  1833;  s.  Willis  Barna- 
bee; ed.  public  schools;  mercantile 
clerk  in  youth  in  Portsmouth  and  Bos- 
ton; appeared  in  entertainments  of 
Boston  Mercantile  Library  Ass'n,  com- 
mencing in  April,  1854,  and  soon  de- 
veloped much  talent  as  a  singer  and 
comedian;  sang  many  years  in  church 
choirs  in  and  around  Boston,  including 
nineteen  years  as  a  member  of  the  quar- 
tette of  the  Church  of  the  Unity;  in 
1865  gave  up  mercantile  life  and  or- 
ganized the  Barnabee  Operetta  Co., 
which  was  succeeded  in  1870  by  the 
Barnabee  Concert  Co.;  subsequently 
appearing  in  monologue  work  in  ly- 
ceum  courses;  joined  the  Boston  Ideal 
Opera  Co.,  in  1879,  appearing  as  Sir 
Joseph  Porter  in  "Pinafore"  and  in 
other  leading  r61es;  in  1887,  with  Tom 
Karl  and  others,  organized  The  Bos- 
tonians,  in  which  he  created  leading 
opera  roles,  notably  the  "Sheriff  of  Not- 
tingham" in  Robin  Hood;  first  ap- 
peared in  vaudeville  in  Brooklyn,  Sept. 
12,  1904;  member,  Ancient  and  Hon- 
orable Artillery  Co.,  Boston;  author, 
"My  Wanderings,"  1913;  m.,  1859, 
Clara,  dau.  Maj.  Daniel  George  of 
Warner,  X.  II.  Residence,  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass. 

Webster,  Harold  Adams 

Commissioner  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures; b.,  Ashland,  N.  H.,  Aug.  12,  1885; 
s.  Rev.  Lorin  and  Jennie  Josephine 
(Adams)  Webster;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Ashland  and  Plymouth,  and  Hol- 
derness  School  for  Boys,  1904;  Episco- 
palian; Republican;  member,  school 
board  and  library  trustee,  Ashland; 
member,  X*.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1913-14,  1917-18,  serving  each 
session  on  appropriations  committee; 
appointed  commissioner  of  weights  and 
measures,  by  Governor  Keyes,  upon  the 


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establishment  of  the  office,  in  1917; 
for  several  years  curator  of  the  Holder- 
ness  School,  of  which  his  father  has 
long  been  rector;  also  for  some  time 


a  director  of  Camp  Wachusett,  a  sum- 
mer camp  for  boys  at  Squam  Lake; 
member,  Derryfield  Club,  Manchester, 
Wonolancet,  Concord.  Residence,  Hol- 
derness,  N.  H.,  Plymouth,  P.  O. 

Bartlett,  Edwin  Julius 

Educator;  b.,  Hudson,  O.,  Feb.  16, 
1851;  s.  Samuel  Colcord  and  Mary 
Bacon  (Learned)  Bartlett;  ed.  Chicago 
public  schools,  Lake  Forest  Academy, 
18GS,  Dartmouth  College,  1872, 
Rush  Medical  College,  1879;  associate 
professor  of  Chemistry,  Dartmouth 
College,  1879-83,  professor  since  1883; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  mod- 
erator, town  of  Hanover,  19()(>-ll>; 
member,  X.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1913;  president  trustees,  Mary 
Hitchcock  Memorial  Hospital,  Han- 
over; Fellow,  American  Ass'n  for  Ad- 
vancement of  Science;  honorary  mem- 
ber, N.  II.  Medical  Soc.;  member, 


American  Chemical  Soc.,  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Psi  Upsilon,  Alpha  Kappa 
Kappa,  Delta  Omicron  Gamma  College 
organizations,  Graduate  Club,  Hano- 
ver, Ouroboros  Club;  m.,  July  9,  1879, 
Caroline  Elizabeth  Rice,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Colony,  John  Joslin 

Woolen  manufacturer;  b.,  Keene, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  14,  1864;  s.  Horatio  and 
Emeline  E.  (Joslin)  Colony;  ed.  Keene 
schools  and  Harvard  University,  A.B.  , 
1885;  Unitarian;  Democrat;  member' 
Keene  city  council,  school  committee' 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  from 
Ward  5,  Keene,  1893;  delegate  from 
N.  H.,  Democratic  national  convention, 
1908;  treasurer,  Cheshire  Mills,  Harris- 
ville,  N.  H.;  director,  Ashuelot  Nationa 
Bank,  Keene,  Winchester  Nationa 
Bank,  Winchester,  N.  H;  Mason 
Knight  Templar,  Patron  of  Husbandry ; 


m.,Oct.  Iti,  1907,  Charlotte Whitcomb 
children.  Kmeline  ,).,  b.  Nov.  L'.~,  11C8 
John  J.,  , Jr.,  June  11,  191 5.  Rc>u!ince 
Keene,  N.  H. 


MRS.   KM.MA  BLOOD  FRENCH 


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French,  Emma  Blood 

Philanthropist;  b.,  Manchester,  N. 
H.,  Oct.  15,  1863;  dau.  Aretas  and 
Lavinia  (Kendall)  Blood;  ed.  in  the 
Manchester  schools  and  at  Dr.  Gan- 
nett's  boarding-school,  Chester  Square, 
Boston,  Mass.;  m.  Dr.  L.  Melville 
French  of  Manchester,  June  1,  1887 
(d.  Dec.  21,1914);  daughter,  Margaret 
Lavinia,  b.  April  20,  1888,  m.  Carl 
Spencer  Fuller  of  Manchester,  June  9, 
1910;  grandchildren,  Mary  Spencer, 
1911,  and  Henry  Melville,  1914.  In 
1916  Mrs.  French  erected  and  en- 
dowed a  building  for  the  Manchester 
Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  an  in- 
stitution in  which  she  had  long  been 
interested.  This  building  is  adjacent 
to  the  Carpenter  Library,  erected  in 
memory  of  her  sister,  Elenora  Blood 
Carpenter,  by  the  latter 's  husband, 
Frank  P.  Carpenter.  With  Mrs.  Car- 
penter, Mrs.  French  gave  the  maternity 
and  children's  ward  to  the  Eliot  Hos- 
pital and  endowed  it;  and  in  1918  Mrs. 
French  built  and  endowed  the  L.  Mel- 
ville French  children's  ward  for  the 
same  hospital.  Mrs.  French  started 
the  first  Shakespeare  Club  in  Man- 
chester, 1872;  president  of  the  Woman's 
Aid  and  Relief  Home,  founded  by  her 
parents,  1899-s  vice-president,  Pem- 
broke Sanitarium;  director,  District 
Nursing  Ass'n;  member,  Franklin 
Street  Congregational  church,  N.  H. 
Soc.  of  Colonial  Dames,  D.  A.  R., 
Board  of  Council  of  the  Manchester 
Institute,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Children's 
Home,  Red  Cross,  Navy  League, 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  War  Relief  (patron), 
N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital  for  \Vomen 
and  Children  at  .Concord.  Residence, 
North  River  Road,  Manchester,  and 
Little  Boar's  Head,  N.  H. 

Brennan,  Vincent  John 

Woolen  manufacturer;  b.,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  Sept.  25,  1847;  s.  William 
J.  and  Mary  (Murphy)  Brennan;  eel. 
public  schools;  removed  to  Rockford, 
Conn.,  in  childhood  and  reared  there; 
entered  the  New  England  Mill  in  Rock- 
ford  in  early  life  continuing  five  years 
and  becoming  an  overseer  at  the  age  of 


21;  superintendent  of  carding  in  Salis- 
bury Mills,  Amesbury,  Mass.,  six  years; 
Asabet  Mfg.  Co.'s  Mills,  Maynard, 
Mass.,  superintendent  of  carding  five 
years;  superintendent,  Ottequechee 
Woolen  Co.,  North  Hartland,  Vt.,  six 
years;  superintendent,  A.  G.  Dewey  & 
Co.,  Quechee,  Vt.,  twelve  years;  re- 
moved to  Newport,  N.  H.,  in  1906  as 
general  agent  of  the  Brampton  Mills, 
since  continuing;  served  also  as  general 
agent,  Dexter  Richards  &  Sons  Mills, 


1912-16;  Catholic;  Democrat;  member, 
Newport  board  of  trade;  m.,  1st,  April, 
1871,  Cora  F.  Keyes,  Orland,  Me.,  d. 
Feb.,  1891;  2d,  Nov.,  1891,  Edith  L. 
Reed;  children,  Vincent  John,  Jr.,  su- 
perintendent, Brampton  Mills;  Ralph 
A.  (Philadelphia  Textile  School);  Maud 
E.  (Wheaton  College,  1914,  Mary- 
land College,  1916).  Residence,  New- 
port, N.  H. 

Chandler,  Fred  Gray 

Teacher,  farmer;  b.,  Penacook, 
N.  II .  (Concord,  Ward  One),  Dec.  31, 
1X45;  s.  Nathan  and  Louisa  (Ferrin) 


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Chandler;  descendant  in  the  tenth  gen- 
eration from  William  Chandler,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  who  settled  in 
Roxbury,  Mass.,  1637,  and  in  the  fifth 
generation  from  Rev.  Timothy  Walker, 
first  minister  of  Concord  (1730-82); 
ed.  Penacook  schools,  Elmwood  Acad- 
emy, Boscawen;  teacher  of  schools  in 
Boscawen  and  Webster,  and  principal 
of  Penacook  grammar  school  several 
years,  since  when  he  has  followed  agri- 
culture on  the  ancestral  homestead, 


specializing  in  dairy  fanning;  member, 
Congregational  Church  since  early 
youth;  Republican,  suffragist,  prohibi- 
tionist; member,  board  of  selectmen, 
several  years;  member,  Concord  com- 
mon council,  1876-8;  in.,  June  21, 
1877,  Mary  S.  Abbott ;  one  dau.,  Annie 
Mary,  b.  July  12,  1880,  studied  piano 
with  Milo  Benedict,  organ  with  John 
Herman  Loud,  Boston,  musical  theory 
with  Claude  P.  Landi  (now  of  Rome, 
Italy),  school  methods  with  Charles  S. 
Conant;  teacher  of  the  piano,  and  or- 
ganist, Baptist  church,  Penacook,  since 
1903;  for  several  years  supervisor  of 


music  in  the  Penacook  schools.    Resi- 
dence, Penacook,  N.  H. 

Colby,  James  Fairbanks 

Lawyer,  educator;  b.,  St.  Johnsbury, 
Vt.,  Nov.  18,  1850;  s.  James  K.  and 
Sarah  A.  (Pierce)  Colby;  ed.  St.  Johns- 
bury  Academy,  1868;  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1872,  Columbian  (now  George 
Washington)  University,  LL.B.,  1875; 
practiced  law  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
1878-85;  instructor  in  economics 
and  history,  Sheffield  School,  Yale  Uni- 
versity, 1879-81;  lecturer  on  inter- 
national law,  Yale  Law  School,  1883^5; 
Parker  professor  of  law  and  political 
science,  Dartmouth  College,  since  1885; 
honorary  A.M.,  Yale,  1877;  LL.D., 
Dartmouth,  1901;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  forestry 
commission,  1893-8;  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1902;  member,  N.  H. 
Bar  Ass'n,  American  Bar  Ass'n,  Amer- 
ican Political  Science  Ass'n,  American 
Soc.  International  Law;  editor,  Manual 
of  N.  H.  Constitution,  1st  ed.,  1902, 
2d  ed.,  1912;  Maitland  and  Montagu's 
Sketch  of  English  Legal  History,  and 
legal  and  political  essays;  unmarried. 
Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Day,  Harry  Brooks 

Organist,  musician  and  composer;  b., 
Newmarket,  N.  H.,  Sept.  5,  18.58;  s. 
Warren  K.  and  Martha  (Brooks)  Day; 
moved  in  childhood  to  Concord,  N.  H.; 
ed.  Concord  high  school,  1878,  studied 
music  in  United  States,  England  and 
Munich,  grad.  Akademie  der  Ton- 
kunst  Mimchen,  1899;  ten  years,  or- 
ganist and  choirmaster,  St.  Ann's 
church,  Lowell,  Mass.;  then  at  New- 
ton, Mass.;  musical  director  and  or- 
ganist at  the  Cambridge  Theological 
School;  visiting  choirmaster  of  St. 
Mary's,  Newton,  Church  of  the  Mes- 
siah, Auburndale,  St.  Paul's,  Brookline 
and  St.  John's,  Cambridge,  also  director 
of  the  Neighborhood  Choristers,  150 
voices;  director  of  music  in  the  Newton 
Club  and  organist  for  the  festival  sen-- 
ices of  the  Mass.  Choir  (Juild;  at  Mu- 
nich, 1x97-9,  special  pupil  of  Joseph 
Hheinburger,  chosen  from  sixty  appli- 


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cants;  then  in  London,  studying  boy- 
choir  training  and  organ  accompani- 
ment at  St.  Paul's  Cathedral;  since 
1900  has  lived  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
organist  at  Epiphany,  St.  Michael's  and 
St.  Luke's,  officiating  twelve  years  at 
the  latter  church;  Episcopalian;  mem- 
ber, Altair  Lodge,  Brooklyn,  American 
Guild  of  Organists,  St.  Wilfred  Club, 
Clef  Club  (president),  N.  Y.  Musicians' 
Club  and  many  other  musical  organ- 
izations; composer  of  Kobold  Song, 


schools,  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Pembroke 
Academy,  Gushing  Academy,  Ash- 
burnham,  Mass.,  1887,  Smith  College, 
B.L.,  1891,  Woman's  Medical  College 
of  the  New  York  Infirmary,  M.D., 
1896;  assistant  physician  in  various 
state  and  private  hospitals  for  the  care 
of  the  insane,  in  Massachusetts,  since 
1898;  now  assistant  physician  in  the 
Boston  State  Hospital;  Congregation- 
alist;  member,  American  Medico- 
Psychological  Ass'n,  American  Medi 


The  Sirens,  Locliinvar,  Easter  Cantata 
and  Christmas  Postlude,  orchestral  ac- 
companiment; for  the  organ,  Nocturne 
in  D  Flat,  Allegro  Symphonique,  Suite 
in  C  Major,  Prelude,  Romanza  Finale, 
Legende  in  A  Flat  Major,  also  of  much 
church  music  and  hymns,  carols  and 
songs;  m.  Roselle  M.  Barker,  Oct.  18, 
1900.  Residence,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  and 
Peterboro,  N.  II. 

Abbott,  Florence  Hale 

Physician;  b.,  Wilton,  N.  II.,  Oct. 
20,  1867;  dau.  Harris  and  Caroline 
Ann  (Greeley)  Abbot;  ed.  public 


cal  Ass'n,  Mass.  Medical  SOP.,  X.  E. 
Soc.  of  Psychiatry,  Ass'n  of  Collegiate 
Alumnae,  Smith  College  Alumnae  Ass'n, 
College  Club,  Boston,  Nat'l  Geographic 
Soc.;  unmarried;  anti-suffragist;  taught 
in  Pembroke  Academy,  1X91-2,  and  in 
Bermuda  (private  family),  1S92-3. 
Address,  Boston  State  Hospital,  Matta- 
pan,  Mass. 

Greenleaf,  Charles  Henry 

Hotel  proprietor;  b.,  Danville,  Vt., 
July  23,  1X41;  s.  Seth  and  Lydia  Hal 
(Burnham)  Greenleaf:  ed.  public  and 
private  schools.  Concord,  N.  11.;  con- 


COL.  CHARLES  H.  (JKEEXLEAF 


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menced  hotel  life  in  the  summer  of 
1857  at  the  Profile  House,  White  Mts., 
remaining  there  four  seasons,  then  two 
seasons  at  the  Crawford  House,  then 
two  years  in  New  York  and  Washing- 
ton, returning  to  the  Profile  House  in 
1865  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Taft, 
Tyler  &  Greenleaf,  succeeded  in  1868 
by  Taft  &  Greenleaf,  which  continued 
until  1897,  although  Mr.  Taft  died  in 
1881.  In  1897  a  stock  company  was 
formed,  with  Mr.  Greenleaf  as  presi- 
dent and  general  manager,  which  has 
continued  to  the  present  time.  Since 
1886  Mr.  Greenleaf  has  also  been  a 
member  of  C.  H.  Greenleaf  &  Co.,  op- 
erating Hotel  Vendome,  Boston.  No 
hotel  man  in  the  country  has  had  a 
longer  experience  or  a  wider  acquaint- 
ance among  the  highest  class  of  tour- 
ists. Baptist;  Republican;  member, 
staff  of  Gov.  Benjamin  F.  Prescott, 
with  rank  of  Colonel,  1877-8;  delegate, 
Republican  national  convention,  1888; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1895-6,  1901-2;  N.  H.  senate,  1897-8; 
executive  council,  1905-6;  presidential 
elector,  1908;  eleven  years  treasurer 
and  manager,  Profile  &  Franconia 
Notch  R.  R.;  m.,  1st,  May  2,  1867, 
Abbie  Frances  Burnham,  Plymouth, 
N.  H.,  who  d.  April  17,  1914;  2d,  June 
25,  1915,  Miss  Mabelle  Furst,  Lock 
Haven,  Pa.  Address,  Profile  House, 
N.  H.,  or  Hotel  Vendome,  Boston. 

Wellington,  Leonard 

Lawyer;  b.,  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Sept.  12, 
1841;  s.  William  and  Achsah  (Kidder) 
Wellington;  ed.  Walpole  schools,  Mt. 
Caesar  Seminary,  Swanzey,  Bernards- 
ton,  Mass.,  Academy,  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Meriden,  Albany,  N.  Y., 
Law  School,  1865;  studied  in  office  of 
the  late  Don  H.  Woodward  of  Keene; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1865  and  has 
practiced  there  since;  in  partnership 
with  Mr.  Woodward  ten  years  from 
July,  1866,  since  then  alone;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  member, 
Keene  board  of  health,  fifteen  years; 
solicitor  for  Cheshire  Count}',  1869-71; 
member,  Lodge  of  the  Temple,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Keene;  in.,  Jan.  19,  1870,  Har- 


riet Lyon  Chandler;  two  sons,  Clarence 
E.,  b.  April  11,  1872,  and  Lyon 
Chandler,  b.  Jan.  24,  1879.  Residence, 
Keene,  N.  H. 

Kimball,  Henry  Ames 

Iron  founder;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Oct.  19,  1864;  s.  Benjamin  Ames  and 
Myra  Tilton  (Elliott)  Kimball;  ed. 
Phillips  Andover  Academy  and  by 
private  tutors  in  Europe;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  member,  South 


Congregational  Church,  Concord;  di- 
rector of  and  liberal  contributor  to 
Concord  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  in  1887,  ad- 
mitted (on  examination)  a  Fellow  of  the 
Society  of  Science,  Letters  and  Art, 
London,  England;  life  member,  N.  II . 
Historical  Soc.,  and  recording  secre- 
tary, 1905-13;  member,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  and  the  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars;  partner  and  asso- 
ciate manager,  Ford  «fc  Kimball  and  the 
Cushman  Electric  Co.;  trustee,  Merri- 
mack  County  Savings  Bank;  director, 
Mount  Washington  R.  R.;  author 
genealogy,  "The  Elliotts  of  Boscawen, 


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N.  H.,"  Rumford  Press,  1918;  m.,  Nov. 
17,  1904,  Charlotte  Atkinson,  dau. 
John  Harrison  and  Josephine  B.  (At- 
kinson) Goodale,  Nashua,  N.  H.  (Wel- 
losley,  1898).  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Baker,  Walter  Smith 

Merchant  tailor;  b.,  Wellfleet,  Mass., 
Jan.  15,  1850;  s.  Capt.  David  and 
Betsey  M.  (Higgins)  Baker;  grandson 
Eleazer  Higgins  of  Wellfleet  who  served 


under  Washington  and  during  the  Rev- 
olution was  captured  by  the  British  and 
imprisoned  in  England;  also,  descended 
in  the  eighth  generation  from  Stephen 
Hopkins  of  the  Maytloircr;  ed.  schools 
of  Wellfleet,  including  high  school; 
moved  to  Concord,  N.  11..,  1X74;  mer- 
chant tailor  in  Concord,  1875-1914; 
director  of  Concord  V.  M.C.  A.  twenty- 
five  years  and  of  N.  H.  Anti-Saloon 
Leairue  since  organization,  1S99;  trus- 
tee of  Tilton  Seminary,  Tilton,  X.  H.; 
charter  member,  Baker  Memorial 
(Methodist  Episcopal)  church  and  sec- 
retarv  and  treasunr  of  board  of  trus- 


tees of  church;  delegate  to  Ecumenical 
Convention,  Indianapolis,  1914;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Sons 
of  American  Revolution  and  Concord 
Equal  Suffrage  League;  Republican- 
Prohibitionist;  m.  Martha  Sparrow  of 
Wellfleet,  Feb.  11,  1875;  children, 
Helen  M.,  ed.  Goucher  College,  teacher 
in  private  schools;  Bessie  J.,  Teachers' 
College,  Columbia  University  and  Miss 
Wheelock's  Kindergarten,  Boston, 
kindergarten  teacher,  public  schools, 
Somerville,  Mass.;  Walter  Stanley, 
B.S.,  Wesleyan  University,  1901,  has 
succeeded  his  father  in  business,  m. 
Alice  Holbrook  of  Philadelphia,  Feb. 
22,  1908  (ch.:  Robert  Holbrook,  Alice, 
Helen  Elizabeth,  Louise);  James  Her- 
bert, B.S.,  Wesleyan  University,  1903, 
bond  salesman  for  E.  H.  Rollins'  Sons, 
d.  Sept.  9,  1910;  Leland  Vincent,  Con- 
cord high  school,  1908,  International 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  College,  1916,  enlisted 
U.  S.  Signal  Corps,  1917,  studying 
U.  S.  School  of  Military  Aeronautics, 
Princeton,  N.  J.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Hackett,  Wallace 

Lawyer;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  May 
1,  1856;  s.  William  H.  and  Mary  W. 
(Healey)  Hackett;  ed.  public  and  priv- 
ate schools,  and  Harvard  Law  School, 
1879;  studied  in  the  office  of  his  grand- 
father, the  late  Hon.  W.  H.  Y.  Hackett, 
and  has  practiced  law  in  Portsmouth 
since  admission  to  the  bar  in  1879,  but 
has  devoted  his  attention  largely  to 
business  affairs;  Unitarian;  Republi- 
can; city  solicitor,  three  years;  mayor 
of  Portsmouth,  1907-8;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1909-10; 
president,  Republican  state  convention, 
1908;  member,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Aldrich  Memorial  Ass'n  (president), 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  m.,  1883, 
Abby  M.  Winchester;  one  dau., 
Marion.  Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Hanson,  Benjamin  Frank 

Liveryman;  b.,  Somersworth,  N.  H., 
Dec.  12,  1X48;  s.  Benjamin  F.  and 
Mary  E.  (Libbey)  Hanson;  ed.  public 
schools,  Sanford,  Me.,  and  Lebanon 


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Me.,  Academy;  engaged  in  the  livery 
business  in  Somersworth  since  early 
life;  Baptist;  Democrat;  city  treasurer, 
Somersworth,  three  years;  commis- 
sioner, Strafford  County,  six  years; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1913;  mayor  of  Somersworth, 
five  terms;  judge,  Somersworth  dis- 
trict court,  1913-15;  director,  Somers- 
worth National  Bank;  chairman,  board 
of  cemetery  trustees;  president,  Han- 
son Family  Ass'n;  member,  A.  F.  & 


(Lawrence)  Gerrish;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Phillips  Andover,  Mass.,  Academy, 
1874.  For  a  time,  after  graduating  at 
Andover,  he  was  employed  in  the  N.  H. 
Savings  Bank,  Concord,  but,  prefer- 
ring an  outdoor  life,  he  purchased  a 
farm  at  Boscawen  Plain,  where  he  has 
since  lived.  Congregationalist ;  Repub- 
lican; selectman,  Boscawen,  1880-4, 
1891-6,  1901-17;  commissioner,  Merri- 
mack  County,  1886-8;  treasurer,  1892- 
6;  trustee,  N.  H.  Savings  Bank,  since 


A.  M.,  lodge,  chapter  and  command- 
ery;  Patron  of  Husbandry,  past  master, 
Somersworth  Grange,  Eastern  N.  H. 
Pomona  Grange;  district  and  Pomona 
deputy,  N.H.  State  Grange;  m.,  Oct. 25, 
1866,  Fannie  T.  Thompson,  Shapleigh, 
Me.;  one  son,  Bert,  b.  July  26,  1867 
(Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Yale  College, 
1890,  Cornell  University  Law  School, 
1893).  Residence,  Somersworth,  N.H. 

Gerrish,  Frank  Lawrence 

Farmer;  b.,  Bosoawen,  N.  If.,  May 

19,    1S55;    s.    Enoch    and    Miranda    (). 


1911;  life  member,  N.  H.  Historical 
Sor.;  with  John  and  Benjamin  A.  Kim- 
ball,  donor  of  the  Boscawen  public 
librarv  building,  dedicated  Aug.  20, 
1913;  m.,  March  22,  1888,  Isabel  Sea- 
vey.  Residence,  Boscawen,  N.  II . 

Emery,  Fred  Parker 

Educator;  b.,  Pembroke.  N.  H., 
April  11,  1865;  s.  Natt  M.  and  Abbie  H. 
(Sargent)  Emery;  ed.  Pembroke  Acad- 
emy, Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1S87, 
A.M.,  1890,  Universities  of  Paris  and 
Berlin;  instructor  in  English,  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology,  1887- 


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91;  professor  of  English,  Dartmouth 
College,  since  1894;  Republican;  mem- 
ber, KKK,  <t>BK,  St.  Botolph 
Club,  Boston,  Mass.;  editor  of  text- 
books for  college  work  in  English;  m., 
1889,  Mary  Elizabeth  Chesley.  Resi- 
dence, Hanover,  N.  H. 

Walker,  Reuben  Eugene 

Jurist;  b.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  Feb.  15, 
1851;  s.  Abial  and  Mary  (Powers) 
Walker;  ed.  Warner  public  schools, 
Colby  Academy,  New  London,  1871, 
Brown  University,  A.B.,  1875;  LL.D., 
Dartmouth,  June  1916;  studied  law 
with  Sargent  &  Chase,  Concord;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1878,  and  com- 
menced practice  in  Concord;  in  part- 
nership five  years  with  Robert  A.  Ray 
under  name  of  Ray  &  Walker,  subse- 
quently some  years  alone;  member, 
firm  of  Streeter,  Walker  &  Hollis,  1891 
to  1901;  Unitarian;  Republican;  super- 
intending school  committee,  Warner; 
solicitor,  Merrimack  County,  1889-91; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1895,  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1902;  appointed  associate 
justice,  N.  H.  supreme  court,  March 
28,  1901;  trustee,  Concord  public 
library  since  1901  (president  since 
1903);  member,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n,  American  Bar  Ass'n, 
(vice-president  for  New  Hampshire), 
Brown  Alumni  Ass'n,  American  Uni- 
tarian Ass'n,  Council  of  National  De- 
fense, Wonolancot  Club;  co-author,  Ray 
&  Walker's  N.  H.  Citations;  m.,  June 
18,  1875,  Mary  E.  Brown,  d.  June  21, 
1903;  one  dau.  Bertha  May.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Rolofson,  Mary  Currier 

(Mrs.  Warren  T.  Rolofson);  writer; 
b.,  Went  worth,  N.  H..  May  24,  1XC.9; 
dau.  Lorenzo  and  Josephine  (Pillsbury) 
Currier;  ed.  public  schools,  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Yt.,  Academy,  1XX9,  Smith  Col- 
lege, and  special  course  in  English  lit- 
erature at  Wellesley,  1X95:  a  lover  of 
literature  from  childhood,  she  began 
writing  early,  contributing  many  stories 
anil  poems  to  well-known  periodicals. 
Published  works:  "Among  the  ( Iranite 


Hills,"  1894;  "A  Summer  in  New 
Hampshire,"  1904;  "A  Few  Songs," 
1905;  "Songs  to  One  Silent,"  1905. 
Congregationalist;  m.,  July  30,  1907, 
Warren  T.  Rolofson;  removed  in  1914 
to  Powell,  Wyoming,  with  her  husband, 
where  they  located  a  claim  on  the 
Shoshone  Project  of  U.  S.  Reclamation 
Service  and  now  reside. 

Laycock,  Craven 

Dean    of    Dartmouth    College;    b., 
Bradford,  England,  Sept.  30,  1866;  s. 


John  and  Martha  (Berry)  Laycock; 
came  to  New  Hampshire  in  1XX2;  ed. 
common  school  in  England,  N.  II.  Con- 
ference Seminary,  Tilton,  1X92;  Dart- 
mouth College,  1896;  instructor,  Art 
of  Public  Speaking,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1X97-1900;  assistant  professor  of 
Oratory,  1900-10;  professor  of  Oratory, 
1910-13;  assistant  dean,  1911-13,  dean, 
191 3-;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member  of  the  N.  H.  bar.  having 
practiced  law  for  some  years  in  Han- 
over: member.  A.  !•'.  A:  A.  M.,  Delta 
Kappa  Kpsilon  and  Casque  and  Gaunt- 


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let  societies;  author,  "Argumentation 
and  Debate,"  1904,  Manual  of  Argu- 
mentation, 1906;  m.,  April  19,  1900, 
Florence  Annette  Hill,  of  Tilton,  N.H.; 
two  daughters.  Residence,  Hanover, 
N.  H. 

Sherman,  Lillian  Adelaide  Tourtelotte 
Writer;  b.,  Maxfield,  Me.,  April  28, 
1875;  dau.  Franklin  and  Mary  E. 
(Bryant)  Tourtelotte;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Foxcroft,  Me.,  Academy, 


1890;  direct  descendant,  on  paternal 
side,  of  Gabriel  Bernon,  Duke  of  Bur- 
gundy, who  renounced  his  title  and 
estates  and  led  to  this  country  the  first 
Huguenot  Colony  in  New  England;  on 
maternal  side  a  near  kinswoman  of  the 
late  William  Cullen  Bryant,  whose 
literary  talent  she  reflects  in  large 
measure;  has  written  extensively  for  the 
press  since  early  youth,  and  many  of 
her  poems  have  been  widely  copied; 
Baptist;  member,  P.  of  II.  (Gth  de- 
gree), D.  A.  R.,  \V.  R.  C.,  S.  of  V.  Aux- 
iliary, Suffrage  Club;  ardent  advocate 
of  woman's  enfranchisement,  and  fre- 


quent reader  and  speaker  at  public 
gatherings;  m.,  Aug.  12, 1906,  Joshua  A. 
Sherman.  Residence,  Warner,  N.  H., 
Contoocook,  R.  F.  D. 

Hanson,  Bert 

Lawyer;  b.,  Sanford,  Me.,  July  26, 
1867;  s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Fannie 
(Thompson)  Hanson;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Somersworth,  N.  H.  (in  which  town 
he  was  reared),  Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 
emy, 1886,  Yale  College,  A.B.,  1890, 
Cornell  University  Law  School,  LL.B., 
1893;  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar 
in  1894,  and  in  practice  in  New  York 
City  since  1895;  Democrat;  third 
deputy  commissioner  of  police  in  New 
York  City,  under  Gen.  Theodore  A. 
Bingham  from  Jan.,  1907  to  June,  1909; 
appointed  assistant  attorney-general 
in  charge  of  customs  cases,  by  Presi- 
dent Wilson  in  May,  1914,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  holds;  member,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity;  National 
Democratic  Club,  Cornell  University 
Club,  Yale  Club  and  Reform  Club 
(trustee),  of  New  York  City;  Metro- 
politan Club  and  University  Club, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  and  Municipal 
Art  Soc.  (director),  New  York  City; 
unmarried.  Residence,  50  Vander- 
bilt  ave.;  business  address,  48  Broad- 
way, New  York  City. 

Owen,  Ellery  Scott 

Bond  salesman;  b.,  July  17,  1860, 
Belchertown,  Mass.;  s.  Rev.  Eleazar 
and  Mary  Abigail  (Walker)  Owen; 
ed.  public  schools  of  Springfield  and 
Westfield,  Mass.,  and  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  Portsmouth  high  school,  1877; 
in  1882  began  travelling  for  the 
Boston  publishing  house  of  D.  Lothrop 
&  Co.;  1886-92,  associated  with  the 
Kansas  City  Investment  Co.,  first  at 
Kansas  City,  last  three  years  in  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  managing  their  branch 
office;  1892-1909,  represented  Conn. 
General  Life  Insurance  Co.  of  Hartford, 
during  greater  part  of  the  time  man- 
ager for  New  Hampshire,  moving  from 
Portsmouth  to  Concord  in  1902;  since 
1900  N.  II .  representative  of  Baker, 
Ayling  &  Young,  investment  bankers 


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of  Boston;  independent  Republican; 
member,  South  Congregational  church, 
Concord  (deacon  since  1904),  moder- 
ator of  the  N.  H.  State  Congregational 
Conference,  1906;  director,  Portsmouth 


Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  instrumental  in  organ- 
izing the  same,  1888;  director,  Concord 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  1903-14  (president  two 
years);  member,  state  executive  com- 
mittee of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  N.  H.,  1892- 
1912  (chairman,  1901-3,  an  incorpora- 
tor,  1904,  treasurer,  1904-7);  member, 
Belknap  Lodge,  No.  14,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Meredith,  N.  H.,  Wonolancet  Club, 
Concord,  Concord  board  of  trade;  m., 
1st,  June  14,  1888,  Elizabeth  Moody 
Flagg,  dau.  John  H.  and  Emma  D. 
(Moody)  Flagg,  Portsmouth,  X.  H. 
(d.  June  22,  1894);  2d,  Oct.  14,  1896, 
Alice  Goldsmith  Holmes,  dau.  Rev. 
Theodore  J.  and  Ellen  L.  (Goldsmith) 
Holmes,  Hopkinton,  Mass.;  children, 
Forest  Flagg,  b.  Hartford,  Conn.,  May 
23,  1890,  A.B.,  Dartmouth,  1913;  Mar- 
gory  Heard,  b.  Portsmouth,  July  1, 
1893  (d.  Feb.  7,  1895);  Margaret,  b. 
Portsmouth,  July  28,  1897,  Mount 


Holyoke  College,  1919;  Harold  Holmes, 
b.  Portsmouth,  Nov.  2,  1899,  Amherst 
College,  1921;  Eleanor,  b.  Concord, 
Aug.  25,  1910  (d.  Dec.  2,  1913).  Resi- 
dence, 79  Warren  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fowler,  William  Plumer 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Oct.  3, 
1850;  s.  Judge  Asa  and  Mary  Cilley 
(Knox)  Fowler;  ed.  Concord  high 
school,  1867,  Dartmouth  College,  A.B., 
1872;  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
Sumner  Albee,  Boston,  and  at  Boston 
University  Law  School;  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Boston  in  1875,  and  since 
then  in  practice  in  that  city;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  appointed  member 
of  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  the  Poor 
of  Boston  in  April,  1889,  elected  chair- 
man of  the  board  in  1891,  and  since 
annually  re-elected;  chairman,  Licens- 


ing Board,  City  of  Boston;  Institution 
Registrar,  City  of  Boston;  director, 
Manchester  «fc  Lawrence  R.  R.;  presi- 
dent, Manchester  Mills;  director,  \Va  r- 
ren  Brothers  Co.;  in  conjunction  with 


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his  sister,  Clara  M.  Fowler,  gave  the 
city  of  Concord  the  Fowler  Library 
building  in  1888;  m.,  Oct.  14,  1899, 
Susan  Farnham  Smith;  children,  Wil- 
liam Plumer,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1900, 
(Dartmouth,  1921);  Katharine  Stev- 
ens, b.  June  12,  1902;  Philip,  b.  June  6, 
1906.  Office,  18  Tremont  St.;  resi- 
dence, 1  Plymouth  St.,  Boston,  Mass., 
and  Little  Boar's  Head,  N.  H. 

Drew,  Irving  Webster 

Lawyer;  b.,  Colebrook,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
8,  1845;  s.  Amos  Webster  and  Julia 
Esther  (Lovering)  Drew;  ed.  public 
and  private  schools,  Colebrook  acad- 
emy, Kimball  Union  Academy,  1866, 
Dartmouth  College,  1870;  studied  law 
in  the  office  of  Ray  &  Ladd  at  Lan- 
caster; admitted  to  the  bar  in  Novem- 
ber, 1871,  and  succeeded  Hon.  Wil- 
liam S.  Ladd,  upon  his  appointment  as 
a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  in 
partnership  with  Hon.  Ossian  Ray, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Ray  &  Drew; 
subsequently  the  firm  became  suc- 
cessively, Ray,  Drew  &  Heywood,  Ray, 
Drew  &  Jordan,  Drew  &  Jordan, 
Drew,  Jordan  &  Buckley,  Drew,  Jor- 
dan, Buckley  &  Shurtleff ,  Drew,  Shurt- 
leff  &  Morris,  and  Drew,  Shurtleff, 
Morris  &  Oakes,  Mr.  Drew's  connec- 
tion continuing  to  the  present  time; 
admitted  to  practice  in  U.  S.  Courts  in 
1877;  Episcopalian;  Democrat  till 
1896,  Republican  since;  moderator 
town  of  Lancaster;  member,  N.  H. 
state  senate,  1883-4,  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1902,  1912;  delegate 
in  Democratic  national  conventions  of 
1880,  1892  and  1896  (withdrew); 
major  3d  Reg.  N.  H.  N.  G.,  1876-9; 
director,  Lancaster  National  Bank; 
trustee  and  president,  Shvooganock 
Guaranty  Savings  Bank;  president, 
Upper  Coos  R.  R.;  trustee  and  presi- 
dent, Lancaster  Library;  member, 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n.  (president,  1899), 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  A.  F.  <fe  A.  M. 
(Knight  Templar),  I.  O.  O.  F.;  presi- 
dent of  the  day  at  Lancaster's  one 
Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
Celebration,  Aug.  12,  1914;  in.,  Nov. 
4,  1S69,  Caroline  Hatch  Merrill, 


Colebrook;  children,  Paul  b.  Feb.  20, 
1872  d.  Oct.  1,  1872;  Neil  Bancroft, 
b.  Sept.  9,  1873,  d.  May  7,  1905;  Pitt 
Fessenden,  b.  Aug.  27,  1875,  m.  Mabel 
Swain;  Sara  Maynard,  b.  Dec.  19, 
1876,  m.  Edward  Kimball  Hall.  Resi- 
dence, Lancaster,  N.  H. 

Odlin,  Arthur  Fuller 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  April 
25,  1860;  s.  Woodbridge  and  Abby 
Pratt  (Comstock)  Odlin;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  1876,  Dartmouth  College, 
Boston  University  Law  School,  1885; 
Unitarian;  Republican  since  1896  (for- 
merly Cleveland  Democrat) ;  attorney- 
general,  Porto  Rico,  1899-1901;  judge, 
Court  of  First  Instance,  Philippine 
Islands,  1901-4;  vice-president,  Florida 
State  Bar  Ass'n,  1916-17;  m.,  Oct.  5, 
1886,  Mary  Emma  Allen,  Lancaster, 
N.  H.,  children,  Lawrence  Allen,  b. 
1889,  now  assistant  paymaster,  U.  S. 
Navy;  Evelyn,  b.  1893,  m.  Oct.  11, 
1917,  James  Kennedy  Atwood,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla.  Judge  Odlin  has  appeared, 
occasionally,  on  the  public  lecture  plat- 
form, and  has  written  occasional  arti- 
cles for  legal  magazines,  generally  in 
English,  sometimes  in  Spanish.  Resi- 
dence, Arcadia,  Fla. 

Abbot,  Charles  Greeley 

Astronomer;  b.,  Wilton,  N.  H.,  May 
31,  1872;  s.,  Harris  and  Caroline  Ann 
(Greeley)  Abbot;  ed.  Wilton  high 
school,  1888,  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy, Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, S.B.,  1894,  S.M.,  1895;  Con- 
gregationalist,  Republican;  director, 
Astrophysical  Observatory,  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  Washington,  D.  C., 
1906  to  the  present  time;  member, 
National  Academy  of  Sciences,  Royal 
Astronomical  Soc.  of  Great  Britain, 
Soc.  Astron.  de  France,  Meteorologisehe 
Gesellschaft  of  Germany,  Academy  of 
Modena,  Italy,  etc.;  discovered  vari- 
ability of  the  sun;  invented  numerous 
scientific  instruments,  some  widely  in 
use  in  the  world;  author  of  "The  Sun," 
and  numerous  scientific  articles;  m., 
Oct.  13,  1897,  Lillian  K.  Moore.  Resi- 
dence, Washington.  I).  C. 


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Jones,  Fred  Andros 

Lawyer;  b.,  Stoneham,  Mass.,  April 
9,  1884;  s.  Andros  B.  and  Lizzie  J. 
(Young)  Jones;  ed.  Nashua  high  school, 
Dartmouth  College,  1906,  and  Harv- 
ard Law  School;  admitted  to  N.  H. 
bar,  1909;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives from  Lebanon,  1913-14; 
member,  executive  committee,  Repub- 
lican state  committee  since  1914;  mod- 
erator, Lebanon,  since  1914;  judge, 


Lebanon  municipal  court,  since  1915; 
member,  A.  ¥.  &  A.  M.  (32d  degree), 
Knight  Templar  and  Shriner,  B.  P. 
O.  E.,  K.  of  P.,  P.  of  H.,  S.  of  V.,  Lang- 
don  Club  and  Sunset  Club;  m.  Mary 
Elizabeth  Bennett,  Sept.  23,  1907; 
children,  Eleanor,  Lucille,  Robert. 
Residence,  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

Wallace,  Ellen  Alfreda 

Physician;  b.,  Hill,  N.  H.,  April  24, 
1853;  dau.  Edmund  Rundlett  and 
Mary  Johnson  (Flanders)  Wallace;  ed. 
New  Hampton  Literary  Institution, 
1S73,  Medical  College,  New  York 


Infirmary,  1887;  Congregationalist; 
member,  Manchester  Medical  Soc., 
Hillsboro  County  Medical  Soc.,  N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.,  American  Medical  Ass'n, 
W.  C.  T.  U.,  Florence  Nightingale  Club, 
Manchester  Federation  Woman's 
Clubs,  staff  of  Beacon  Hill  Hospital, 
president  trustees,  N.  H.  Memorial 
Hospital  for  Women  and  Children, 
Concord.  Residence,  Manchester, 
N.H. 

Roote,  Clarence  Burgess 

Educator;  b.,  Francestown,  N.  H., 
Oct.  3,  1853;  s.  Martin  Nelson,  and 
Abigail  Kimball  (McEwen)  Roote;  ed. 
Francestown  Academy,  1872,  Williams 
College,  1876,  Boston  University  Law 
School;  admitted  to  Massachusetts 
bar,  1884;  headmaster,  Northampton, 
Mass.,  high  school  since  1888;  member, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Chi  Psi  societies, 
Massachusetts  High  School  Masters' 
Club,  Headmasters'  Club  of  Western 
Mass.,  Mass.  State  Teachers'  Ass'n, 
Classical  Ass'n,  of  New  England, 
Monday  Evening  Club,  Northampton, 
Lay  Readers'  League;  Episcopalian; 
Democrat;  senior  warden  and  lay 
reader,  St.  John's  Church,  Northamp- 
ton; member,  Board  of  Religious  Edu- 
cation, Diocese  of  Western  Mass.; 
three  times  delegate  to  Provincial 
Synod,  Province  of  New  England;  m., 
Oct.  3,  1882,  Idelle  M.  Bothwell.  Resi- 
dence, Northampton,  Mass. 

Foster,  George  J. 

Newspaper  publisher;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  13,  1854;  s.  Joshua  L.  and 
Lucretia  A.  (Gale)  Foster;  ed.  public 
schools,  Portsmouth  high  school,  1869; 
learned  the  newspaper  business  in  his 
father's  office  and  has  been  connected 
with  Foster's  Democrat  in  Dover  for  the 
last  forty-five  years,  or  more,  most  of 
the  time  as  publisher;  Methodist; 
Republican;  member,  Dover  school 
board,  twenty-nine  years  (chairman, 
1903-8);  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  189)3-4;  mayor  of 
Dover,  1906,  1909-10;  trustee,  Straf- 
ford  Savings  Bank,  Wentworth  Plome 
for  the  Aged;  Mason,  32d  degree, 


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K.  of  P.,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
Bellamy  Club,  Dover;  m.,  July  22, 
1880,  Annah  C.  Clark;  children,  Bertha 
F.  (Mrs.  Harry  C.  Glidden),  b.  Aug.  3, 


1883;  Arthur,  b.  March  29,  1885; 
Frederick,  b.  Dec.  9,  1887.  Residence, 
Dover,  N.  H. 

Brown,  Frank  Herbert 

Lawyer;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
2,  1854;  s.  Oscar  J.  and  Lavinia  (Por- 
ter) Brown;  ed.  Claremont  high  school, 
Dartmouth  College,  Boston  University 
Law  School,  1876;  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Boston  and  in  New  Hampshire,  1876, 
and,  after  a  time  in  Boston  and  Con- 
cord, commenced  practice  in  Clare- 
mont in  1879,  where  he  has  since  con- 
tinued, serving  as  counsel  for  various 
corporations;  organizer  and  counsel  for 
Claremont  Railway  and  Lighting  Co.; 
Republican;  moderator;  member, 
Stevens  high  school  committee;  solici- 
tor for  Sullivan  County,  1899-1907, 
1909-13;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1901-3-5;  m.,  Oct.  9, 
1887,  Susan  Farwell  Patten  of  Clare- 


mont;  one  dau.,  Ruth  Porter,  b.  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  Sept.  19,  1878  (Smith, 
1900),  wife  of  Dr.  Harmon  Newell 
of  Claremont.  Residence,  Claremont, 
N.  H. 

Bridgman,  Don  Seavey 

Agriculture  and  business  (retired); 
b.,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  April  4,  1856;  s. 
John  Ladd  and  Hortensia  Arnold 
(Wood)  Bridgman;  ed.  Norwich,  Vt., 
(Norwich  Fitting  School,  1876)  and 
Hanover,  N.  H.;  engaged  for  many 
years  extensively  in  farming,  dairying 
being  his  specialty,  producing  butter 
for  the  Boston  market,  keeping  over 
seventy  cows  and  operating  an  up-to- 
date  creamery;  poultry  and  swine  were 
also  prominent  lines;  in  recent  years 
has  devoted  his  attention  to  the  care 
of  large  real  estate  interests  in  Han- 
over village;  Baptist;  Republican; 
member,  Hanover  school  board,  nine 


and  a  half  years  from  1896;  member, 
board  of  selectmen,  eighteen  years 
from  1899;  superintendent,  Hanover 
Water  Works  Co.,  from  1916;  Mason, 


EDNA  DEAN  PROCTOR 


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32d  degree,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  P.  of  H. ;  promi- 
nent many  years  in  Grange  work,  Gen- 
eral Deputy,  N.  H.  State  Grange,  two 
terms,  1900-10;  in.,  Oct.,  30,  1882, 
Jennie  May  Burton.  Residence, 
Hanover,  N.  H. 

Proctor,  Edna  Dean 

Poet;  b.  Sept.  18,  1829,  Henniker,  N. 
H.;  dau.  John  and  Lucinda  (Gould) 
Proctor;  ed.  in  early  years  at  home  by 
her  mother,  later  at  Mt.  Holyoke  Semi- 
nary and  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  but  in  a 
larger  way  by  life  and  the  society  of 
thinking  men  and  women.  Miss  Proc- 
tor, New  Hampshire's  poet,  born  on 
Proctor  Hill  overlooking  the  fair  Con- 
toocook  river  ("Monadnock's  child  of 
snowdrifts  born"),  has  made  the  hills 
and  vales  of  her  native  state  known 
round  the  world.  A  traveller  in  many 
lands,  intimately  associated  since  young 
womanhood  with  gifted  and  famous 
people,  she  is  still  a  genuine  daughter 
of  New  England.  Her  devotion  to  the 
scenes  of  childhood  does  not  preclude 
her  love  for  alien  lands.  In  fact,  her 
wide-reaching  sympathies  have  made 
her  peculiarly  successful  in  interpreting 
the  spirit  of  foreign  scenes  and  peoples. 
Longfellow  showed  his  appreciation  of 
this  by  including  so  many  of  her  pro- 
ductions in  his  "Poems  of  Places." 
Born  with  "eyes  from  out  the  East" 
she  has  a  marvellous  understanding  of 
the  Orient.  Allah,  Arabia,  Islam  live 
in  her  verse  with  its  lyric  impetuosity 
and  impassioned  fervor.  Love  of  na- 
ture, of  humanity  and  all  that  is  high- 
est and  best  in  art  are  her  distinguish- 
ing characteristics.  Her  song,  "Blazon 
Columbia's  Emblem,  the  Bounteous 
Golden  Corn,"  should  ere  this  have 
made  the  maize  our  national  flower 
for  never  has  fitting  symbol  been  so 
gloriously  celebrated.  Her  "Song  of 
the  Ancient  People,"  relating  to  the 
Pueblo  Indians,  was  so  highly  consid- 
ered that  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  Hemen- 
way  of  Boston  (Hememvay  Southwest- 
ern Archeol.  Expedition)  was  at  much 
expense  for  its  illustrations  and  it  is 
now  read  and  studied  in  the  schools. 
Her  "Russian  Journey"  was  the  fruit 


of  two  years  of  travel  in  Europe.  In- 
cidental references  in  her  poems  show 
her  familiarity  with  most  of  the  f&- 
mous  scenes  and  objects  of  the  world. 
Her  recent  poem,  "The  Glory  of  Toil," 
has  evoked  much  interest.  In  the  last 
decade  she  has  crossed  the  Andes, 
spending  a  season  in  South  America; 
but  she  rarely  fails  to  visit  her  native 
town  each  summer.  Her  inspiring  per- 
sonality as  well  as  her  genius  have 
made  her  an  uplifting  influence  where- 
ever  she  has  dwelt.  For  many  years 
her  home  was  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  but 
she  has  spent  much  time  in  Washing- 
ton and  Atlantic  City.  Her  books  are : 
"Poems"  (1866),  "A  Russian  Journey" 
(1871),  "Poems"  (1890),  "A  Russian 
Journey"  (revised  1890),  "The  Song 
of  the  Ancient  People"  (1892),  "The 
Mountain  Maid"  (1901),  "Songs  of 
America"  (1905),  "The  Glory  of  Toil," 
(1916).  Res.,  Framingham,  Mass. 

Winchell,  F.  Mabel 

Librarian;  b.,  Boston,  Mass.;  dau. 
Rensselaer  and  Harriet  Newell 
(Brooks)  Winchell;  ed.  public  schools, 
Lowell  School,  Boston,  and  Amherst 
College  Library  School;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  librarian,  Manches- 
ter public  library,  since  1902;  member, 
N.  H.  Public  Library  Commission, 
1917-,  American  Library  Ass'n,  N.  H. 
Library  Ass'n,  Mass.  Library  Club, 
Manchester  Institute  of  Arts  and 
Sciences;  Library  Art  Club  (vice-presi- 
dent), Manchester  Boys  Club  (trustee), 
Manchester  Historic  Ass'n,  Manches- 
ter Federation  Woman's  Clubs,  N.  H. 
Federation  Women's  Clubs,  N.  II. 
Children's  Aid  and  Protective  Soc., 
National  Security  League,  Red  Cross, 
Woman's  Auxiliary  to  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Manchester  District  Nursing  Ass'n, 
N.  II .  Ass'n  for  Prevention  of  Tuber- 
culosis, etc.  Residence,  Manchester, 
N.  II. 

Colby,  Ira  Gordon 

Lawyer;  b..  Claremont,  N.  II..  Jan. 
11.  1X72;  s.  Ira  and  Louisa  M.  (Way) 
Colby;  ed.  Stevens  high  school,  Clare- 
mont, 1890;  Dartmouth  College,  IS'J-i, 


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Boston  University  Law  School,  1897; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1897,  and  prac- 
ticed in  Claremont  since  then;  in 
partnership  with  his  father  until  the 


death  of  the  latter,  June  27,  1908,  and 
afterwards  alone;  Methodist;  Repub- 
lican; supervisor  of  checklist  since 
1899;  member,  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1902,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1905;  trustee,  Fiske 
Free  Library,  since  1905;  member, 
Stevens  high  school  committee,  fifteen 
years;  trustee,  trust  funds,  town  of 
Claremont;  director,  People's  Na- 
tional Bank,  Monadnock  Mills;  mem- 
ber, Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Dartmouth,  Phi 
Delta  Phi,  B.  V.  Law  School;  in., 
June  7,  1899,  Mary  Agnes  Coburn; 
children,  Harriet  Louise,  Caroline 
Leland,  Ira  Gordon,  Jr.,  Margaret 
Coburn,  Grace  Mary.  Residence, 
Claremont,  N.  H. 

Currier,  Frank  Dunklee 

Lawyer;  b.,  Canaan,  X.  H.,  Oct.  30, 
1853;  s.  Horace  S.  and  Emma  C.  (Plast- 
ridgc)  Currier;  ed.  Kimball  Union 


Academy  and  Dr.  Hixon's  School, 
Lowell,  Mass.;  studied  law,  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1874,  and  commenced 
practice  in  Canaan,  1875;  Republican; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1879;  1899-1900  (speaker) ;  clerk, 
N.  H.  senate,  1883-4;  president,  1887- 
8;  secretary,  Republican  state  com- 
mittee, 1882-90;  naval  officer,  port  of 
Boston,  1890-4;  member,  U.  S.  house 
of  representatives,  1901-13;  defeated 
for  re-election  by  Raymond  B.  Stevens; 
since  in  retirement.  Residence,  Ca- 
naan, N.  H. 

Chamberlin,  Alonzo  Laban 

Lawyer;  b.,  Pomfret,  Vt.,  Sept.  14, 
1858;  s.  Alonzo  L.  and  Mary  S.  (Car- 
roll) Chamberlin;  ed.  common  schools; 
studied  law  and  admitted  to  the  New 
Hampshire  bar  in  Concord,  July,  1895; 
in  practice  since  in  Lebanon;  Uni- 


tarian; Democrat,  active  in  party 
affairs  and  member  of  the  Democratic 
state  committee,  eight  years;  ap- 
pointed postmaster  of  Lebanon  by 
President  Wilson  in  1914,  and  now  in 


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office;  member,  Rising  Sun  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Residence,  Lebanon, 
N.  H. 

Carlton,  Charles  Elijah 

Banker;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug.  1, 


1872;  s.  Elijah  Winship  and  Sarah 
Alner  (Gawler)  Carlton;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  high  school,  1889;  Epis- 
copalian; Republican;  entered  employ 
of  the  banking  house  of  E.  H.  Rollins 
&  Sons,  in  Concord,  in  1891;  removed 
to  Boston  with  the  corporation  in  1892, 
and  has  continued  with  the  same  since; 
elected  treasurer  in  1916,  which  posi- 
tion he  now  holds;  treasurer,  Colorado 
Securities  &  Realty  Co.;  member,  Miz- 
pah  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Cambridge 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  Boston  Com- 
maiidery  K.  T.,  Aleppo  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  Engineers  Club,  Economic 
Club.  Residence,  19  Trowbridge  St., 
Cambridge,  Mass. 

Bugbee,  Perley  Rufus 

Banker;   b.,   Corinth,    Vt.,    Nov.   G, 


1865;  s.  Justin  and  Abbie  M.  (Dana) 
Bugbee;  ed.  public  school,  North 
Pomfret,  Vt.,  Dartmouth  College, 
1890;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
treasurer,  Hanover  village  precinct, 
eleven  years;  commissioner,  Hanover 
village  precinct,  1901-9;  chairman, 
Hanover  board  of  education,  1909-18; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1913-14,  1915-16;  cashier  and 
director,  Dartmouth  Nat'l  Bank; 
treasurer  and  trustee,  Dartmouth 
Savings  Bank;  clerk  and  treasurer, 
Hanover  Water  Works  Co.,  since 
organization,  May,  1893,  director  since 
1904;  incorporator  and  treasurer,  Stock- 
bridge  Ass'n  (boys'  club),  since  organ- 
ization in  1897;  treasurer,  Dartmouth 
College  Alumni  Ass'n,  since  1897; 
secretary,  treasurer  and  trustee,  Howe 


Library,  since  organization  in  1900; 
member,  Sigma  Chi  Fraternity,  Grad- 
uates' Club;  in.,  Oct.  16,  1901,  Eliza- 
beth C.  Campbell;  one  dau.,  Elizabeth 
Mary.  Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 


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Felker,  Samuel  Demeritt 

Lawyer;  b.,  Rochester,  N.  H.,  April 
16,  1859;  s.  William  H.  and  Deborah 
A.  (Demeritt)  Felker;  ed.  Rochester 
schools,  New  Hampton  Literary  In- 
stitution, 1878,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.,  1882,  Boston  University  Law 
School,  LL.B.,  1887;  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1887  and  since  in  practice  in 
Rochester;  for  some  time  past  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Felker  &  Gunni- 
son;  Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
member,  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion 1889;  N.  H.  state  senate,  1891-2; 
mayor  of  Rochester,  1896-7;  city 
solicitor,  1899-1913;  governor  of  New 
Hampshire,  1913-14,  elected  by  the 
legislature  in  joint  convention  though 
receiving  34,203  votes,  at  the  polls,  to 
32,504  for  Franklin  Worcester  and 
14,401  for  Winston  Churchill  in  the 
November  election  at  which  the  con- 
stitutional amendment  providing  for 
plurality  election  was  ratified  by  the 
people;  chairman,  Rochester  school 
board,  four  years;  judge,  Rochester 
municipal  court,  since  1915;  director, 
Rochester  Trust  Co.,  member,  City 
Club;  received  hon.  A.M.,  Dartmouth, 
and  LL.D.,  N.  H.  State  College,  1913; 
m.,  June  26,  1900,  Mary  J.  Dudley, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  (Wellesley,  1883). 
Residence,  Rochester,  N.  H. 

Clay,  Charles  Leonidas 

Educator,  manufacturer;  b.,  An- 
dover, N.  H.,  Oct.  9,  1844;  s.  Horace 
S.  and  Mary  A.  (Sawyer)  Clay;  ed. 
public  schools,  Andover  and  New 
London  academies,  Colby  College, 
1868;  taught  for  thirteen  years  in  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.,  and  Grafton,  Water- 
town,  Whitinsville,  Ilolbrook  and  Bel- 
mont,  Mass.;  removed,  in  1881,  to 
Littleton,  N.  II.,  where  he  remained 
till  1895,  and  where  lie  was  mainly 
instrumental  in  the  organization  of 
the  Granite  State  Glove  Co.  at  the 
"Scythe  Factory"  village,  now  Ap- 
thorp,  with  whose  management  he  was 
connected,  and  which  was  the  precursor 
of  further  extensive  industrial  develop- 
ment promotive  of  the  growth  and 
prosperity  of  the  town;  served  from 


1886  to  1895,  as  a  member  of  the 
Littleton  board  of  education;  trustee 
of  library,  1894-5;  removed  to  Massa- 
chusetts in  the  latter  year,  where  he 
was  engaged  for  fourteen  years  as 
superintendent  of  schools  in  the  Harv- 
ard district  and  six  years  in  the  Dana 
district,  returning,  then,  to  Littleton; 
Congregationalist;  Independent  Demo- 
crat; member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (32d 
degree),  P.  of  H.,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
Fraternity;  m.,  1st,  Nov.  28,  1873, 


Stella  Louise  Redi  gton,  Littleton,  d. 
May  24,  1SSS;  children,  Paul  Reding- 
toni  b.  Feb.  Hi,  1S75  (Dartmouth  1897), 
lawyer,  Lawrence,  Mass.;  Ruth  Stow- 
cll,  b.  Aug.  S.  1x77  (dishing  Academy), 
in.,  June  :>,  1901.  William  G.  McCrillis, 
druggist,  Bristol,  X.  11.;  Grace  Ely,  b. 
Fel).  2"),  1XXO  I  Andover  Seminary), 
in.  Daniel  H.  Dickinson,  civil  engineer, 
West  Somerville,  Mass.;  Starr  Sawyer, 
1).  Oct.  IX,  1SX1.  d.  May  19,  1886; 
2d.  Oct.  I'.t.  1X'.)2.  Emma  Fellows  Lan- 
caster, Tilton,  d.  Dec.  12.  11114;  one 
son,  Charles  Lancaster,  b.  Dec.  6,  1S96 
(Springfield,  Mass.,  Central  high  school, 


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1915,  Dartmouth  College,  1919);  3d, 
Oct.  3,  1916,  Delia  Bingham  Mitchell, 
Littleton.  Residence,  Littleton,  N.  H. 

Eastman,  Clarence  Willis 

Educator;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
3,  1873;  s.  Charles  L.  and  Sarah 
(French)  Eastman;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Worcester, 
Mass.,  Worcester  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute, B.S.,  1894;  instructor  of  Modern 
Languages,  W.  P.  I.,  1894-5;  graduate 


study,  University  of  Gottingen,  1K95-6; 
University  of  Leipzig,  1896-8;  Ph.D., 
Leipzig,  1898;  instructor  in  German, 
1898-1901,  assistant  professor  of  Ger- 
man, 1901-7,  State  University  of  Iowa; 
in  charge  of  German  work,  University 
of  Missouri  Summer  School,  summers 
of  1903  and  1905;  instructor,  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  summer  quarter,  1902; 
associate  professor  of  German  language 
and  literature,  Amherst  College,  since 
1909;  traveled  abroad,  summers  of 
1909  and  1912;  member  of  Plattsburg 
Training  Camp,  Aug.,  1916;  in  charge 
of  military  training,  Amherst  College, 


spring  of  1917;  Episcopalian;  Inde- 
pendent; member,  Amherst  Golf  Club, 
Holyoke  Canoe  Club,  Faculty  Club 
(Amherst),  Modern  Language  Ass'n  of 
America,  Modern  Language  Ass'n  of 
New  England,  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  Federal  Training  Camps 
Ass'n;  m.,  Aug.  29,  1906,  Ann  Hull 
Dey;  children,  Anthony  Dey,  b.  July 
8,  1908,  Philip  Dey,  b.  Nov.  25,  1909; 
Karl  Dey,  b.  June  17,  1912.  Residence, 
Amherst,  Mass. 

Chase,  Charles  Parker 

Educator,  banker;  b.,  West  New- 
bury,  Mass.,  May  6,  1845;  s.  Samuel  S. 
and  Eunice  (Colby)  Chase;  ed.  Phillips 
Andover  Academy  and  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.B.,  1869,  A.M.,  1872;  tutor  in 
Greek,  Dartmouth  College,  1870-2; 
professor  of  Latin,  Olivet  College, 
Mich.,  1872-8;  instructor  in  political 
economy,  Dartmouth,  1884-92;  treas- 
urer, Dartmouth  College,  from  1890 — - 
now  treasurer  emeritus;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  cashier,  Dartmouth 
National  Bank,  1878-92,  president 
since;  vice-president,  Dartmouth  Sav- 
ings Bank;  president,  Grafton  County 
Electric  Light  &  Power  Co.;  member, 
University  Club,  Boston,  and  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
College  societies;  m.,  July  7,  1874, 
Fanny  Huntington,  Hanover.  Resi- 
dence, Hanover,  N.  H. 

Stone,  George  Weare 

Lawyer;  b.,  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
11,  1857;  s.  Charles  J.  F.  and  Abbie 
Anna  (Weare)  Stone;  ed.  New  London 
Literary  and  Scientific  Institute  (now 
Colby  Academy),  1874,  Dartmouth 
College,  1878,  Boston  University  Law 
School,  1882;  studied  law  with  Hon. 
John  M.  Shirley  at  Andover;  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1882;  in  partnership  with 
Mr.  Shirley  in  practice  from  Jan., 
1883  till  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1887, 
since  then  alone;  Unitarian;  Democrat; 
superintendent  of  schools,  1879-80; 
member,  board  of  education,  nine 
years;  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1885,  1887  (Democratic  candidate  for 
speaker,  1887);  N.  II.  constitutional 


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convention,  1902,  1912;  clerk,  Concord 
&  Claremont  R.  R.;  trustee,  Proctor 
Academy;  trustee,  N.  H.  State  Library 
since  Dec.,  1913;  member  and  clerk, 


Merrirnack  Co.  Draft  Board,  No.  2, 
1917-;  member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  P.  of  H. ; 
m.,  April  28,  1887,  Stella  M.  Prince,  d. 
Dec.  28,  1914;  children,  Florence  G., 
b.  March  20,  1889,  d.  Feb.  2,  1906; 
Charles  S.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1892  (Dart- 
mouth, 1913);  left  Harvard  Law 
School,  1917,  to  enter  Plattsburg 
Training  Camp;  now  lieutenant,  Na- 
tional army;  Fred  W.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1899 
(Proctor  Academy,  1917).  Residence, 
Andover,  X.  H. 

McLane,  John  Roy 

Lawyer;  b.,  Milford,  X.  H.,  Jan.  7, 
1886;  s.  John  and  Kllen  L.  (Tuck) 
McLane;  (John  McLane  was  governor 
of  New  Hampshire,  1905-6);  ed.  St. 
Paul's  School,  Concord,  X.  H.,  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1907,  Oxford 
University,  B.A.,  1909  (Rhodes 
Scholar),  Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B., 
1912;  member  of  firm,  Taggart,  Wy- 
man,  McLane  and  Starr,  Manchester; 


Episcopalian;  Progressive  Republican; 
Mason;  treasurer,  N.  H.  Children's 
Aid  and  Protective  Soc.;  trustee,  St. 
Paul's  School,  19 17-;  trustee,  Elliot 
Hospital;  member,  Dartmouth  Alumni 
Council;  director,  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  m., 
June  12,  1915,  Elisabeth  Bancroft 
(Smith,  1914),  dau.  Dr.  Charles  P. 
and  Susan  C.  (Wood)  Bancroft  of 
Concord,  N.  H.  (see  Bancroft);  son, 
John  Roy  McLane,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  19, 
1916.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Farmer,  William  Parker 

City  assessor  of  Manchester;  b.r 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  July  19,  1856;  s. 
Peter  and  Mary  (Gault)  Farmer;  ed. 
Manchester  public  schools,  high  school, 
1876;  Methodist;  Democrat;  alderman, 
Ward  6,  Manchester,  1889-90;  city 
assessor  since  1905;  present  clerk, 
Ass'n  of  N.  H.  Assessors;  delegate  to 
Democratic  national  convention,  Den- 


ver, Colo.,  nominating  William  J. 
Bryan  for  President,  1900;  member, 
I.  ().  O.  F.,  K.  of  I'.,  I.  O.  R.  M.  (past 
Sachem,  Manesquo  Lodge),  P.  of  II., 


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seventh  degree  (past  master,  Amos- 
keag  Grange);  m.,  1st,  Jan.  12,  1882, 
Lucy  A.  Foss,  b.  July  11,  1860,  d.  July 
15,  1893;  2d,  June  23,  1896,  Imogene 
F.  Joy;  one  son,  Martin  Parker,  b. 
April  25,  1884,  paying  teller,  Amos- 
keag  Savings  Bank.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Matthews,  Joseph  Swett 

Lawyer,  Assistant  attorney  general; 
b.,  Franklin,  N.  H.,  Dec.  21,  1861; 
s.  George  B.  and  Emily  (Howard) 
Matthews;  ed.  Franklin  high  school, 
1879,  Dartmouth  College,  1884;  studied 
law  with  Reuben  E.  Walker,  of  Concord, 
now  associate  justice  N.  H.  supreme 
court;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1891  and 
since  in  practice  in  Concord;  member 
firm  of  Matthews  &  Sawyer,  1898-1905, 
afterwards  alone;  Episcopalian;  Repub- 
lican; member,  Concord  board  of  al- 
dermen, two  terms;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1907-8,  chair- 
man, committee  on  ways  and  means; 
legacy  tax  attorney,  1906-13;  assist- 
ant attorney  general  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1915— -devoting  attention  to  mat- 
ters of  civil  procedure;  conducted  the 
research  work  and  wrote  New  Hamp- 
shire's answer  in  the  boundary  contro- 
versy between  New  Hampshire  and 
Vermont;  trustee,  Merrimack  County 
Savings  Bank;  treasurer  trustees,  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church  in  N.  H.; 
member,  Blazing  Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Concord,  \Vonolancet  Club; 
m.,  Dec.  10,  1890,  Clara  Helen  Web- 
ster; children,  Emily  Webster,  b.  Aug. 
27,  1892  (St.  Mary's  School,  1911, 
Hollins  College,  Hollins,  Va.,  two  years, 
New  England  Conservatory),  Jane 
Webster,  b.  May  23,  1896  (St.  Mary's 
School,  1914,  WeUesley,  1919).  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Whippen,  Frank  Warren 

Clergyman;  b.,  Lynn,  Mass.,  June 
20,  1856;  s.  Henry  Cass  and  Lydia 
(Richards)  Whippen;  ed.  Lynn  schools 
and  Tufts  College,  A.B.,  1878,  B.D., 
1881;  ordained  to  the  Universalist 
ministry  at  Shelbourne  Falls,  Mass., 
Oct.  12,  1882;  has  been  pastor  of  the 
11 


Universalist  Church  at  Kingston  for 
nearly  twenty  years  past,  the  church 
at  Kensington  for  a  considerable  part 
of  that  time  having  also  been  in  his 
charge;  for  ten  years  last  past,  he  has 
been  secretary  of  the  Universalist 
State  Convention,  and  for  the  last 
six  years  state  superintendent  of 
churches;  Republican;  member,  Kings- 
ton school  board  many  years;  trustee, 
Nichols  Memorial  Library;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1913- 


14;  1915-10;  member,  I.  O.  O.  F. 
(Past  Grand,  Columbian  Lodge,  No. 
85);  m.,(  Aug.  26,  1885,  Miranda  S. 
Swan,  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.;  six 
children,  Henry  Cass  (Tufts,  1907),  d. 
Feb.  11,  1912;  Elsie  S.  (Sanborn 
Seminary,  1906,  now  of  Concord); 
Leonard  S.  (Tufts,  1913),  civil  engi- 
neer, now  in  U.  S.  Army  service; 
Annie  (Mrs.  John  Bragdon,  Kingston) ; 
Norman  (N.  H.  College,  1918),  in 
Medical  Corps,  U.  S.  Army;  Elbert  W. 
(Tufts,  1917),  licensed  preacher,  pursu- 
ing Theological  studies.  Residence, 
Kingston,  N.  H. 


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Adams,  Wesley 

Farmer,  b.,  Nelson,  N.  H.,  July  2, 
1872;  s.  Israel  and  Ruby  Ann  (Elliott) 
Adams;  ed.  Londonderry  public  schools, 
Pinkerton  Academy,  Deny,  and  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College;  Presby- 
terian ;  Republican ;  selectman,  London- 
derry, 1905-6;  moderator,  London- 
derry town  and  school  meetings; 
deputy  sheriff,  Rockingham  County 
since  1905;  member,  advisory  board, 
N.  H.  Department  of  Agriculture, 


1914;  member,  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  Deny:  prominent  in  the  order 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  having  been  a 
district  deputy  of  the  State  ('.range 
four  years,  gatekeeper  two  years, 
steward  six  years,  overseer  four  years, 
and  master  four  years — 1913  to  1917, 
inclusive — and  now  serving  a  three 
years'  term  as  member  of  the  executive 
committee,  elected  Dec.,  1917;  m.,  June 
21,  190S,  Mabel  M.  Xevins.  Resi- 
dence, Londonderry,  X.  11.  (Deny 
P.  O.). 


Tucker,  William  Jewett 

Clergyman,  educator;  b.,  Griswold, 
Conn.,  July  13,  1839;  s.  Henry  and 
Sarah  (Lester)  Tucker;  ed.  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.,  1861;  Andover  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  1866;  D.D.,  Dart- 
mouth, 1875,  U.  of  Vt.,  1904;  LL.D., 
Williams,  1893,  Yale  1895,  Wesleyan, 
1903,  Columbia,  1906;  ordained  in  the 
Congregational  ministry,  1867;  pastor, 
Franklin  St.  Church,  Manchester, 
1867-75,  Madison  Square  Presbyterian 
Church,  New  York  City,  1875-9; 
professor  of  sacred  rhetoric  and  lec- 
turer on  pastoral  theology,  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  1879-93;  presi- 
dent, Dartmouth  College,  1893-1909; 
president  emeritus  since  1909;  asso- 
ciate editor,  Andover  Review,  1884-93; 
lecturer,  Lowell  Institute,  1894;  Ly- 
ra an  Beecher  lecturer,  Yale  Divinity 
School,  1897;  University  preacher, 
Harvard,  190(M)1;  member,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  American  Academy  Arts  and 
Sciences,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Uni- 
versity Club,  Boston;  author,  "From 
Liberty  to  Unity,"  1902;  "The  Making 
and  the  Unmaking  of  the  Preacher," 
1909;  "Public  Mindedness,"  1910; 
"Personal  Power,"  1910;  "The  Func- 
tion of  the  Church  in  Modern  Society," 
1911 ;  contributor  to  various  periodicals; 
m.,  1st,  Jime  22,  1870,  Charlotte  H. 
Rogers,  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  d.  Sept.  15, 
1882;  2d,  June  23,  1887,  Charlotte  B. 
Cheever,  Worcester,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, Hanover,  N.  H. 

Sanborn,  John  Page 

Publisher;  b.  Fremont,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
9,  1844;  s.  Alvah  and  Nancy  (Page) 
Sanborn;  ed.  New  Hampton  Institute 
and  Dartmouth  College,  1869;  taught 
school  two  years  in  Ohio  and  Maine; 
editor,  Newport,  R.  I.,  Daily  News, 
1871 ;  in  Nov.,  1872,  became  editor 
and  proprietor  of  the  Newport  Mercury, 
which  he  has  since  conducted,  and 
which  claims  the  distinction  of  being 
the  oldest  paper  in  the  country — a  large 
printing  and  publishing  plant  is  con- 
nected with  the  paper;  Republican; 


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member,  Newport  School  Committee, 
1874-81;  R.  I.  house  of  representatives, 
1879-82  (speaker  in  1881-2);  state 
senate,  1885-6,  and  again  in  1889  and 
several  successive  years  (president, 
three  years);  again  member  of  the 
house  in  1898-9,  and  of  the  senate 
since  1906;  member,  Northern  Pacific 
Railway  Commission,  1882;  delegate 
in  Republican  national  convention, 
1880,  1884;  member,  R.  I.  commission, 
Columbian  Exposition,  Chicago,  1893; 
ex-corn.  Centennial  Celebration,  Perry's 
Lake  Erie  Victory,  1913;  conspicuous 
in  Masonry,  past  Grand  High  Priest, 
Royal  Arch  Masons  of  R.  I.,  Past 
Grand  Commander,  Grand  Command- 
ery  K.  T.  of  Mass,  and  R.  I.;  Supreme 
treasurer,  N.  E.  O.  P.,  twenty-five 
vears;  treasurer,  R.  I.  Soc.,  S.  A.  R.; 
m.  April  7,  1870,  Isabella  M.  Higbee, 
Newport,  N.  H.;  children,  S.  Florence 
(Mrs.  A.  S.  Howard),  Alvah  H.,  John 
Royal.  Residence,  Newport,  R.  I. 

Hoyt,  Horace  F. 

Farmer  and  business  interests;  b., 
Enfield,  N.  H.,  Oct.  26,  1842;  s.  Horace 
F.  and  Caroline  E.  (Hardy)  Hoyt;  ed. 
public  schools  of  Hanover,  in  which 
town  he  has  had  his  home  since  early 
childhood;  Baptist,  Republican;  cast 
his  first  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln  for 
president,  and  has  missed  voting  at  no 
election  since,  except  the  primary  of 

1916,  when  he  was  ill  in  a  hospital; 
selectman,    Hanover,     1868-73;    com- 
missioner for  Grafton  County,   1894- 
1912,  nominated  by  acclamation  eight 
times;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1893,  chairman,  committee 
on    retrenchment    and    reform;    1915, 
chairman,  committee  on  county  affairs 
(vice-president      Farmers'      Council), 

1917,  chairman,  committee  on  county 
affairs,  member,  committee  on  equali- 
zation of  taxes;  superintendent,  Han- 
over Town  Farm,  1887-90;  served  as 
tax  collector  for  Hanover  twenty-eight 
years  in  succession;  trustee  of  public 
funds;  director  and  treasurer,  Hanover 
public  library;  president,  Etna  Cream- 
ery Ass'n;  director  and  trustee,  Baptist 
church,     Etna;     director,     Dartmouth 


Savings  Bank;  Mason  for  more  than 
fifty  years,  member,  Franklin  Lodge, 
and  St.  Andrew's  Chapter,  R.  A.  M., 
Lebanon,  and  has  taken  the  Templar 
degrees;  Patron  of  Husbandry  forty- 
two  years,  chaplain,  Mascoma  Valley 
Pomona  Grange  twenty-seven  years, 
and  N.  H.  State  Grange  eleven  years, 
and  still  in  office;  gave  much  time  and 
effort  to  the  establishment  of  a  public 
library  at  the  village  of  Etna,  which  has 
now  over  2,600  volumes  and  many 


pamphlets,  and  is  housed  in  a  fine 
brick  building,  with  slated  roof  and 
hardwood  floors;  m.,  Nov.  5,  1868, 
Minnie  R.  Coates,  d.  Jan.  23,  1913; 
two  children,  Willis  P.,  b.  Nov.  7, 
1869,  d.  Jan.,  1907;  Caro  E.  (Mrs. 
John  D.  Aver)  b.  July  6,  1874,  d.  June 
22,  1897.  Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
(Etna  P.O.). 

Brackett,  Charles  Albert 

_  Dentist;  b.,  Lempster,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
2,  1850;  s.  Joseph  and  Lydia  Lucretia 
(Hunt)  Brackett ;  ed.  public  schools  and 
under  tutelage  of  parents;  commenced 


CHARLES  A.   BRACRETT,  D.M.D. 


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study  of  dentistry  in  1870  with  Dr. 
Levi  C.  Taylor,  then  of  Holyoke,  Mass., 
now  of  Hartford,  Conn,  (see  page  91), 
meanwhile  pursuing  the  course  of 
study  in  the  dental  department  of 
Harvard  University,  from  which  he 
graduated,  D.M.D.,  in  1873,  immedi- 
ately locating  in  practice  in  Newport, 
R.  I.,  where  he  has  since  continued. 
Instructor  in  dental  therapeutics, 
Harvard  Dental  School,  1874-80; 
assistant  professor,  1880-3;  professor 
of  dental  pathology  and  therapeutics, 
1883-90;  professor  of  dental  pathology 
since  1890 — making  forty-four  years 
teaching  service  at  Harvard;  president, 
R.  I.  State  Board  of  Registration  in 
Dentistry,  1888-97;  delegate,  Inter- 
national Medical  Congress,  London, 
1881;  ninth  International  Medical 
Congress,  Washington,  1887;  World's 
Columbian  Dental  Congress,  Chicago, 
1893;  member  corporation,  Newport 
Hospital;  chairman,  committee  for 
drafting  new  city  charter,  Newport, 
1906;  trustee,  People's  Free  Public 
Library,  Newport;  director  and  vice- 
president,  Aquidneck  National  Bank 
and  Newport  &  Fall  River  St.  Railway 
Co.;  director,  Newport  Trust  Co.; 
member,  R.  I.  (ex-president),  Mass. 
and  N.  H.  Dental  Socs.,  Northeastern 
Dental  Ass'n  (ex-president),  First  Dis- 
trict Dental  Soc.,  New  York,  Ameri- 
can Academy  of  Dental  Science  (ex- 
president),  National  Dental  Ass'n; 
trustee  and  consulting  dental  surgeon, 
Newport  Hospital;  member,  Repre- 
sentative City  Council,  Newport,  since 
1906;  member,  Harvard  Club  of  Rhode 
Island,  Harvard  Club  of  Boston  and 
many  other  organizations;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  m.,  Feb.  3,  1886,  Mary 
Irish  Spencer,  Newport.  Residence, 
102  Touro  St.,  Newport,  R.  I. 

DeMerritt,  John 

Railway  and  army  service;  b., 
Madbury,  N.  H.,  Aug.  8,  1856;  s.  Ezra 
Edric  and  Louisa  (DeMerritt)  DeMer- 
ritt; ed.  public  schools,  Coe's  Academy, 
Northwood,  N.  H.,  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  Mass.  (1875-7),  Colby  Acad- 
emy, New  London,  N.  H.,  1878; 


entered  service  of  B.  &  M.  Railroad, 
as  station  agent  at  Madbury,  1879; 
worked  up  through  various  depart- 
ments, to  the  position  of  city  pas- 
senger and  ticket  agent  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  which  he  held  till  1897,  when  he 
resigned;  Unitarian;  Republican;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1887,  serving  on  finance  committee; 
sergeant-at-arms,  N.  H.  state  senate, 
1897,  1901;  appointed  paymaster, 
U.  S.  V.,  Spanish  War,  by  President 


McKinley,  May,  1898,  with  the  rank 
of  major,  being  the  third  of  his  name 
in  direct  descent  to  hold  this  title,  the 
first  being  one  of  the  heroes  serving 
at  the  capture  of  Fort  William  and 
Mary,  at  Newcastle,  in  December, 
1774,  and  the  second  receiving  his 
commission  from  Gov.  John  Langdon; 
assigned  to  the  staff  of  Maj.  Gon. 
Wesley  Merritt,  Dept.  of  the  Pacific; 
on  duty  at  San  Francisco  during  the 
organization  of  the  department,  and, 
later— from  Aug.,  1898  to  Feb.,  1899, 
at  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  when 
he  was  transferred  to  the  staff  of  Maj. 


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Gen.  Elwell  S.  Otis;  on  account  of  pro- 
longed illness  from  fever,  he  was 
obliged  to  return  to  the  States  in  May, 
1899,  since  when  he  has  made  his  home 
on  the  ancestral  estate  in  Madbury. 
Maj.  DeMerritt  has  a  large  and 
interesting  collection  of  fire  arms,  and 
other  military  weapons,  which  he  has 
gathered  as  souvenirs.  Residence, 
Madbury,  N.  H.,  (Dover  P.  O.). 

Black,  Archibald 

Minister;  b.,  Rothesay,  Bute,  Scot- 


land, May  24,  1877,  s.  Hugh  and  Isa- 
bella (McDougall)  Black;  ed.  Rothesay 
Academy,  1892,  Glasgow  University, 
B.A.,  1900,  United  Free  Church  Hall, 
Glasgow,  and  Union  Theological  Semi- 
nary, New  York,  B.D.,  1909;  while  in 
Glasgow  University,  editor  of  The 
Lord  Rector,  sub.  editor  Glasgow 
University  Magazine;  prize  man  in 
English  literature  and  vice-president 
of  Liberal  Club;  ordained  by  New  York 
Presbytery,  1909;  minister,  Bedford 
Park  Presbyterian  church,  New  York 
Citv,  1909-14,  South  Congregational 


church,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1914-; 
trustee,  N.  H.  Home  Missionary  Soc., 
secretary  (unpaid),  Congregational 
American  Missionary  Ass'n;  member, 
Central  Congregational  Club  of  N.  H., 
Merrimack  Ass'n  Congregational 
Churches,  Concord  Ministers'  Confer- 
ence, Anti-Saloon  League  (Mem.  Head- 
quarters Com.),  Nat.  Security  League, 
N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and  Protective 
Soc.,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Wonolancet 
and  Beaver  Meadow  Golf  clubs;  m., 
May  6,  1913,  Ruth  Hunter,  New 
Rochelle,  N.  Y.;  one  son,  Robert 
Hunter,  b.  April  8,  1915.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Herbert,  John 

Lawyer;  b.,  Wentworth,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
2,  1849;  s.  Samuel  and  Lydia  Maria 
(Darling)  Herbert;  ed.  public  schools, 
Rumney,  N.  H.,  and  Boston,  Mass.; 
Dartmouth  College  (1871);  principal 
of  New  Ipswich  Appleton  Academy 
for  three  years;  studied  law  with  his 
father;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1875;  began  practice  in  Boston  in  1880, 
with  ex-Senator  Bambridge  Wadleigh 
and  Frederick  P.  Fish,  and  has  since 
practiced  there;  member  of  the  Boston 
Bar  Ass'n,  Massachusetts  Bar  Ass'n 
and  American  Bar  Ass'n;  is  or  has  been 
president  of  the  Appalachian  Mountain 
Club,  Congregational  Club  of  Boston 
and  vicinity,  Municipal  League  of 
Somerville,  Independent  Club  of 
Somerville,  Appleton  Academy  Ass'n, 
Scientific  Temperance  Ass'n,  Progress- 
ive League  of  Somerville,  Mystic 
Valley  Club,  Somerville  Citizen  Co., 
Federation  of  Churches  of  Somerville, 
E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.,  Bear  Creek  Oil  Co., 
and  Eastern  Forge  Co.  of  Massachu- 
setts; director  of  the  Somerville  Journal 
Co.,  Merchants  Co-operative  Bank  of 
Boston,  The  Congregational  Sunday- 
School  and  Publishing  Soc.,  Somer- 
ville Board  of  Trade,  and  Somerville 
Young  Men's  Christian  Ass'n;  a  visitor 
of  Tufts  College;  member  of  the 
Twentieth  Century  Club,  executive 
committee  of  the  Republican  Club  of 
Massachusetts,  Economic  Club,  Mass- 
achusetts Press  Ass'n,  and  New 


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Hampshire  Club;  is  a  member  of  the 
Winter  Hill  Congregational  Church, 
of  John  Abbott  Lodge  of  Masons,  and 
of  De  Molay  Commandery;  prior  to 
1912  he  was  a  Republican,  but  he 
then  joined  the  Progressive  party  and 
was  the  Progressive  candidate  for 
Congress  in  the  ninth  congressional 
district  of  Massachusetts;  in  1913  was 
the  Citizens'  candidate  for  mayor  of 
Somerville;  in  1914  was  chairman  of  a 
committee  to  prepare  a  new  charter 
for  the  city  of  Somerville;  m.,  1st, 
Aug.  1,  1872,  Alice  C.  Guy  of  Peacham, 
Vt.,  d.  Feb.,  1914;  children,  Carl  G., 
and  Lena  F.;  m.  2d,  June  24,  1915, 
Blanche  E.  Roscoe,  of  Flint,  Mich., 
child,  John  Herbert,  Jr.  Residence, 
Somerville,  Mass. 

Wason,  George  Butler 

Banker;  b.,  New  Boston,  N.  H., 
April  20,  1869;  s.  George  A.  and  Clara 
L.  (Hills)  Wason;  ed.  public  schools  of 
New  Boston  and  Nashua  (high  school, 
1889);  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Nashua  at  the  age  of  fifteen;  entered 
employ  of  Wason,  Pierce  &  Co., 
wholesale  grocers,  in  July,  1889, 
working  through  all  departments  till 
1896,  and  representing  the  firm  in 
southern  New  Hampshire;  upon 
death  of  Mr.  Pierce,  in  1896,  became 
&  member  of  the  firm,  assuming  direc- 
tion of  the  financial  end  of  the  business; 
and  upon  the  death  of  his  uncle, 
Robert  B.  Wason,  in  1906,  became  the 
head  of  the  firm;  in  1906-7  Mr. 
Wason  was  president  of  the  Boston 
Wholesale  Grocers  Ass'n,  and  in  1911 
of  the  National  Wholesaler's  Ass'n  of 
America,  traveling  50,000  miles  in 
the  interests  of  the  organization,  and 
securing  the  enactment  by  Congress 
of  the  federal  law  compelling  the  state- 
ment of  net  weight  on  packages,  thus 
protecting  the  public  from  short 
weight;  upon  the  organization  of  the 
Liberty  Trust  Co.  of  Boston,  in  1907, 
he  was  chosen  its  president,  which 
position  he  still  holds;  Republican; 
member  of  Ward  Ten  Committee, 
Cambridge,  where  he  has  resided  since 
1889;  delegate  from  Eighth  Mass. 


Congressional  district  in  Republican 
national  convention,  1916;  elected  to 
the  Governor's  Council  from  fourth 
councillor  district,  Nov.,  1917;  member, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (32d  degree),  B.  P.  O.  E., 
P.  of  H.,  Boston  City  Club,  Cambridge 
Club  (director),  Belmont  Spring  Coun- 
try Club,  Nashua  Country  Club,  Cam- 
bridge Board  of  Trade;  (he  owns  the 
Wason  and  Hills  homestead  in  New 
Boston,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  a  fine 
herd  of  registered  Hereford  cattle  and 


where  he  spends  his  summers);  m.,  1st, 
April  20,  1896,  Lillian  Maud  Fletcher, 
South  Orange,  N.  J.,  d.  May  7,  1907; 
2d,  June  9,  1909,  Estella  L.  Kierstead; 
children,  George  F.  (Harvard,  1920), 
Richard  A.  (Chauncy  Hall  School). 
Residence,  Cambridge,  Mass.;  business 
address,  197  Washington  St.,  Boston. 

Wendell,  Caroline  R. 

Social  anil  philanthropic  worker;  b., 
Dover,  N.  H.;  dan.  Daniel  H.  and 
Huldali  (Jenness)  Wendell,  her  father 
being  sixth  in  descent  from  Evert 


Miss  CAROLINE  R.  WENDELL 


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Jansen  Wendell,  the  first  of  the  name 
to  come  to  America  from  Holland,  in 
1640,  and  a  third  cousin  to  Wendell 
Phillips  and  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 
(The  coat  of  arms  of  the  Wendell 
family  in  Holland,  a  copy  of  which  is 
owned  by  Miss  Wendell,  represents  a 
merchant  ship,  under  full  sail,  and  two 
anchors  crossed.  This  was  stained  in 
nine  panes  of  glass  in  the  east  window 
of  the  old  Dutch  church  at  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  demolished  in  1805.)  Miss 
Wendell  was  educated  in  the  Dover 
high  school  and  by  private  instruction ; 
member,  St.  John's  M.  E.  Church  of 
Dover;  many  years  vice-president  for 
New  Hampshire  National  Ass'n  for  the 
Advancement  of  Women,  of  which  Julia 
Wrard  Howe  was  president;  member, 
National  Conference  of  Charities  and 
Corrections  (corresponding  secretary 
for  New  Hampshire  several  years) ; 
since  1892  president,  N.  H.  W.  C.  T.  U., 
Mercy  Home  for  Girls  in  Manchester; 
member,  Committee  on  Dependent 
Children,  State  Conference  of  Charities 
and  Corrections;  director,  N.  H.  Anti- 
Tuberculosis  Ass'n;  corresponding  sec- 
retary, N.  H.  W.  C.  T.  U.,  1879-92, 
president,  1892-9  and  since  then  viee- 
president-at-large;  since  1899  member 
board  of  managers,  Wentworth  Home 
for  the  Aged,  Dover;  member,  Visiting 
Committee,  N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital 
for  Women  and  Children,  Concord; 
seven  years  member,  N.  H.  Daughters, 
Boston;  member,  local  and  state  Equal 
Suffrage  organizations,  Northam  Colo- 
nists, Dover  Woman's  Club  and  W.  C. 
T.  U.  Residence,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Ballard,  William  Preston 

Farmer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
18,  1849;  s.  Dea.  John  and  Hannah 
Gerrish  (Abbott)  Ballard;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Concord,  including  high 
school;  graduating  in  first  class  of 
N.  H.  State  College  (then  connected 
with  Dartmouth),  1871;  member, 
board  of  town  school  district,  six 
years,  Capital  Grange  of  Concord, 
having  held  most  of  the  offices,  in- 
cluding those  of  steward,  chaplain 
and  master  and  having  taken  the 


seventh  degree;  master,  MerrimackCo. 
Pomona  Grange,  and  present  chaplain; 
deputy  in  State  Grange;  deacon  of  the 
First  Congregational  church  several 
years;  lives  on  the  ancestral  farm  near 
Little  Pond,  which  has  descended  in 
direct  line  from  the  great-grandfather, 
Nathan  Ballard,  who  first  settled  there 
in  1792  (Deacon  Ballard  specializes  in 
dairy  farming);  Republican;  m.,  1st, 
Dec.  2,  1874,  Mary  E.  Bartlett  of 
Bath,  N.  H.,  d.  Jan.  14,  1899;  2d, 


March  9,  1905,  Mrs.  Mary  G.  (Martin) 
Philbrick;  children,  Eugene  Preston, 
b.  March  31,  1878,  d.  April  6,  1884; 
Lucy  Mabel,  b.  April  20,  1880,  m. 
George  L.  Spofford,  June  6,  1900; 
George  Edwin,  b.  Aug.  10,  1883,  m. 
Mary  O.  Hannaford,  April  13,  1906,  d. 
March  11,  1916,  leaving  four  children, 
John  Roger,  b.  Aug.  24,  1907,  Grace, 
b.  Sept,  1,  1909,  Eunice  Mae,  b.  June 
8,  1911,  George  William,  b.  Feb.  27, 
1913;  Lena  Frances,  b.  June  4,  18S9, 
m.  George  A.  Silva,  April  28,  1910; 
children,  George  Preston,  b.  Dec.  20, 
1911;  Gertrude,  b.  and  d.  Nov.  20,. 


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1912,  Evelyn  Mae,  b.  April  5,   1916. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Wallace,  James  Burns 

Lawyer;  b.,  Canaan,  N.  H.,  Aug.  14, 
1866;  s.  William  Allen  and  Mary  Dun- 
•can  (Currier)  Wallace;  ed.  public 
schools,  N.  H.  College  of  Agriculture, 
St.  Johnsbury  Academy,  Dartmouth 
College,  1887,  Columbia  University 
Law  School;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
New  York  and  practiced  in  that  state 
till  1906,  when  he  returned  to  Canaan, 
where  he  has  since  been  located  in 
practice;  Congrogationalist;  Republi- 
can; member,  Canaan  school  board, 
1901-8;  trustee,  town  library  since 
1907;  trustee,  town  funds  since  1916; 
moderator  since  1914;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives  1909-10;  state 
senator,  1913-14;  member,  N.  H.  exec- 
utive council  1915-16:  member,  A.  F. 


&  A.  M.,  lodge,  consistory,  command- 
fry  and  shrine;  P.  of  H./B.  1'.  ().  ]•]., 
K.  of  P.,  Knights  of  Khorossan;  tn., 
Dec.  22,  1SS<),  Alice  Hutchinson.  Re- 
sidence, Canaan,  N.  H. 


Morrill,  Arthur  Putnam 

Lawyer,  insurance;  b.,  Concord. 
N.  H.,  March  15,  1876;  s.  Obadiah  and 
Lilla  (Walker)  Morrill;  ed.  Concord 
schools,  Phillips  (Andover)  Academy, 
Yale  University,  Ph.B.,  1896;  Harvard 


Law  School  (two  years) ;  admitted  to 
X.  H.  bar,  1900;  member,  firm  of 
Sargent,  Niles  &  Morrill  till  1904,  when 
he  joined  the  insurance  firm  of  Morrill 
it  Danforth  with  which  he  continues; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  member, 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1912; 
member,  N.  II .  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1915-16,  1917-1S  (speaker); 
president,  Ward  5  Republican  Club; 
chairman,  Merrimack  Co.,  Republican 
Club;  member  executive  committee, 
Republican  state  committee,  1915; 
trustee,  Loan  &  Trust  Savings  Bank, 
Concord;  treasurer  and  director,  State 
Dwelling  House  Ins.  Co.;  vice-chair- 
man, N.  H.  branch  American  Red 
Cross;  member,  Concord  Committee 
of  Public  Safety;  executive  committee, 
X.  H.  Speakers'  Bureau  for  War  Pur- 
poses; member,  Wonolancet,  Beaver 


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Meadow  Golf,  Snowshoe  and  Concord 
Canoe  clubs,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  m.  Nov. 
5,  1901,  Florence  E.  Prescott;  children, 
Catherine,  b.  Oct.  29,  1902,  d.  Feb. 
22,  1908;  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  23,  1903; 
Virginia,  b.  April  30,  1905.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.H. 

Moore,  Herbert  Fisher 

Educator;  b.,  Penacook,  N.  H.,  July 
10,  1875;  s.  John  Howard  and  Isabel 
Nancy  (Brown)  Moore;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  N.  H.  State  College,  1898, 
Cornell  University,  M.E.,  1899,  Master 
of  Mechanical  Engineering,  1903;  in- 
structor in  Machine  Design,  Cornell, 
1900-03;  instructor  of  Mechanics  one 
year,  and  assistant  professor  two  years, 
1904-7,  University  of  Wisconsin;  assist- 
ant professor  of  engineering  materials, 
University  of  Illinois,  1907-14;  research 
professor  since  1914;  Congregation- 
alist;  member,  Kappa  Sigma,  Sigma 
Chi  (honorary  scientific),  Tau  Beta  Pi 
(honorary  engineering),  University 
Club,  Urbana,  111.,  Players"  Club, 
University  of  Illinois,  American  Soc. 
for  Testing  Materials,  American  Soc. 
of  Mechanical  Engineers,  Soc.  for 
Promotion  of  Engineering  Education; 
author,  "Text  Book  of  Engineering 
Materials,"  and  numerous  articles  and 
bulletins  of  the  Illinois  Engineering 
Experiment  Station;  has  devised  sev- 
eral machines  and  appliances  for  testing 
the  strength  of  materials;  m.,  Sept.  11, 
1902,  Grace  Agnes  Mark,  Gilsurn, 
N.  H.;  children,  Margaret,  b.  Aug.  23, 
1907;  Mark  Brown,  b.  Sept.  15,  1910. 
Residence,  Urbana,  111. 

Bancroft,  Charles  Parker 

Physician;  b.,  Jan.  11,  1852,  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.,  s.  Dr.  Jesse  P.  and 
Elizabeth  (Speare)  Bancroft;  ed.  Con- 
cord schools,  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy, 1870,  Harvard  University,  A.B., 
1874,  Harvard  Medical  School',  M.D., 
1878;  house  officer,  Boston  City  Hospi- 
tal, eighteen  months;  assistant,  N.  H. 
State  Hospital,  nine  months;  general 
practice,  Boston,  1879-82;  superin- 
tendent, N.  H.  State  Hospital,  1882- 
1917,  succeeding  his  father,  Dr.  J.  P. 


Bancroft,  who  was  superintendent  for 
twenty-five  years.  This  record  of 
sixty  years'  service  by  father  and  son  is 

frobably  unequalled  in  the  country, 
n  1890  Dr.  Bancroft  carried  out  the 
movement,  initiated  by  his  father,  for 
state  care  of  the  insane,  which  trans- 
ferred patients  from  the  county  poor- 
farms  and  placed  them  under  the  care 
of  the  state  where  better  treatment  is 
possible.  This  necessitated  the  erec- 
tion of  eight  new  buildings  at  the 
State  Hospital,  1900-11.  In  1888 
he  established  a  training-school  for 
nurses,  one  of  the  pioneer  schools  in 
hospitals  for  the  insane;  and  many 
years  ago  he  established  shops  for 
vocational  and  industrial  training  at 
the  State  Hospital.  At  his  suggestion 
the  state  bought  about  300  acres  of 
farm  land  for  the  colony  care  of  the 
insane.  Contributor  to  Wood's  "Ref- 
erence Handbook  of  the  Medical 
Sciences;"  author  of  14  monographs: 
"Inquiry  into  the  Causes  of  Insanity 
with  Especial  Reference  to  Prevention 
and  Treatment,"  1884;  "Automatic 
Muscular  Movements  Among  Insane," 
1891;  "Physical  Basis  pf  Sin,"  1894; 
"Two  Cases  of  Homicidal,  Amnesic, 
Transitory  Frenzy,"  1897;  "Sub-Con- 
scious Homicide  and  Suicide,"  1898; 
"Legal  and  Medical  Insanity,"  1900; 
"Paresis,"  1904;  "Reconciliation  of 
the  Disparity  between  Hospital  and 
Asylum  Trained  Nurses,"  1904; 
"Women  Nurses  on  Male  Wards  in 
Hospitals  for  the  Insane,"  1906; 
"Reception  Hospitals  and  Psycho- 
pathic Wards  in  State  Hospitals  for 
the  Insane,"  1907;  presidential  ad- 
dress, "Hopeful  and  Discouraging 
Aspects  of  the  Psychiatric  Outlook," 
1908;  "Is  there  an  Increase  Among 
the  Dementing  Psychoses?"  1914; 
"Some  Perils  Confronting  the  State 
Care  of  the  Insane,"  1914;  "Ought 
Limited  Responsibility  to  be  Recog- 
nized by  the  Courts?"  1910;  often 
summoned  before  the  courts  as  a 
medico-legal  export  in  the  capacity  of 
an  alienist.  Vice-president,  N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.;  member,  Boston  Soc. 
for  Psychiatry  and  Neurology,  Am. 


DR.  CHARLES  P.  BANCROFT 


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Psychological  Ass'n,  N.  E.  Soc.  of 
Psychiatry,  Boston  City  Hospital 
Alumni  Ass'n,  haying  been  president 
of  the  last  four;  director,  Mechanicks' 
National  Bank;  trustee  and  member, 
investment  committee,  N.  H.  Savings 
Bank;  president  N.  H.  State  Board  of 
Charities  and  Corrections;  member, 
Concord  Park  Commission,  Constitu- 
tional Convention  (1912),  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Wonolancet  Club,  N.  H. 
Harvard  Club,  N.  H.  Soc.  for  Preser- 
vation of  Forests,  N.  H.  Conference 
of  Charities  and  Corrections,  National 
Conference  of  Charities  and  Correc- 
tions, N.  H.  S.  A.  R.,  South  Congre- 
gational church  (trustee),  University 
and  Harvard  clubs  and  Appalachian 
Mountain  Club  (Boston);  Republican; 
m.,  Aug.  6,  1884.  Susan  Cushing  Wood; 
children,  Charles  Parker  (dec.), 
Jennette,  Elisabeth,  Miriam.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Pasquaney 
Lodge,  Newfound  Lake,  N.  H. 

Bancroft,  Susan  Cushing  Wood 

(Mrs.  Charles  P.  Bancroft);  club 
woman  and  social  worker;  b.,  Milford, 
Mass.,  March  15,  1861;  dau.  Barthol- 
omew and  Jennette  (Burke)  Wood;  ed. 
schools  of  Newton,  Mass.,  High  school, 
1878;  taught  in  private  school,  Phila- 
delphia, and  public  schools  of  Massa- 
chusetts five  years;  m.,  Newton  Center, 
Mass.,  Aug.  6,  1884,  Dr.  Charles  P. 
Bancroft  of  Concord,  N.  H.;  member, 
South  Congregational  church,  Concord 
Woman's  Club  (president,  1S95-7), 
N.  H.  Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs 
(serving  on  several  standing  commit- 
tees, president,  1899-1901) ;  treasurer, 
N.  H.  State  Conference  of  Charities 
and  Corrections,  190 1-;  trustee  of 
the  N.  H.  School  for  the  Feeble- 
Minded,  1900-13;  member,  Concord 
Board  of  Education,  1899-1908; 
director,  N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and 
Protective  Soc.,  1913-;  trustee,  N.  H. 
Memorial  Hospital  for  Women  and 
Children  (secretary,  1912-);  member, 
Concord  Female  Charitable  Soc.  (presi- 
dent, 1899-1902),  Woman's  Com- 
mittee, Council  of  National  Defense, 
N.  H.  Division;  member,  executive 


committee,  N.  H.  Branch  National 
Civic  Federation,  Soc.  for  Preservation 
of  N.  H.  Forests,  Stratford  (Shake- 
speare) Club  (president,  1917  -), 
Country  Club,  Friendly  Club,  District 
Nursing  Ass'n,  Charity  Organization 
Soc.,  Mayflower  Club  and  .Woman's 
E.  and  1.  Union  (Boston);  executive 
committee,  N.  H.  Equal  Suffrage 
Ass'n,  Concord  Equal  Suffrage  League 
(president,  1916  -);  has  frequently 
spoken  before  clubs  on  charitable, 


educational  and  suffrage  work;  chil- 
dren, Charles  Parker,  b.  May  28,  1886, 
d.  Sept.  28,  1887;  Jennette,  b.  Sept.  22, 
1888,  A.  B.,  Vassar  College,  1911,  m. 
Asa  Shiverick  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Feb. 
22,  1913,  children,  Jane  and  Asa,  Jr.; 
Elisabeth,  b.  May  17, 1891,  A.B.,  Smith 
College,  1914,  m.  John  R.  McLane  of 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  June  12,  1915,  son, 
John  R.,  Jr.;  Miriam,  b.  April  24,  1894, 
Abbot  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  1914, 
nurse  in  training,  Peter  Bent  Brigham 
Hospital,  1917-.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H.,and  Pasquaney  Lodge,  Newfound 
Lake,  N.  H. 


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Beckwith,  Hira  Ransom 

Architect  and  builder;  b.,  Lempster, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  28,  1852;  s.  Ransom  P. 
and  Emily  L.  (Parker)  Beckwith;  ed. 
public  schools,  Marlow  Academy  and 


Stevens  High  School;  removed  to 
Claremont  with  his  mother  after  his 
father's  death,  when  eleven  years  of 
age;  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  with 
the  late  B.  P.  (lilman  of  Claremont; 
studied  architecture  in  Boston,  and 
at  the  age  of  21  formed  a  partnership, 
with  the  late  Levi  Chase,  carrying  on 
business  together  as  contractors  and 
builders  for  a  number  of  years,  since 
when  he  has  continued  alone,  doing  an 
extensive  business  at  home  and  abroad; 
many  of  the  finest  residences  in  Clare- 
mont have  been  designed  and  built  by 
him,  and  some  of  the  most  substantial 
public  buildings  and  business  blocks 
are  of  his  design,  and  their  construction 
superintended  by  him,  including  Hotel 
Claremont,  Union  Block,  and  the  town 
Hall  and  Opera  House;  the  Richards 
Free  Library  and  Sullivan  County 
Court  house  at  Newport  and  other 


important  buildings  at  Windsor,  White- 
River  Junction  and  Bellows  Falls,  Vt., 
and  in  Massachusetts  are  of  his  design; 
Universalist ;  Democrat;  assessor,  1908; 
Mason,  member  Hiram  Lodge,  and 
Sullivan  Commandery  of  Claremont, 
Bektash  Temple,  Concord;  m.,  1st., 
1878,  Libbie  A.  Martin,  Springfield, 
Vt.,  d.  1902;  2d,  1910,  Mrs.  Etta  M. 
Wolcott  Benjamin.  Residence,  Clare- 
mont, N.  H. 

Smith,  Jonathan 

Lawyer;  b.,  Peterborough,  N.  H., 
Oct.  27,  1842;  s.  John  and  Susan 
(Stearns)  Smith;  ed.  New  Hampton 
Institution,  New  Hampton,  N.  II., 
1867,  Dartmouth  College,  1871;  stud- 
ied law  with  Cross  &  Burnham, 
Manchester,  N.  H.;  admitted  to  Hills- 
borough  County  bar  in  1875;  practiced 
in  Manchester  till  1878  when  he  re- 
moved to  Clinton,  Mass.,  where  he  has 


since  resided;  Unitarian;  Republican; 
city  solicitor  of  Manchester,  1876-8; 
town  solicitor,  Clinton,  1SS9,  1891; 
chairman  Clinton  board  of  health, 
1SS5,  1S90;  member,  Mass,  house  of 


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representatives,  1886;  special  justice, 
second  district  court  of  Eastern  Wor- 
cester, 1882  to  1907;  standing  justice 
of  same  court  from  1907  to  date; 
president,  Clinton  Home  for  Aged 
People,  19 10-;  president,  Clinton 
Historical  Soc.,  1902-;  member,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  Mass.  Historical  Soc., 
N.  E.  Historic-Genealogical  Soc.;  hon- 
orary member,  Peterborough  His- 
torical Soc.;  Master  Trinity  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  1887,  1888;  High 
Priest,  Clinton  Chapter,  R.  A.  M., 
1885-6;  district  deputy  Grand  High 
Priest,  1893-4-5;  Grand  King,  Grand 
Chapter  Massachusetts,  1896;  deeply 
interested  in  the  history  and  genealogy 
of  his  native  town,  and  has  published 
several  books  pertaining  thereto  in- 
cluding: "The  Home  of  the  Smith 
Family,"  "The  Reunion  of  the  Smith 
Family,"  "A  New  Hampshire  Farm 
and  its  Owner,"  "Peterborough,  New 
Hampshire  in  the  American  Revolu- 
tion," and  "Old  Trinity  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  1778,  1892,  of  Lancaster,  Mass"; 
has  also  prepared  many  articles  for 
the  Mass.  Historical  Soc.,  appearing 
in  the  records  of  its  proceedings,  and 
written  much  for  periodicals  and  news- 
papers upon  the  history  of  Peter- 
borough; in.,  1st,  Dec.  13/1876,  Tirzah 
A.  R.  Dow,  d.  Aug.  28,  1881;  2d  Feb. 
23,  1886,  Elizabeth  C.  Stearns;  one 
dau.,  Susan  Dow  (Smith,  1902),  teacher 
of  English  in  Clinton  high  school.  Resi- 
dence, Clinton,  Mass. 

Carroll,  Annie  Wilkins 

(Mrs.  Charles  Herbert  Carroll);  b., 
Bedford  Center,  N.  H.,  Aug.  23,  18G6; 
dau.,  Dr.  William  Wesley  and  Persis 
Lucinda  (Morse)  Wilkins.  Dr.  Wilkins 
enlisted  in  2(1  X.  H.  Vols.,  May  9, 
1861;  was  acting  assistant  surgeon  in 
the  Navy,  Oct.  21,  1861-Dec.  22, 
1862,  serving  on  board  the  Shepard 
Knapp;  second  assistant  surgeon,  Aug. 
19,  1863-July  21,  1864.  Mrs.  Carroll 
was  educated  in  the  Manchester  schools 
and  by  private  instruction;  student  of 
the  piano  with  Frederick  W.  Batchelder 
of  Manchester  and  Walter  II.  Lewis, 
Boston,  1875-85;  studied  art  in  Bos- 


ton with  Samuel  L.  Gerry,  Edward  L. 
Champney,  George  W.  Seavey  and 
Melbourne  L.  Hardwick,  1885-91;. 
portrait  painter;  studied  in  Paris, 
France,  with  F.  Lasar,  1903;  Epis- 
copalian (St.  Paul's  church);  mem- 
ber, Concord  Woman's  Club  (presi- 
dent, 1917-),  Music  Club,  Rumford 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.  (treasurer,  1904-), 
Friendly  Club,  District  Nursing 
Ass'n,  Concord  Female  Charitable 
Soc.,  N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and  Pro- 


tective Soc.,  Red  Cross,  Woman's 
Council  of  National  Defense,  Soc.  for 
the  Preservation  of  N.  II.  Forests; 
in.  Charles  Herbert  Carroll  of  Concord, 
Sept,  17,  1S91;  son,  Charles  Wilkins, 
b.  1892;  d.  1895.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Pike,  Edwin  Bertram 

Manufacturer;  1).,  Salem,  Mass., 
July  24,  1866;  s.  Edwin  B.  and  Ade- 
laide (Miner)  Pike;  ed.  Haverhill, 
N.  II.,  and  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Acade- 
mies and  New  Hampton  Institution 
and  Commercial  College,  New  Hamp- 


COL.  E.  BERTRAM  PIKE 


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ton,  N.  H.  (St.  Johnsbury,  1884,  New 
Hampton,  1885);  descendant  of  John 
Pike  who  emigrated  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  to  Salisbury,  Mass.,  in  1635; 
both  his  paternal  and  maternal  ances- 
tors for  six  generations  have  been  New 
Hampshire  citizens;  traveling  sales- 
man, A.  F.  Pike  Manufacturing  Co., 
1886-7;  member  firm  of  Danforth  & 
Pike,  manufacturers'  agents,  Boston, 
1888-9;  general  superintendent,  Pike 
Mfg.  Co.,  Pike,  N.  H.,  1890-6;  treas- 
urer, Pike  Mfg.  Co.,  1893-8;  president, 
Pike  Mfg.  Co.,  since  1908;  president, 
Cortland  Grinding  Wheel  Corporation, 
Cortland,  N.  Y.;  president,  Manufac- 
turers' Corundum  Co.,  Toronto,  Ont.; 
president,  Lake  Tarleton  Club,  Pike, 
N.  H.;  vice-president,  D.  A.  Brebner, 
Ltd.,  Hamilton,  Ont.;  vice-president 
and  director,  National  Bank  of  New- 
bury,  Newbury,  Vt.;  vice-president 
for  New  Hampshire,  National  Ass'n 
of  Manufacturers,  1908-12;  president, 
White  Mountain  Board  of  Trade,  1911 ; 
president,  Cottage  Hospital,  Woods- 
ville,  N.  H.,  1905-13;  director,  Eastern 
States  Agriculture  &  Industrial  Expo- 
sition, Springfield,  Mass.;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  member,  Congregational 
Church,  Haverhill,  and  Bethany  Con- 
gregational Church,  Pike,  N.  H.; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1903-4;  major  on 
staff  of  Gov.  Robert  P.  Bass,  1911-12; 
Mason,  32d  degree;  past  master  Graf- 
ton  Lodge,  No.  46,  Haverhill;  member, 
Franklin  Chapter,  Lisbon,  Omega 
Council,  Plymouth,  Edward  A.  Ray- 
mond Consistory,  Nashua,  St.  Gerard 
Commandery,  Littleton,  Bektash 
Temple,  Concord;  member,  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Soc.  for  Protection  N.  H. 
Forests,  American  Forestry  Ass'n,  Na- 
tional Conservation  Soc.,  Appalachian 
Mountain  Club;  m.,  Feb.  18,  1911, 
Mamie  Pearson;  children,  Constance 
Harrison,  b.  Feb.  13,  1913;  E.  Bertram, 
Jr.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1915;  Deborah,  b.  April 
1,  1917.  Residence,  Pike,  N.  H. 

Wadleigh,  Fred  Tilton 

Clothing  merchant;  b.,  Sanbornton, 
N.  H.,  Nov.   2,  1870;  s.  John  B.  and 

12 


Aruthesa  (Tilton)  Wadleigh;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  New  Hampton  Institute, 
1891  (valedictorian);  Baptist;  progress- 
ive Republican;  member  and  chair- 
man, Milford  water  board;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1907-8, 
serving  on  committee  on  revision  of 
statutes,  and  introducing  a  bill  pro- 
viding for  the  direct  primary,  which 
became  the  law  at  a  subsequent  session; 
member,  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  1912,  serving  on  the  special 


committee  on  woman  suffrage,  and 
signing  the  minority  report  in  favor 
of  the  amendment;  member,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  1.  O.  O.  F.;  taught  school 
in  youth,  but  has  been  engaged  in  the 
clothing  trade  in  Milford  for  the  last 
twenty-five  years;  great-grandson  of 
James  Wadleigh,  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution and  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Sanbornton;  m.,  April  19,  1899,  Alice 
Bancroft  Conant  at  Boston;  children, 
Theodore  Conant,  b.  Dec.  16,  1900, 
Winthrop,  b.  Jan.  23,  1902,  Ruth,  b. 
Oct.  18,  1903;  Eleanor,  b.  Jan.  8,  1908. 
Residence,  Milford,  N.  H. 


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Hering,  Hermann  Siegfried 

Christian  Science  lecturer;  b.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  Aug.  24,  1864;  s.  Dr. 
Constantino  and  Therese  (Buchheim) 
Hering  (Dr.  C.  Hering  was  the  eminent 
physician  whom  Hahnemann  called 
the  "Father  of  Homeopathy  in  Amer- 
ica"); ed.  in  private  schools.  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  1886  (B.S.  and 
M.E.  degrees),  also  City  and  Guilds  of 
London  Inst.,  London,  Eng.;  special 
course  with  Prof.  W.  E.  Ayrton,  Lon- 


don, 1889;  professor  of  mechanics  and 
electrical  engineering  in  Manual 
Training  School,  Philadelphia,  1887- 
91;  associate  in  electrical  engineering, 
Johns  Hopkins  University,  1891-9, 
engaged  in  lecturing  and  research 
work,  making  several  original  investi- 
gations and  publishing  results  in 
pamphlet  form;  since  1S99  Christian 
Science  practitioner;  before  giving  up 
professional  work,  member  Inst.  of 
Elec.  Engineers,  London,  Eng.,  Am. 
Inst.  of  Elec.  Engineers,  New  York, 
Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia  and 
Franklin  Inst.  of  Philadelphia;  became 


interested  in  Christian  Science  in  1893, 
devoted  three  years  to  a  careful  invest- 
igation of  the  doctrine  before  uniting 
with  the  denomination;  reader,  Chris- 
tian Science  church,  Baltimore,  1897- 
1902;  made  a  teacher  of  Christian 
Science  by  the  Mass.  Metaphysical 
College,  1901;  first  reader  of  The 
Mother  Church,  Boston,  1902-5, 
later  president  of  church  and  member 
of  board  of  lectureship;  first  reader, 
Christian  Science  church,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  1906^9;  since  1905  lecturer  on 
Christian  Science  in  many  parts  of  the 
world,  including  the  North  American 
continent  from  Mexico  to  Alaska, 
Europe,  Australia  and  New  Zealand; 
m.,  Marian  White  of  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
June  9,  1887;  son,  John  Constantine, 
b.  May  27,  1888,  d.  Sept.  17,  1888. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Bachelder,  Nahum  Josiah 

Farmer,  ex-governor;  b.,  Andover, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1854;  s.  William  A.  and 
Adeline  E.  (Shaw)  Bachelder;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  New  Hampton  Institution, 
Franklin  Academy;  hon.  A.M.,  Dart- 
mouth, 1891;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; superintending  school  com- 
mittee, Andover,  three  years;  secretary 
N.  H.  Board  of  Agriculture,  1887-1913; 
Commissioner  of  Immigration  during 
the  continuance  of  the  office;  member 
and  president,  N.  H.  board  of  Cattle 
Commissioners  for  several  years; 
trustee,  N.  II .  College  of  Agriculture 
and  Mechanic  Arts,  1903-14;  Mason 
(32d  degree);  Patron  of  Husbandry; 
master,  Highland  Lake  Grange,  East 
Andover,  four  years;  first  lecturer, 
Merrimack  Co.  Pomona  Grange,  1886; 
secretary,  N.  H.  State  Grange,  1883- 
91;  master,  1X91-1903;  lecturer, 
National  Grange,  1899-1905;  member 
and  chairman  legislative  committee, 
National  Grange,  several  years,  and 
instrumental  in  securing  the  establish- 
ment by  Congress  of  the  parcel  post 
and  postal  savings  banks;  several 
years  secretary,  N.  IT.  Grange  Fair 
Ass'n  and  subsequently  secretary, 
Concord  State  Fair  Ass'n;  some  time 
treasurer,  Granite  State  Dairymen's 


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Ass'n;  many  years  agricultural  editor, 
Manchester  Mirror  and  Farmer  and 
for  some  time  editor  of  National  Grange 
Weekly,  organ  of  the  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry; president,  N.  H.  Board  of 
Trade",  five  years;  secretary,  N.  H. 
Old  Home  Week  Ass'n,  1899-1914; 
upon  conclusion  of  his  service  as  secre- 
tary of  the  Board  of  Agriculture, 
Governor  Bachelder  devoted  himself 
entirely  to  the  management  and  culti- 
vation of  Highland  Farm,  his  ancestral 
home  in  Andover,  where  his  great 
grandfather,  Josiah  Bachelder,  settled 
in  1782,  and  which  has  since  remained 
in  the  family,  the  farm  and  outlands 
now  including  nearly  one  thousand 
acres;  m.,  June  30,  1887,  Mary  A. 
Putney  of  Dunbarton;  children,  Ruth, 
b.  May  22,  1891;  Henry  Putney,  b. 
March  17,  1895,  ed.  Concord  high 
school  and  N.  H.  College,  now  engaged 
with  his  father  on  the  home  farm. 
Residence,  East  Andover,  N.  H. 

Reed,  George  Harlow 

Clergvman;  b.,  Worcester,  Mass., 
March  24,  1858;  s.  Samuel  G.  and 
Cleora  E.  (Harlow)  Reed;  descended 
on  mother's  side  from  Governor 
Bradford  and  John  Alden;  ed.  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1883  (class  or- 
ator), Bangor  Theological  Seminary, 
1886,  Boston  University  (special 
course);  pastor,  Winslow  Congrega- 
tional church,  Taunton,  Mass.,  1887- 
91;  North  Congregational  church, 
Hayerhill,  Mass.,  1891-8;  First  Congre- 
gational church,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1898-; 
(this  church,  founded  in  1730,  is 
famous  for  its  long  pastorates,  Dr. 
Reed  being  only  sixth  in  succession  to 
hold  the  office);  D.D.,  Dartmouth 
College,  1910;  trustee,  Bangor  Theolog- 
ical Seminary,  1915  -;  trustee,  N.  H. 
Congregational  Ministers'  and  Widows' 
Fund,  1899- ;  director  and  secre- 
tary-, N.  H.  Bible  Soc.,  1913-; 
trustee  and  vice-president,  N.  H.  Home 
Missionary  Soc.;  pres.,  N.  H.  Prisoners' 
Aid  Ass'n;  chairman,  committee  on 
Penal  Institutions,  N.  H.  Conference 
of  Charities  and  Corrections;  director, 
N.  H.  Anti-Saloon  League;  corporate 


member,  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  1913-16; 
Republican ;  member,  Congregational 
Club,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Phillips  Exeter 
Alumni  Ass'n,  Bangor  Theological 
Alumni  Ass'n,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf 
Club  and  S.  P.  C.  A.;  m.,  1st,  July  16, 
1889,  Ellen  Virginia  Deane,  dau.  Dr. 
Asahel  S.  and  Virginia  (Hughes) 
Deane  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  d.  June  16, 
1906;  2d,  May  3,  1910,  Helena  B. 
Quinby,  dau.  Edwin  S.  and  Helen  M. 
(Gilman)  Quinby,  Bangor,  Me.;  one 


dau.,  Margaret,  Concord  High  School, 
1911,  one  year  Wheaton  Seminary, 
Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Normal  School, 
1915;  teacher  at  Plymouth  Normal, 
1915-.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Wood,  Mary  Inez  Stevens 

(Mrs.  George  A.  Wood) ;  club  woman, 
publicist;  b.,  Jan.  18,  I860,  Woodstock, 
Vt.;  dau.  John  L.  and  Jean  Ains- 
worth  (Brand)  Stevens;  ed.  Black  River 
Academy,  Ludlow ;  Vermont  Academy, 
Saxtons  River,  Vt.,  1883,  and  private 
tutors;  taught  school  one  term,  and  m., 
Oct.  18,  1884,  George  A.  Wood  of 


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South  Acworth;  resided  at  West  Leba- 
non, N.  H.,  till  1889,  removing,  then, 
to  West  Medford,  Mass.,  and  in  1898 
to  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  which  has  since 
been  her  home;  Unitarian;  suffragist; 
in  Medford  served  on  the  board  of  ed- 
ucation; auditor  and  chairman  educa- 
tion committee,  Medford  Woman's 
Club;  president,  local  Consumers' 
League;  director,  Massachusetts  Con- 
sumers League;  in  Portsmouth,  mem- 
ber and  president,  Graffort  (Woman's) 
Club;  president,  Civic  Ass'n;  presi- 
dent, Portsmouth  District  Nursing 
Ass'n;  president,  Woman's  Realty 
Co.;  vice-president,  Portsmouth  Char- 
ity Organization;  president,  Woman's 
Alliance  of  the  Unitarian  Church ;  super- 
intendent, Sunday  School;  member, 
Portsmouth  Board  of  Instruction ;  mem- 
ber and  vice-president,  N.  H.  Woman 
Suffrage  Ass'n;  president,  N.  H.  Fed- 
eration of  Women's  Clubs,  1903-5; 
manager,  Bureau  of  Information,  Gen- 
eral Federation  of  Women's  Clubs; 
member,  N.  H.  state  board  of  Chaiities 
and  Corrections;  chairman,  N.  H.  Divi- 
sion, Woman's  Committee,  National 
Council  of  Defense;  Home  Economics 
Director  for  N.  H.,  under  Federal 
Food  Administration;  has  written  and 
spoken  extensively  in  behalf  of  the 
various  causes  in  which  she  is  engaged, 
particularly  for  woman  suffrage,  of 
which  she  has  long  been  an  ardent  ad- 
vocate, and  food  conservation  in  con- 
nection with  war  work  to  which  she 
has  given  much  time  since  the  United 
States  entered  into  the  war  with  Ger- 
many. (See  George  Albert  Wood,  p. 
126.) 

French,  James  Edward 

Retired  merchant ;  b.,  Melvin  Village, 
Tuftonboro,  N.  H.,  Feb.  27,  1845;  s. 
James  and  Evaline  A.  (Moulton) 
French;  ed.  public  schools  and  N.  H. 
Conference  Seminary,  Tilton;  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Moultonboro,  in 
1851,  and  has  resided  there  since, 
except  for  two  years — 1867-9 —  in 
Somersworth;  engaged  in  mercantile 
business  till  1884,  when  he  retired; 
Methodist;  Republican;  moderator, 


Moultonboro,  1879-1918;  town  treas- 
urer many  years;  railroad  commis- 
sioner, 1879-83;  U.  S.  Collector  of 
Internal  revenue,  1889-93;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1878— 
79;  member,  N.  H.  senate,  1887; 
member,  house  of  representatives, 
1897-1917,  having  had  longer  legisla- 
tive experience  than  any  man  in  the 
state  now  living;  from  his  long  service 
as  chairman  of  the  house  committee 
on  appropriations  has  come  to  be  known 


as  the  "watch  dog  of  the  treasury"; 
member,  board  of  trustees  of  State 
institutions,  1915-17;  director,  Pemi- 
gewassett  II.  R.;  member,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  P.  of  H.;  m.,  1st,  July  2,  1867, 
Martha  E.  Hill,  Somersworth,  d.  May 
7,  1907;  2d,  March  15,  1914,  Martha 
A.  Hersom,  Somersworth.  Residence, 
Moultonboro,  N.  H. 

Huse,  Raymond  Howard 

Clergyman;  b.,  Woburn,  Mass. 
July  24,  1S89;  s.  John  S.  and  Abbie 
(Plumer)  Huse;  ed.  Nute  High  School, 


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Milton,  N.  H.,  Drew  Theological  Semi- 
nary, 1903;  Methodist;  Prohibitionist; 
pastor  at  Sanbornville  and  Brookfield, 
1903-4-5;  ordained  deacon  at  Clare- 
mont,  1905;  pastor  at  Exeter,  1906-7- 
8-9;  ordained  elder  at  Laconia,  1907; 
superintendent,  Dover  district,  N.  H. 
M.  E.  Conference,  1910  to  Sept.,  1915; 
pastor,  Baker  Memorial  M.  E.  Church, 
Concord,  since  latter  date;  member, 
M.  E.  General  Conference,  1916; 
trustee,  N.  H.  M.  E.  Conference;  presi- 
dent, Interdenominational  Commission 


of  N.  H.,  1916-17;  member,  Board  of 
Examiners,  Conference  Relations  Com- 
mittee, Conference  Claimants  Com- 
mission, Sustentation  Commission, 
X.  II.  Conference  M.  E.  Church;  .secre- 
tary, N.  H.  Anti-Saloon  League; 
author,  "Songs  of  an  Itinerant,"  1906; 
"The  Soul  of  a  Child,"  1914;  "Letters 
on  the  Atonement,"  1917;  "Conversa- 
tions on  the  Christian  Faith,"  1918; 
"Songs  of  the  Sunset,"  in  preparation; 
in.,  Sept.  1,  1906,  Mabel  Hale  Ridg- 
way,  N'ewburyport,  Mass.  Residence, 
Concord,  X.  II. 


Morse,  Harris  A. 

Printer;  b.,  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
3,  1865;  s.  Ezekiel  W.  and  Mary  A. 
(Stanley)  Morse;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Contoocook  Academy ;  successively 
employed  by  Concord  Axle  Co.,  at 
Penacook,  and  Davis  Bros.,  paper 
makers,  Warner,  and  then  engaged  in 
the  printing  business,  first  with  the 
Hopkinton  Times,  at  Contoocook,  then 
with  the  Valley  Times  at  Pittsfield, 
and  subsequently,  four  years  with  the 
People  and  Patriot,  Concord,  where  he 
was  foreman  of  the  composing  room; 
June  1,  1889,  he  removed  to  Tilton 
where  he  conducted  a  job  printing 
house,  selling  blank  book,  stationery 
and  school  supplies  in  connection, 
meanwhile  taking  an  active  interest  in 
public  affairs;  Congregationalist;  Dem- 
ocrat; town  clerk  of  Tilton,  1901-3, 
town  treasurer,  1902,  selectman,  1905- 
14;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  represent- 
atives, 1905-6;  auditor  for  Belknap 
County,  1907-14;  appointed  postmas- 
ter of  Tilton  by  President  Wilson, 
April  1,  1914,  and  continues  in  that 
office,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  public; 
member  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Tilton,  which  he  has  served  in  va- 
rious positions;  member  and  past 
master  of  Doric  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  Tilton,  and  of  the  Kearsarge  Club; 
m.,  Oct.  19,  1887,  Nettie  F.  Hill,  Pitts- 
field;  one  son,  Errol  S.,  b.  March  3, 
1889,  student  in  N.  H.  College,  Dur- 
ham. Residence,  Tilton,  N.  H. 

Kingsbury,  William  Josiah 

Insurance  agent,  florist;  b.,  Queechee, 
Vt,,  Nov.  10,  1866;  s.  Josiah  Ware 
Babcock  and  Mary  Hill  (Jackson) 
Kingsbury;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Pinkerton  Academy,  Derry,  X.  II.; 
Baptist;  Republican;  teller,  Newmarket 
National  Bank,  1892-6;  teller,  Derry 
National  Bank,  1896-1902,  then  re- 
tiring to  devote  himself  to  insurance 
work;  Patron  of  Husbandry,  past  mas- 
ter, Xutfield  Grange,  No.  47,  Derry, 
past  master,  West  Rockingham  Po- 
mona Grange;  treasurer,  Echo  Lodge, 
No.  61,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  member,  Rocking- 
ham Lodge,  K.  of  P.;  financial  score- 


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tary,  Honesty  Lodge,  No.  79,  N.  E. 
O.  P.;  financier,  Derryfield  Lodge, 
No.  13,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  for  twelve  years; 
member,  J.  O.  U.  A.  M.;  auditor, 


Deny  town  school  district;  since  1908 
has  built  up  a  greenhouse  industry  in 
Derry,  with  five  houses  and  8,500  feet 
of  glass;  attended  the  World's  fair  in 
California  in  1915,  and  has  travelled 
extensively  in  the  United  States, 
Mexico  and  Canada;  m.,  June  20, 
1900,  Alice  Chapman.  Residence, 
Derry,  N.  H. 

Woodman,  Frederic  Thomas 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  June 
28,  1872;  s.  Alfred  and  Maria  T. 
(Gallup)  Woodman;  ed.  public  schools, 
White  River  Junction,  Vt.,  high  school, 
and  private  teachers;  his  paternal  an- 
cestor came  from  England  to  this  coun- 
try in  1631,  and  the  maternal  in  1628; 
removed  in  infancy  onto  a  farm  in 
Plainfield,  X.  H.,  which  had  been 
granted  to  the  Gallups,  his  mother's 
family,  by  King  George  the  Third  in 
1765,  and  remained  in  the  family  until 


their  removal  to  California  in  1908; 
studied  law  with  the  late  John  L. 
Spring  of  Lebanon,  and  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  June,  1898;  opened  an  office 
in  Sanborn's  Block  in  Concord  in  the 
spring  of  1899  and  there  practiced,  a 
part  of  the  time  in  company  with 
Judge  Geo.  M.  Fletcher,  until  his  re- 
moval to  California  early  in  1908, 
where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Los  Angeles  in  April,  and  continued 
practice;  Republican;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1903-4,  serv- 
ing on  the  judiciary  committee  and  as 
chairman  of  the  Merrimack  County 
delegation;  moderator,  Ward  6,  1907; 
president,  Los  Angeles  Harbor  Com- 
mission, 1912-16;  mayor  of  Los  An- 
geles since  Sept.  5,  1916;  member, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (32d  degree),  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  Society  of 
Colonial  War,  Sons  of  Veterans,  Union 
League  Club;  vice-president  and  di- 


rector, First  Xational  Bank  of  Wil- 
mington, Cal.;  in.  Ktta  M.  Sanborn, 
Feb.  6,  190S,  d.  April  16,  1916.  Resi- 
dence, Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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Hill,  Frank  Pierce 

Librarian;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
22,  1855;  s.  Cyrus  and  Nancy  (Walker) 
Hill;  ed.  public  schools,  Dartmouth 
College,  B.S.,  1876,  Litt.D.,  1906; 
librarian,  Lowell,  Mass.,  1881-5; 
started  first  public  library  in  New  Jer- 
sey (under  act  of  1884)  at  Paterson, 
1885;  inaugurated  Salem,  Mass.,  public 
library,  1888-9;  in  latter  year  inaug- 
urated Newark,  N.  J.,  public  library, 
of  which  he  was  librarian  till  1901, 
since  which  date  he  has  been  librarian 
of  the  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  public  library; 
member,  American  Library  Ass'n, 
(secretary,  1891-5,  president,  1906); 
member,  American  Bibliographical 
Soc.;  as  chairman  of  the  American 
Library  Ass'n  War  Finance  Committee, 
was  instrumental  in  securing  $1,500,000, 
through  subscriptions,  for  the  purpose 
of  creating  library  buildings  in  the 
thirty-two  camps  and  cantonments 
established  by  the  War  Department 
and  furnishing  reading  matter  to  sol- 
diers and  sailors  engaged  in  the  world 
war,  both  here  and  abroad;  m.,  Mav 
17,  1880,  Annie  M.  Wood,  Lowell, 
Mass.  Residence,  373  Washington 
Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  address,  Pub- 
lic Library,  Brooklyn. 

Rogers,  Fred  Ashley 

Farmer;  b.,  Hartland,  Vt.,  Sept.  20, 
1866;  s.  Daniel  Peabody  and  Purah 
Eliza  (Lovejoy)  Rogers;  ed.  public 
schools,  Perkins  Academy,  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Business  College, 
1885;  taught  school  winters  and  did 
farm  work  in  summer  while  securing 
his  education,  and  has  since  been  en- 
gaged in  agriculture;  located  in  Plain- 
field,  N.  II. ,  Jan.,  1901,  buying  a  farm 
of  350  acres  near  Meriden  Village,  to 
which  he  has  added  200  acres;  pursues 
mixed  farming,  keeping  over  100  head 
of  cattle,  with  horses,  sheep  and  swine 
to  match;  Congrcgationalist;  Repub- 
lican; chairman,  board  of  selectmen, 
Plainfield,  five  years;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives  and  chairman 
committee  on  agriculture,  1917;  Patron 
of  Husbandry  and  active  worker  in  the 
order;  member  executive  committee, 


N.  H.  State  Grange,  1913-17;  master,. 
N.  H.  State  Grange,  19 17-;  member 
advisory  council,  N.  H.  Board  of  Agri- 
culture, Sept.,  1915-;  m.,  Feb.  26, 
1890,  Addie  May  Round,  Reading,  Vt.; 
children,  Carrie  E.  Westgate,  b.  March 
1,  1891  (Kimball  Union  Academy, 
1910);  Lena  A.  Read,  b.  Oct.  13,  1892 
(K.  U.  A.,  1910);  Harriet  A.,  b.  Nov. 
7,  1894  (K.  U.  A.,  1913),  teacher;  Fred 
A.,  Jr.,  b.  March  4,  1898  (K.  U.  A., 
1917),  enlisted  in  U.  S.  A.,  Sept.  15, 


1917,  promoted  to  corporal  Dec.  1, 
in  service  in  Medical  Officers'  Training 
Camp  at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga.;  Flora 
Belle,  b.  Nov.  22,  1902,  now  in  K.  U. 
A.;  Wendell  R.,  b.  March  14,  1906; 
Herman  D.,  b.  April  30,  1908.  Upon 
assuming  office  as  Master  of  the  N.  H. 
State  Grange  Mr.  Rogers  at  once 
took  steps  to  interest  the  farmers  in 
a  state-wide  movement  for  wood- 
cutting in  order  to  increase  the  fuel 
supply,  and  for  increasing  maple  sugar 
production,  to  relieve  the  sugar  short- 
age. Residence,  Plainfield,  N.  H., 
Meriden  P.  O. 


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Cummings,  Allen  Curtis. 

Educator;  b.,  Nov.  30,  1868,  North 
Thetford,  Vt. ;  s.  Harlan  P.  and  Alpa  M. 
(Baxter)  Cummings;  ed.  Thetford,  Vt., 
Academy  and  Dartmouth  College,  A. 
B.,  1892  (commencement  oration  and 
honorable  mention  in  political  science) ; 
A.M.,  Dartmouth,  1895;  has  attended 
several  sessionsHarvard  Summer  school. 
Principal  high  school,  Littleton,  Mass., 
1892-5;  Ayer,  Mass.,  1895-8 ;  instructor, 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Academy,  1898- 


1901;  principal,  Orange,  Mass.,  high 
school,  1904-12;  head-master,  Stevens 
High  School,  Claremont,  X.  H.,  since 
1912;  Conrgegationalist ;  Republican; 
secretary-treasurer,  N.  H.  School-mas- 
ters Club;  member,  New  England  His- 
tory Teachers  Ass'n;  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
and  K.  K.  K.  societies,  Dartmouth;  A. 
F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Eastern  Star;  unmar- 
ried. Residence,  Claremont,  N.  H. 

Hill,  Howard  Fremont 

Journalist;  clergyman;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  July  21,  1846;  s.  John  M.  and 
Elisabeth  Lord  (Chase;  Hill;  grandson 


of  Gov.  Isaac  Hill;  descendant  of  Han- 
nah Eames,  killed  by  the  Indians  in  the 
Framingham,  Mass.,  Massacre,  1676; 
ed.  Concord  High  School,  1863,  Nor- 
wich (Vt.)  Univ.,  1863-5;  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1867,  A.M.,  1870; 
Episcopal  Theological  Seminary,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  B.D.,  1879;  A.M.,  Tri- 
nity, 1885,  Bishops'  College,  1888, 
University  of  Vermont,  1911;  Ph.D., 
Dartmouth,  1887  (on  examination  for 
work) ;  D.D.,  Norwich  University,  1891; 
Episcopalian;  Democrat;  member,  Con- 
cord common  council,  1907-8;  board 
of  aldermen,  1909-10;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1895-7;  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1912;  chap- 
lain, Vermont  legislature,  1882;  chap- 
lain, Vermont  National  Guard,  thirteen 
years;  trustee,  University  of  Vermont, 
1886-9;  trustee,  Norwich  University, 
1895-1915;  member,  editorial  board, 
Concord  History  Committee;  editor, 
N.  H.  Patriot,  1868-73;  ordained  dea- 
con, P.  E.  church,  1875,  priest,  1877; 
rector,  P.  E.  church,  Ashland  and  Hol- 
derness,  1875-9;  Montpelier,  Vt.,  1879- 
89;  Amesbury,  Mass.,  1889-91;  Pitts- 
field,  N.  H.,  1895-1905;  chief  examin- 
ing chaplain,  P.  E.  Diocese  of  New 
Hampshire;  held  same  office  in  Ver- 
mont; editor,  Church  Fly-Leaf  since 
1897;  member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  33d 
degree,  Grand  Cross  of  Constantine, 
Royal  Order  of  Scotland;  ex-president 
and  present  secretary-treasurer,  N.  H. 
Soc.  S.  A.  R.;  member,  Soc.  Colonial 
\Vars;  m.,  Oct.  17,  1870,  Laura  L. 
Tibbetts,  Concord;  children,  John  M., 
b.  Oct.  30,  1871,  d.  Dec.  4,  1872;  Maria 
D.  (Mrs.  Archibald  Campbell),  b.  Dec. 
11,  1873,  d.  June  2,  1908;  Grace  W. 
(Mrs.  Zoheth  S.  Freeman,  New  York), 
b.  June  21,  1876.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Farnsworth,  Kate  Maria  Sheldon 

(Mrs.  James  Farnsworth);  club 
woman;  b.,  Ashley,  Mass.,  June  4, 
1861;  dau.  Joel  and  Abby  S.  (Under- 
wood) Sheldon;  ed.  private  teacher; 
for  twenty  years,  1896-1912,  cashier 
and  bookkeeper  for  the  Holbrook- 
Marshall  Co.,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  1896- 


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1912,  rec.  sec.,  council  member  and 
treasurer,  N.  H.  Branch  Order  of  King's 
Daughters,  president,  1912-17;  inter- 
national treasurer,  Order  King's  Daugh- 
ters, 19 14-;  treasurer,  1  Nashaway 
Woman's  Club,  1914-15,  vice-presi- 
dent, 1916,  president,^  1917-;  presi- 
dent, Cross  Bearers'  Circle,  Universa- 
list  Church,  Nashua,  1908-;  treasurer, 
King's  Daughters  Benevolent  Ass'n 
caring  for  a  children's  home,  1912-; 
member,  Thornton  Chapter,  D.  A.  R., 
and  Nashua  Grange,  P.  of  H. ;  active  in 
the  Red  Cross,  Liberty  Loan  drive, 
and  other  forms  of  war  relief  work; 
Universalist;  m.,  Nov.  8,  1910,  James 
Farnsworth.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Spaulding,  Oliver  Lyman 

Lawyer;  b.,  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  Aug.  2, 
1833;  s.  Lyman  and  Susan  (Marshall) 
Spaulding;  ed.  public  schools,  Mel- 
ville Academy,  Jaffrey,  and  Oberlin 
College,  1855;  studied  law,  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1858,  and  located  in  prac- 
tice at  St.  Johns,  Mich.;  Episcopalian, 
senior  warden  of  church  at  St.  Johns, 
twenty-five  years;  Republican;  regent, 
University  of  Michigan,  1858-65;  Sec- 
retary of  State  of  Michigan,  1867-71; 
special  agent,  U.  S.  Treasury  Dept., 
1875-81;  member,  47th  Congress, 
Sixth  Michigan  district,  serving  on 
committees  on  Indian  Affairs  and  Mili- 
tary Affairs,  1881-3;  chairman,  com- 
mission to  Hawaii  to  investigate  reci- 
procity treaty  between  United  States 
and  Hawaii,  1883;  delegate,  Republi- 
can national  convention,  1896;  asst. 
sec'y,  U.  S.  Treasury,  1890-3,  1897- 
1903;  president,  Pan-American  Cus- 
toms Congress,  1902;  declined  ap- 
pointment as  judge  of  Utah  Terri- 
tory, 1870,  also  appointment  as  judge 
tendered  by  the  governor  of  Michigan, 
1889;  captain,  major,  lieutenant-colo- 
nel and  colonel,  23d  Micliigan  Volun- 
teers in  Civil  War,  and  brevet  brigadier 
general;  member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  hold- 
ing chief  office  in  the  several  Masonic 
grand  bodies  in  Michigan;  member, 
Loyal  Legion,  G.  A.  R.,  and  Army  and 
Navy  Club;  m.,  1st,  May  29/1856, 
Jennie  Mead,  d.  Nov.  11,  1857;  2d, 


1859,  Minerva  Mead,  d.  1861;  3d, 
Aug.  12,  1862,  M.  Cecelia  Swegles, 
dau.  Hon.  John  Swegles,  former  Audi- 
tor General  of  Michigan;  children, 
Frank  Mead,  b.  Nov.  4,  1861,  mer- 
chant at  St.  Johns,  Mich. ;  Edna  Cece- 
lia, b.  Nov.  17,  1870  (Wellesley,  1892); 
Oliver  Lyman,  Jr.,  b.  July  17,  1875 
(Univ.  of  Mich.,  A.B.,  1895,  LL.B., 
1896),  appointed  second  lieutenant  of 
Artillery  by  President  McKinley  in 
1898,  now  colonel  in  the  regular  army; 


John  Cecil,  b.  Jan.  7,  1879  (Univ.  of 
Mich.,  1897,  Law  Dept.,  George  Wash- 
ington Univ.,  1901),  Lawyer,  Detroit, 
Mich.;  Thomas  Marshall,  b.  May  18, 
1882  (Univ.  of  Mich.,  B.A.,  West 
Point,  1905),  now  major  in  the  U.  S. 
Coast  Artillery.  Homo,  2224  N  St., 
Washington,  D.  C.;  legal  residence,  St. 
Johns,  Mich. 

Sawyer,  William  Henry 

Lawyer;  Associate  Justice,  N.  H. 
Superior  Court;  b..  Littleton.  N.  H., 
Aug.  18,  1S()7;  s.  Eli  D..  and  Sarah  O. 
(Pierce)  Sawyer:  lineal  descendant, 


Ho\.  WILLIAM  H.  SAWYER 


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189 


on  maternal  side,  of  Robert  Cushman, 
who  promoted  the  Mayflower  expedi- 
tion, chartered  the  vessel,  was  the 
financial  agent  of  the  Pilgrim  Company, 
and,  in  Dec.,  1621,  preached  at  Ply- 
mouth the  first  sermon  in  New  Eng- 
land ever  printed,  and  whose  son, 
Thomas,  married  Mary  Allerton, 
also  a  Mayflower  passenger  and  the 
last  survivor  of  the  party,  from  whom 
Judge  Sawyer  is  descended;  ed.  Little- 
ton high  school  and  Boston  University 
School  of  Law,  1890,  taking  the  three 
years'  course  in  the  latter  in  two  years; 
studied  a  year  in  the  office  of  the  late 
Hon.  Harry  Bingham;  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Concord,  July  25,  1890, 
and  practiced  in  the  office  of  Bingham 
&  Mitchell  in  Concord  till  Jan.,  1904; 
was  alone  three  years  and  then  formed 
a  partnership  with  Joseph  S.  Matthews, 
now  assistant  attorney  general,  which 
continued  about  six  years,  then  prac- 
ticed alone  for  a  time,  and  was  sub- 
sequently in  partnership  with  the  late 
Gen.  John  H.  Albin  until  the  latter's 
retirement;  Congregationalist ;  Demo- 
crat; candidate  of  his  party  for  various 
offices;  member,  N.  H.  Executive 
council,  elected  in  a  strong  Republican 
district,  1913;  member,  Concord  board 
of  education,  1909-15;  appointed 
Associate;  Justice,  N.  H.  Superior 
Court,  Dec.  12,  1913;  m.,  Nov.  18, 
1891,  Carrie  B.  Lane,  Whiteficld,  X.  H; 
children,  Howard  Pierce,  b.  Aug.  13 
1892  (Dartmouth,  1915,  Yale  Medical 
College,  1918),  now  serving  in  the 
Yale  Mobile  Field  Hospital,  American 
Expeditionary  Force,  in  France;  Helen 
Lane,  b.  March  13,  1895  (Mt.  Holyoke, 
1917),  teacher  of  Ancient  history,  Con- 
cord high  school;  Marion  Fair,  b.  Julv 
22,  189(5  (Mt.  Holyoke,  1919);  Robert 
Cushman,  b.  March  13,  1899;  Charles 
Murray,  b.  Feb.  2,  1906.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Holt,  Hermon 

Lawyer;  b.,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Sept, 
7,  1845;  s.  Nathan  L.  and  Rebecca 
Maria  (Mack)  Holt;  ed.  Randolph, 
Vt.,  Academy,  Kimball  Union  Acad- 


emy, 1866,  Dartmouth  College,  1870; 
studied  law,  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
commenced  practice  in  Claremont  in 
1873,  and  has  there  continued;  Episco- 
palian; Republican;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1889-90, 
N.  H.  senate,  1894-5;  served  several 
years  as  a  member  of  the  Stevens  High 
School  committee  and  also  of  the  town 
school  committee ;  trustee  and  president, 
Claremont  Savings  Bank;  retired  from 
active  practice,  he  spends  the  summer 


season  on  a  farm,  a  mile  out  of  town,  and 
the  winters  in  the  old  Farwell  home, 
built  by  his  wife's  grandfather  100  years 
ago;  m.,  Oct.  6,  1875,  Clara  Elizabeth, 
dau.  Charles  R.  and  Clarissa  E.  (Per- 
kins) Farwell;  children,  Hermon,  Jr.,  b. 
Nov.  14,  1876  (Dartmouth,  1897,  Har- 
vard Law  School,  1901),  lawyer  in  Bos- 
ton; Clara  Farwell  (Mrs.  Edward  K. 
Woodworth),  b.  May  22,  1879,  d.  July 
20,  1917;  Frances  Glidden  (Mrs.  Henry 
C.  Hawkings,  Jr.),  b.  June  7,  1881; 
Marion  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  19,  1886. 
Residence,  Claremont,  N.  H. 


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Charron,  Henry  Emery 

Clothing  merchant;  b.,  Vercheres, 
P.  Q.,  March  5,  1861;  s.  Jean  Baptiste 
and  Hermine  (Cormier)  Charron;  ed. 

Eublic  schools  of  Canada  and  United 
tates;  engaged  in  the  clothing  trade 
for  thirty-five  years,  conducting  an 
extensive  business  for  himself  in  Clare- 
mont  the  last  ten  years;  Catholic; 
Democrat;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  from  Claremont;  1913- 
14,  1915-16;  Democratic  candidate  for 
state  senator,  1916,  running  largely 
ahead  of  his  ticket;  member  N.  H.  Con- 
stitutional Convention,  1918;  treasurer, 
board  of  cemetery  commissioners,  for 
the  town  of  Claremont;  member,  St. 
Jean  Baptiste  Soc.,  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus (Columbian  Council  No.  1820),  B. 
P.  O.  Elks,  Franco  Canado  American 
Soc.;  m.,  March  8,  1886,  Almaide 


Geoffrion,  d.  Juno  15,  1H97;  children, 
Emeria,  b.  Feb.  14,  1SS7;  Victor  F., 
b.  Dec.  31,  1S91;  Theresa  and  Aloysia, 
b.  Oct.  4,  1S93.  Residence,  Clare- 
mont, X.  H. 


True,  Reuben  Cutler 

Farmer;  b.,  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
14,  1847;  s.  Bradley  and  Sarah  A. 
(Smith)  True;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  1869;  Con- 


gregationalist;  Republican;  member, 
board  of  selectmen,  Lebanon,  1887, 
1888;  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1889,  1913,  1915;  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1912;  member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Knight  Templar  and  Shriner,  P.  of 
H.,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.;  m.,  Nov.  14, 
1883,  H.  Lillian  Child,  Cornish;  chil- 
dren, Mary  Cutler,  b.  Nov.  30,  1886, 
d.  Nov.  27,  1898;  William  Bradley, 
b.  June  3,  1890  (Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy, 1909);  Olive  Lillian,  b.  Sept,  18, 
189'8  (Kimball  Union  Academy,  1916, 
N.  H.  State  College,  1921).  Residence, 
West  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

Barnard,   Harry   Everett 

Chemist;  b.,  Dunbarton,  N.  H., 
Nov.  14,  1874;  s.  Nelson  H.  and 
Celestia  A.  (Ryder)  Barnard;  ed. 
public  schools  and  N.  11.  College  of 


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Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  B.S., 
1899;  Ph.D.,  Hanover  College,  1913; 
assistant  chemist,  N.  H.  Experiment 
Station,  1899;  U.  S.  Smokeless  powder 
factory,  Indian  Head,  Md.,  190(^1; 
trustee,  N.  H.  College,  1903-6;  chemist, 
N.  H.  State  Board  of  Health,  1901-5; 
Indiana  State  Board  of  Health  since 
1905;  state  food  and  drug  commis- 
sioner, Indiana,  since  1907;  state  com- 
missioner of  weights  and  measures 
since  1911,  food  and  drug  inspection 
chemist,  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture, 
since  1907;  president,  Indiana  Sanitary 
and  Water  Supply  Ass'n;  member, 
American  Chemists  Soc.  (founder  and 
first  president,  Indiana  Section) ;  mem- 
ber, Soc.  Official  Agrl.  Chemists,  Nat'l 
Ass'n  State  Food  Commissioners,  Fed- 
eral Food  Standards  Com.,  Indianap- 
olis Tech.  Soc.,  Indiana  member,  Lake 
Michigan  Water  Commission;  hon- 
orary member,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc.; 
member  executive  committee,  Nat'l 
Conservation  Congress,  1912;  Irving- 
ton  Athenaeum,  Indianapolis  Literary 
Soc.;  m.,  June  20,  1901,  Marion 
Harvie,  Providence,  R.  I.  Residence, 
5543  University  Ave.,  Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

Ayers,  Philip  Wheelock 

Forester;  b/,  Winterset,  la.,  May  26, 
1861;  s.  Elias  J.  Ayers;  ed.  Cornell 
University,  Ph.B.,  1884,  Johns  Hop- 
kins, Ph.D.,  1888;  tutor  and  fellow, 
Johns  Hopkins,  1886-8;  general  secre- 
tary, Associated  Charities,  Cincinnati, 
O.,  1889-95;  studied  penal  and  chari- 
table institutions  in  Europe,  1895; 
general  secretary,  Bureau  of  Asso- 
ciated Charities,  Chicago,  1895-7; 
assistant  secretary,  Charity  Organiza- 
tion Soc.,  New"  York,  '1897-1900; 
Forester  of  the  N.  H.  Soc.  for  the 
Protection  of  Forests  since  1900; 
superintendent,  Summer  School  of 
Philanthropic  Work,  New  York  Charity 
Organization,  1898-1905;  m.  Alice 
Stanlev  Taylor,  Newton,  Mass.,  Aug. 
8,  1899.  Residence,  Franconia,  N.  11., 
business  address,  4  Joy  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 


Frisselle,  Frank  Monroe 

Journalist;  b.,  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec. 
22,  1862;  s.  Isaac  Monroe  and  Annie 
(Steele)  Frisselle;  ed.,  Boston  public 
schools,  Harvard  preparatory  course, 
Boston  Latin  School;  Episcopalian; 
Republican;  city  editor,  Manchester 
Daily  Union,  1890-2,  night  editor, 
1905-13;  city  editor,  Manchester  Mir- 
ror and  American,  1913-;  deputy  chief, 
Manchester  fire  department,  1897- 
1900;  first  secretary,  N.  H.  State  Fire- 


men's Ass'n;  president,  Animal  Rescue 
League,  1911-17;  member,  Lake  Winni- 
pesaukee  Improvement  Ass'n,  Man- 
chester Historic  Ass'n,  Sarsfield  Boat 
Club,  Manchester;  author,  "Kismet 
Poems,"  "Lady  Franklin  Boy  Greeley 
Relief  Expedition"  (delivered  in  lec- 
ture form)  and  many  fugitive  poems 
and  local  historical  pamphlets;  orig- 
inator of  ''Observant  Citizen"  column, 
Manchester  I'nion;  editor  "O.  CV 
column,  Manchester  Mirmr;  for  ten 
years  Associated  Press  correspondent 


Hox.  EDWIN  F.  JONES 


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193 


for  Manchester;  dramatic  editor,  Man- 
chester, for  twenty  years;  m.,  Feb. 
4,  1899,  Carrie  Stearns  Corliss.  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H.;  summer 
home,  Beaver  Island,  Lake  Winni- 
pesaukee,  N.  H. 

Jones,  Edwin  Frank 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
April  19,  1859;  s.  Edwin  R.  and  Mary 
A.  (Farnham)  Jones;  ed.  Manchester 
schools,  Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1880; 
studied  law  with  the  late  Judge  David 
Cross  of  Manchester;  admitted  to  the 
bar  Aug.  23,  1883,  and  commenced 
practice  as  a  partner  of  the  late  Wil- 
liam J.  Copeland;  after  Mr.  Copeland's 
death,  in  1886,  continued  alone  for 
sixteen  years,  then  becoming  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Burnham,  Brown, 
Jones  &  Warren,  which,  with  some 
changes  in  membership,  is  now  the 
firm  of  Jones,  Warren,  Wilson  & 
Manning,  with  an  extensive  general 
practice,  Mr.  Jones  devoting  himself 
mainly,  however,  to  the  interests  of 
various  large  corporations;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  assistant  clerk,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1881,  clerk, 
1883,  1885;  city  solicitor  of  Manches- 
ter, twelve  years,  from  1887;  treas- 
urer, Hillsborough  County,  1887-95; 
delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1902,  and  member,  standing 
committee  on  future  mode  of  amend- 
ing the  constitution;  delegate,  again,  in 
the  convention  of  1912,  and  president 
of  the  convention;  a  frequent  speaker 
on  the  stump  in  the  interests  of  his 
party,  and  orator  of  the  day  at  many 
civic  celebrations  and  historical  anni- 
versaries; president  of  the  Republican 
state  convention  in  1900;  delegate-at- 
large  from  New  Hampshire  in  the 
Republican  national  convention  at 
Chicago,  in  1908;  trustee'  of  Manches- 
ter city  library  since  1906;  many  years 
trustee  of  Pine  Grove  Cemetery; 
member,  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n  (president, 
1906-8);  American  Bar  Ass'n;  Mason, 
member,  Washington  Lodge  (Master 
in  1891),  Mt.  Horeb  Chapter,  Adoniram 
Council  and  Trinity  Commandery  of 
Manchester;  X.  H.  Consistory  (32d  <!<•- 

13 


gree),  and  Shriner;  district  deputy 
grand  master,  Grand  Lodge  of  N.  H. 
in  1896,  and  grand  master  in  1910; 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  member,  Manchester  Com- 
mittee of  Public  Safety,  and  chairman 
Speakers'  Bureau,  N.  H.  Committee  of 
Public  Safety;  member,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Derryfield  and  Intervale 
Country  clubs,  Manchester  Boston  Art 
Club,  Boston;  m.,  Dec.  21,  1887,  Nora 
F.  Kennard  of  Manchester;  one  dau., 
Rebecca,  b.  July  17,  1889,  d.  Oct.  26, 
1902.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 


. 


Churchill,  Winston 

Author;  b.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.  10, 
1871;  s.  Edward  Spaulding  and  Emma 
Bell  (Elaine)  Churchill;  ed.  U.  S. 
Naval  Academy,  Annapolis,  1894 
(hon.  A.M.,  1903,  Litt.D.,  1914,  LL.D., 
1915);  Episcopalian;  Progressive  Re- 
publican; member,  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1903-4,  1905-6;  aide  on 
staff  of  Gov.  Nahum  J.  Bachelder, 
1903;  Progressive  candidate  for  gov- 
ernor of  New  Hampshire,  1912;  mem- 
ber, Century  Club,  New  York;  Tennis 
and  Racquet,  Union  and  Tavern  clubs, 
Boston;  author,  "The Celebrity,"  1898; 
"Richard  Carvel,"  1899;  "The  Crisis," 
1901;  "The  Crossing,"  1904;  "Conis- 
ton,"  1906;  "Mr.  Crewe's  Career," 
1908;  "A  Modern  Chronicle,"  1910; 
"The  Inside  of  the  Cup,"  1913;  "A  Far 
Country,"  1915;  "The  Dwelling  Place 
of  Light,"  1917;  traveled  in  Europe, 
1917-18,  writing  impressions  of  the 
war  for  the  American  press;  m.,  Oct. 
22,  1895,  Mabel  H.  Hall.  Residence, 
Cornish,  N.  H.  (Windsor,  Vt.,  P.  O.). 

Harriman,  Walter  C. 

Lawyer;  1).,  Warner,  X.  H.,  Sept.  8, 
1849;  s.  Gen.  Walter  and  Almira  11. 
(Andrews)  Harriman;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Colby  Academy,  New  Lon- 
don, X.  H.;  commenced  the  study  of 
law  in  1873,  and  pursued  the  same  in 
the  office  of  Lyman  D.  Stevens  and 
that  of  Tappan  &  Albin  in  Concord; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1876,  and  the 
following  year  commenced  practice 
in  Portsmouth;  Univorsalist;  born  a 
Democrat,  and  raised  his  first  flag  for 


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Douglas  and  Johnson,  in  the  campaign 
of  I860;  he  has  affiliated  with  the 
Republican  party  generally  since  at- 
taining his  majority,  but  stands  for 
country  first  in  all  emergencies;  ap- 


pointed solicitor  for  Rockingham 
County,  by  (lov.  B.  F.  Prescott,  to 
succeed  the  late  William  B.  Small,  and 
twice  subsequently  elected  by  the 
people  to  the  same  office;  removed  to 
Nashua,  where  he  continued  practice 
for  several  years,  serving  also  six  years 
as  a  member  of  the  Nashua  board  of 
education — the  last  year  as  president; 
member,  N.  II.  constitutional  con- 
vention from  Nashua  in  1902.  (As  a 
boy  of  fifteen  Mr.  Harriman  was  with 
his  father,  General  Harriman,  in  the 
war,  on  the  march  to  Appomattox,  saw 
the  last  battle  fought  and  was  at  the 
surrender  of  Lee);  m.,  Sept.  3,  1878, 
Mabel  A.  Perkins  of  Portsmouth; 
children,  Walter  Hart-well,  b.  Sept.  19, 
1881  ass't  supt.  Universal  Winding  Co., 
Providence,  R.  I.;  Alrnira  Andrews 
(Mrs.  Omar  Swenson,  Concord),  b.  Nov. 
25,  18S2.  Residence,  Warner,  N.  II. 


Myers,  Walter  Crane 

Clergyman;  b.,  Kingston,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  24,  1858;  s.  Abram  and  Martha 
(Osterhoudt)  Myers;  ed.  Kingston 
High  School,  Rochester  University, 
1883,  Rochester  Theological  Seminary, 
1887;  Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretary,  Water- 
bury,  Conn.,  Norristown,  Pa.,  Williams- 
port,  Pa.;  general  work,  Mass.  State 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  committee,  1901-4;  pas- 
tor, First  Baptist  church,  Reading, 
Mass.,  1904-12;  First  Baptist  church, 
Concord,  N.  H.,  1912-;  member,  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Baptist 
Ministers'  Conference  (Boston),  Salis- 
bury Baptist  Ass'n,  and  many  other 
religious  and  philanthropic  organiza- 
tions; independent  in  politics;  m., 
1st,  June,  1884,  Ella  Valkenburgh, 
Kingston,  N.  Y.,  d.  May,  1901;  2d, 
Oct.  28,  1908,  Jennie  Florence  Meins, 


Brookline,  Mass.;  one  son,  Clifford 
Ernest,  b.  April,  188(5;  ed.  Kingston 
High  School,  Normal  School,  West- 
chester,  Pa.;  travelling  salesman;  en- 
listed June,  1917,  Company  B,  First 


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Reserve     Engineer     Corps,     now     in 
France.    Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Conn,  Charles  Fuller 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Nov.  11,  1865;  s.  Dr.  Granville  P.  and 
Helen  M.  (Sprague)  Conn.;  ed.  Con- 
cord schools,  high  school,  1883,  Dart- 
mouth College,  B.S.,  1887;  Episco- 
palian; Republican;  served  as  brake- 
man  on  Concord  &  Montreal  R.  R. 
summer  of  1883,  before  entering  col- 
lege; ticket  agent,  Passumpsic  R.  R., 
Hanover,  1884-7;  brakeman  and  par- 
lor car  conductor,  White  Mountain 
trains,  summer  seasons,  1885-6-7; 
traveling  agent,  Providence  &  WTorces- 
ter  R.  R.,  Oct.,  1887  to  May,  1888; 
purser,  Fall  River  Line,  Providence  & 
Stonington  Steamship  Co.;  traveling 
agent  (traffic  and  claims),  Providence, 
R.  I.;  special  agent  (traffic)  and  gen- 
eral agent,  Boston,  of  same  and  New 
York,  Providence  and  Boston  R.  R., 
May,  1888  to  June,  1893,  when  steam- 
ship and  railroad  companies  were 
leased;  purser,  Fall  River  Line,  Old 
Colony  Steamboat  Co.,  June,  1893  to 
Feb.,  1894;  auditor,  Old  Colony 
Steamboat  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Feb.,  1894  to  July,  1896;  treasurer, 
Boston  Terminal  Co.,  July  1,  1896, 
during  construction  of  South  Station, 
and  treasurer,  purchasing  agent  and 
paymaster,  Boston  Terminal  Co.,  to 
March  31,  1901  (resigned);  with  West- 
inghouso,  Church,  Kerr  &  Co.,  chiefly 
engaged  in  making  examinations  and 
reports  on  railroad  projects  and 
properties,  April  1,  1891  to  Oct.  1, 
1891;  manager  for  same  company 
from  Oct.  1,"  1891  to  Feb.  1,  1904, 
as  chief  engineer  of  construction  and 
contractors  for  power  plant  and  equip- 
ment in  the  construction  of  the  Lack- 
awanna  and  Wyoming  Valley  proper- 
ties; vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager, Lackawanna  &  Wyoming  Valley 
Railroad  Co.,  at  Scranfon,  Pa.,  from 
beginning  of  operation,  Feb.  1,  1904, 
to  Jan.,  1913;  also  president,  Lacka- 
wanna <fe  Wyoming  Valley  Power  Co., 
and  Meadow  Brook  Stone  Co.;  presi- 
dent and  general  manager,  Giant  Port- 


land Cement  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Feb.,  1913  to  date;  m.,  Nov.  7,  1889, 
Mabel  S.  Dwight,  Concord,  N.  H.;  one 
son,  Dwight,  b.  Oct.  7,  1890  (Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1910,  Dartmouth 
College,  1914).  Residence,  Wayne, 
Pa.;  business  address,  Fifteenth  and 
Chestnut  Sts.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mason,  Ellen  McRoberts 

(Mrs.  Mahlon  L.  Mason);  writer, 
club-woman;  b.  North  Baldwin  (Quaker 
Brook),  Me.;  dau.  John  and  Charity 
(Davis)  McRoberts  (her  father,  born  in 
Belfast,  Ireland,  son  of  a  Scotch 
mother  and  Irish  father,  who  was  an 
army  officer,  came  to  this  country  in 
youth  and  was  at  first  engaged  in  rail- 
road building);  ed.  public  schools  and 
academies,  and  Farmington,  Me., 
Normal  School;  taught  school  for  9, 
time  and  was  married  April  21,  1873, 
to  Mahlon  Lee  Mason,  proprietor  of 
the  Sunset  Pavilion,  a  widely  known 
summer  hotel  at  North  Conway,  where 
her  home  has  since  been.  Endowed 
with  literary  taste  and  a  talent  for  writ- 
ing, she  cultivated  these  and  made  fre- 
quent contributions,  both  in  prose  and 
verse,  to  the  Portland  Transcript,  the 
Press  and  other  Maine  papers;  also  let- 
ters and  stories  published  in  the  Boston 
Courier;  served  for  a  dozen  years  as 
the  "East  Side"  correspondent  of  the 
Boston  Herald;  was  a  constant  con- 
tributor to  the  White  Mountain  FIcho 
during  the  period  of  its  publication, 
and  more  recently  wrote  for  Among 
the  Clouds.  She  is  also  a  forceful  and 
convincing  public  speaker.  She  has 
traveled  in  Germany,  having  been  there 
when  the  old  Emperor  William  died; 
saw  the  troops  swear  allegiance  to  his 
son,  Frederick,  and  realized  the  ap- 
proaching prominence  of  the  Hohen- 
zollern  regime.  Her  letters  to  the 
Boston  Sunday  Herald  at  that  time 
attracted  wide  attention.  She  has 
translated  many  stories  and  poems 
from  the  German,  some  of  which  have 
been  published  in  ihedranite  Monthly, 
as  have  various  historical  articles  from 
her  pen;  she  is  also  represented  in  the 
"Poets  of  Maine"  and  the  "Poets  of 


Kl.LEN    McRoBERTS    MASON 


CAPT.  NATHANIEL  R.  MASON,  M.D.,  F.A.C.S.,  M.K.C.,  U.S.A. 


ONE   THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


New  Hampshire'';  served  six  years  on 
the  Conway  school  board  and  was 
mainly  instrumental  in  securing  ex- 
pert supervision  for  the  schools,  her 
personally  obtained  opinions  upon  the 
subject  having  also  been  used  by  State 
Superintendent  Morrison,  in  his  work 
of  extending  the  system  through  the 
state;  she  was  also  instrumental  in 
establishing  a  school  library  at  North 
Conway,  effected  the  centralization  of 
the  schools  in  the  villages  of  the  town, 
and  took  the  initiative  in  bringing  to 
North  Conway  the  first  meeting  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Instruction,  in 
1898;  vice-president,  N.  H.  Federation 
of  Women's  Clubs,  1896-7,  and  inaug- 
urated the  custom  of  holding  yearly 
field-meetings,  the  first  one  being  held 
at  North  Conway,  July  8-9, 1896,  while 
she  was  president  of  the  North  Con- 
way  Woman's  Club;  first  chairman, 
Forestry  Committee,  N.  H.  Federation, 
1897-1905,  and  during  this  service  in- 
duced many  of  the  Women's  Clubs  of 
the  state  to  become  life  members  of 
the  Society  for  the  Protection  of  N.  H. 
Forests,  of  which  she  was  a  charter 
member  and  had  the  honor  of  naming, 
having  also  written  much  upon  the 
subject  of  forest  preservation;  clerk  of 
North  Conway  Public  Library  Ass'n 
for  the  last  thirty  years;  member, 
book  committee,  of  the  same  and  of 
the  building  committee  erecting  the 
handsome  stone  structure  for  housing 
the  library;  member,  New  England 
Woman's  Press  Ass'n;  president  of  the 
local  S.  P.  C.  A.,  Suffragist;  Episco- 
palian, and  clerk  of  the  corporation  of 
Christ  Church,  North  Conway  for 
nearly  thirty  years  past.  One  eon, 
Dr.  Nathaniel  R.  Mason  (see  next 
sketch).  Residence,  North  Conway. 

Mason,  Nathaniel  Robert 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  North 
Conway,  N.  H.,  April  26,  1S76;  s. 
Mahlon  Lee  and  Ellen  (McRoberts) 
Mason  (great-great-grandson  of  Capt. 
Nathaniel  Hutchins  of  French  and 
Indian  and  Revolutionary  war  fame); 
ed.  under  his  mother's  tutelage  till 
nearly  ten  years  of  age.  Pierce  grammar 


school,  Brookline,  Mass.,  private  study 
in  Germany,  Bridgton,  Me.,  high 
school,  Phillips  Andover  Academy, 
1893,  Yale  University,  A.B.  1897  (with 
honors),  Harvard  Medical  School,  M.D. 
1901;  was  a  summer  reporter  for  the 
Boston  Herald  and  other  papers  in 
boyhood,  and  a  clerk  in  the  Sunset 
House,  his  father's  hotel,  in  vacation, 
while  at  Yale  and  Harvard;  Episco- 
palian (vestryman,  Christ  church, 
North  Conway);  Republican;  com- 
menced professional  practice  in  Boston, 
at  "The  Marlboro,"  on  Marlboro  St., 
in  the  fall  after  graduation;  pursued 
general  practice  four  years,  after  that 
specializing  in  obstetrics  and  gyne- 
cology;  assistant  in  Obstetrics  and 
Gynecology,  Harvard  University  Medi- 
cal School;  First  Ass't  Visiting  Sur- 
geon for  Diseases  of  Women,  Boston 
City  Hospital;  Ass't  Visiting  Physi- 
cian, Boston  Lying-in  Hospital;  has 
carried  out  important  original  inves- 
tigations in  the  Laboratory  for  Surgi- 
cal Research  of  Harvard  Medical 
School;  frequent  contributor  to  the 
Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal; 
member  Beta  Theta  Pi  fraternity, 
Yale,  Mass.  Medical  Soc.,  Mass.  Medi- 
cal Benevolent  Soc.,  Boston  Medical 
Library,  Obstetrical  Soc.  of  Boston, 
American  Medical  Ass'n,  American 
College  of  Surgeons,  Ass'n  of  Military 
Surgeons  of  U.  S.,  Union  Boat  Club; 
member  of  the  first  military  instruc- 
tion camp,  at  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  in  the 
summer  of  1915;  received  commission 
as  first  lieutenant  in  the  Medical  Re- 
serve Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  Oct.  12, 
1916;  commissioned  as  captain  in  the 
Medical  Section  of  the  Officers'  Re- 
serve Corps,  Dec.  7,  1917;  assigned  to 
active  duty  at  Camp  Greenleaf,  Ft. 
Oglethorpe,  Ga.,  Jan.  10,  1918,  serving 
as  instructor  in  surgery;  ordered  by  the 
War  Department  to  Rockefeller  In- 
stitute, New  York,  for  a  further  course 
in  Medical  Research;  assigned  to  the 
Division  of  Surgery,  for  foreign  service, 
at  Base  Hospital  Fifty-one;  in.,  Aug. 
31,  1911,  Eunice  Ireland,  dau.  Rev. 
Warren  Rasselas  Ireland,  Winchester, 
Mass.;  two  children,  Charity  Adeline, 


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b.  May  21,  1913;  and  Mahlon  Rasselas, 
b.  April  6,  1915.  Office  and  residence, 
483  Beacon  St.,  Boston;  summer  home, 
North  Conway. 

Silver,  Ernest  Leroy 

Educator;  b.,  Salem,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
29,  1876;  s.  Clinton  Leroy  and  Paulina 
Clymelia  (Ayer)  Silver;  ed.  Pinkerton 
Academy,  Derry,  N.  H.,  1894,  Dart- 
mouth College,  B.Litt.,  1899;  super- 
intendent of  schools,  Rochester,  N.  H., 
1900-04,  Portsmouth,  1905-9;  princi- 
pal, Pinkerton  Academy,  1909-11;  di- 
rector, N.  H.  State  Normal  School, 
Plymouth,  since  1911;  Methodist 
(trustee,  M.  E.  Church,  Plymouth); 
Progressive  Republican;  served  as 
president  of  Strafford  and  Rockingham 
County  Teachers'  Ass'ns,  and  N.  H. 
State  Teachers' Ass'n;  many  years  mem- 


ber, N.  II .  Educational  Council;  presi- 
dent, Schoolmasters'  Club;  director, 
American  Institute  of  Instruction; 
member,  National  Educational  Ass'n 
and  National  Ass'n  of  Normal  School 
Presidents;  A.  F.  <t  A.  M.,  St.  Johns' 


Lodge,  Portsmouth;  m.,  1889,  Hattie 
May  Plummer.  Residence,  Plymouth, 
N.  H. 

Nolin,  William  Peter 

Merchant;  postmaster  of  Claremont; 
b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  April  6,  1875; 


s.  Pierre  and  Mary  (Gillette)  Nolin; 
ed.  public  schools  of  Claremont;  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  estab- 
lished by  his  father  in  189.5,  and  since 
incorporated  as  P.  Nolin  &  Sons,  doing 
an  extensive  business;  now  president 
of  the  corporation,  and  also  president 
of  the  Nolin  Shoe  Co.;  Roman  Cath- 
olic; Democrat;  appointed  postmaster 
of  Claremont  by  President  Wilson; 
active  member  of  Claremont  board  of 
trade  and  interested  in  all  public  im- 
provements; member,  committee  on 
public  playground;  director,  People's 
National  Bank;  member  and  past  vice- 
president,  N.  H.  Retail  (Irocers  Ass'n; 
member,  Knights  of  Columbus,  Elks, 
Moose,  Foresters  of  America,  I /Union 
Canadienne  Francaise.  St.  Jean  Bap- 
tistc  Soc.,  Naturalization  Club;  m. 


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Laurs  N.  Courchene,  Sept.  16,  1902; 
children,  Francis  Harry,  b.  May  15, 
1906;  William  Esdrase,  b.  Aug.  25, 
1908.  Residence,  Claremont,  N.  H. 

Remick,  James  Waldron 

Lawyer;  b.,  Hardwick,  Vt.,  Oct.  30, 
1860;  s.  Samuel  Kelley  and  Sophia 
(Cushman)  Remick;  ed.  public  schools, 
Colebrook,  N.  H.  Academy,  Michigan 
University,  LL.B.,  1882;  admitted  to 
the  N.  H.  bar,  1882;  commenced  prac- 
tice at  Colebrook,  remaining  for  two 
years,  when  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  the  late  Hon.  Ossian  Ray,  with 
office  in  Littleton,  to  which  town  he 
removed;  later  was  associated  with 
his  brother,  the  late  Gen.  Daniel  C. 
Remich,  under  the  firm  name  of  Rem- 
ich  &  Remick;  appointed  U.  S.  district 
attorney  for  New  Hampshire  by  Presi- 
dent Benjamin  Harrison  at  the  age  of 
twenty-eight  years,  holding  the  office 
four  years;  appointed  an  associate 
justice  of  the  N.  H.  supreme  court  in 
1901,  when  he  removed  to  Concord; 
resigned  from  the  bench  in  1904,  to 
resume  private  practice,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Sargent,  Remick 
&  Niles,  and  subsequently  being  asso- 
ciated with  Henry  F.  Hollis,  present 
U.  S.  senator  from  New  Hampshire, 
under  the  name  of  Remick  &  Hollis, 
which  latter  firm  was  dissolved  in  1911, 
and  the  firm  of  Remick  &  Jackson 
(Robert  Jackson)  formed,  continuing 
five  years,  since  when  Judge  Remick 
has  practiced  alone;  Unitarian;  Inde- 
pendent Republican;  member,  Little- 
ton board  of  health,  1887-9;  board  of 
education,  1889-1901,  the  last  six 
years  as  chairman;  member,  N.  H. 
and  American  Bar  Ass'ns,  Derryfield 
Club,  Manchester,  Wonolancet,  Beaver 
Meadow  Golf  and  Snowshoe  clubs, 
Concord;  trustee,  John  H.  Pearson 
fund;  m.,  Dec.  5,  1888,  Mary  S.  Pendle- 
ton, Hartford,  Conn.  Residence,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 

Remick,  Mary  Pendleton 

(Mrs.  James  W.  Remiok) ;  club- 
woman; b.,  Bangor,  Me.,  July  31,  1864, 
dau.  Nathan  P.  and  Helen  M.  (Smith) 


Pendleton;  ed.  private  schools,  Marl- 
boro and  Southboro,  Mass.,  and  Hart- 
ford, Conn.;  secretary,  N.  H.  Confer- 
ence of  Charities  and  Corrections, 
1907 — ;  trustee  and  secretary,  Pem- 
broke Sanatorium  for  Advanced  Cases 
of  Tuberculosis;  trustee,  N.  H.  Mem- 
orial Hospital  for  Women  and  Children; 
eight  years  president,  Hospital  Asso- 
ciates, when  $6,000  was  raised  for  the 
Maternity  Fund;  president,  Concord 
Woman's  Club,  1911-13;  first  vice- 


president,  Friendly  Club;  served  as 
chairman  of  committee  on  Industrial 
and  Social  Conditions  and  Prison 
Reform  for  the  General  Federation  of 
Woman's  Clubs,  1912-1(5;  first  vice- 
president,  N.  PI.  Federation  of  Woman's 
Clubs,  1916 — ;  chairman,  Civil  Service 
Reform,  N.  H.  Federation;  chairman, 
legislative  committee  of  N.  H.  Federa- 
tion; chairman  of  garments  and  surgi- 
cal dressings  under  the  N.  H.  Chapter 
of  American  Red  Cross;  member,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Prison  Ass'n, 
Stratford  (Shakespeare)  Club,  Concord 
Equal  Suffrage  League;  Unitarian;  m., 


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Dec.  5,  1888,  Hartford,  Conn.,  Judge 
James  Waldron  Remick ;  lived  at  Little- 
ton, N.  H.,  1888-1902;  since  then,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.;  dau.,  Gladys,  b.  Littleton, 
Oct.  31,  1891;  ed.  Mount  Ida  School, 
West  Newton,  Mass.;  m.  Jesse  Scott 
Wilson,  Sept.  30,  1915. 

Emerson,  Francis  Patten 

Physician  (specialty,  ear,  nose  and 
throat  since  1898);  b.,  Candia,  N.  H., 
June  10,  1862;  s.  Moses  Fitts  and  Abbie 


(Patten)  Emerson;  desc.  Michael  Em- 
erson, Haverhill,  MUSH.,  1034;  ed.  public 
schools,  Pembroke  (N.  II.)  Acad- 
emy, private  tutor,  M.I).,  Coll.  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons  (Columbia  Univ.), 
N.  V.  City,  1886;  F.  A.  C.  S.,  assoc.  in 
Laryngology,  Harvard  Graduate  Medi- 
cal School;  instructor  in  Otology,  Har- 
vard University  Medical  School;  asst. 
Aural  Surgeon,  Mass.  Charitable 
Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  since  1910; 
member,  American  Medical  Ass'n 
(chin.,  section  Laryngology  and  Otol- 
ogy, HUT),  Mass.  Med.  Soc..  Vt.  State 
Medical  Sue.  fhon.i,  American  I.arvn- 


gol.,  Rhinol.  and  Otolog.  Soc.,  Ameri- 
can Otolog.  Soc.,  N.  E.  Otolog.  and 
Laryngol.  Soc.;  Boston  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Harvard  Club,  W:oodland 
Golf  Club,  Washington  Lodge,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  Independent  Republican; 
non-sectarian;  m.,  Nov.  16,  1886,  Rena 
P.  Colby  of  Boston;  children,  Guy  C., 
b.  Aug.  22,  1887,  Chester,  Vt.,  m., 
Louise  Boyd  Brown,  Sept.  12,  1916; 
Margaret,  b.  May  29,  1894,  Boston,  m. 
Donald  Ballou  Chapman,  Dec.  21, 
1915.  Residence,  124  Longwood  Ave., 
Brookline,  Mass.  Office,  520  Common- 
wealth Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Kingsbury,  Edward  Newell 

Physician;  b.,  Francestown,  N.  H. 
Sept.  7,  1853;  s.  John  Langdon  and 
Abigail  (Hyde)  Kingsbury;  of  the 
eighth  generation  from  Joseph  Kings- 
bury,  Watertown,  Mass.,  1632,  one  of 
nineteen  men  granted  land  by  the 
General  Court,  1636,  to  organize  the 
town  of  Dedham,  Mass.;  ed.  Frances- 
town  and  Colby  (New  London)  acade- 
mies, Amherst  College,  1878,  Hahne- 
mann  Medical  College,  M.D.  1880; 
practiced  in  Spencer,  Mass.,  1880-3, 
Newton  Center,  Mass.,  1883-5,  Woon- 
socket, R.  I.,  since  1885.  Member 
staff  of  Woonsocket  hospital,  1910-16, 
member  medical  board  since  1912, 
chief  of  staff  since  1916;  president, 
Woonsocket  District  Medical  Soc., 
1917-;  member,  R.  I.  Homeopathic 
Medical  Soc.,  Mass.  State  Homeo- 
pathic Soc.,  Mass.  Surgical  and  Gyne- 
cological Soc.,  American  Institute  of 
Homeopathy,  Delta  Upsilon,  Winne- 
suket  Country  Club;  rn.,  May  5,  1881, 
Clara  A.  Coffin,  Newton  Center,  Mass., 
dau.  1).  N.  B.  and  Sarah  (Hayward) 
Coffin;  children,  Newell  Coffin,  b.  1882; 
Mabel  Hyde,  b.  1884  (Mrs.  Thomas  G. 
Wright)  and  Mary  Richards  Kings- 
bury,  1).  1886.  Residence,  Woon- 
socket, R.  I. 

Woolson,  Augustus  A. 

Banker;  real  estate  and  insurance; 
b.,  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  June  15,  1835;  s. 
Amos  and  Hannah  I).  (Temple)  Wool- 
son:  ed.  public  schools,  Kimball  Union 


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Academy,  Meriden  and  Newbury  (Vt.) 
Seminary;  went  West  at  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  but  returned,  in  a  year  or 
two,  to  Lisbon  where  he  has  since  been 
in  business;  engaged  for  many  years  in 
general  mercantile  business,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Wells  &  Woolson; 
later  formed  a  partnership  in  real  estate 
and  insurance,  with  his  nephew,  Augus- 
tus M.  Clough,  continuing  to  the 
present  time;  Stand  pat"  Republican 
("having  no  use  for  the  initiative  and 
referendum,  or  the  primary,  not  be- 
lieving in  self  appointed  candidates, 
or  two  elections  in  one");  town  clerk 
of  Lisbon,  1861-2;  moderator,  1866  to 
1908,  except  during  the  years  of  Demo- 
cratic ascendency  in  town,  from  1878 
to  1886;  town  treasurer,  fourteen  years; 
chairman  supervisors  of  check  list, 
twenty  years;  member,  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives,  1875  to  1878 
(speaker  in  1877  and  1878);  deputy 
sheriff,  five  years;  assistant  assessor, 
U.  S.  Internal  Revenue,  1865  to  1873 
when  the  office  expired  by  limitation; 
delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1889,  1902;  director,  Lisbon 
Savings  Bank  and  Trust  Co.  (which 
he  was  largely  instrumental  in  organ- 
izing), twenty-eight  years  and  presi- 
dent of  the  same,  sixteen  years;  presi- 
dent of  the  Lisbon  Village  Library 
Ass'n,  whose  organization  he  also 
promoted,  for  more  than  thirty  years; 
village  commissioner,  seven  years; 
principal  pension  attorney  for  Lisbon 
and  vicinity  since  the  close  of  the  Civil 
War.  Residence,  Lisbon,  N.  H. 

Clough,  Clarence  Edward 

Coal  and  lumber  merchant;  b.,  Dan- 
bury,  N.  H.,  Feb.  25,  1872;  s.  George 
B.  and  Phoebe  R.  (Wiggin)  Clough; 
ed.  Colby  Academy,  New  London, 
N.  H.,  1891,  Yale  University,  1895, 
University  of  Chicago  Divinity  School, 
1898;  Baptist;  entered  the  ministry 
and  served  five  years  as  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Bloomington,  Ind..  during 
which  time  a  new  stone  church  edifice 
was  built  and  the  membership  doubled; 
subsequently  retired,  and  for  the  last 
fifteen  years  has  been  engaged  in  the 


coal  and  lumber  business  in  Lebanon, 
taking  an  active  interest  in  church  and 
public  affairs,  serving  as  deacon  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  member  of  the 
Lebanon  board  of  education;  ex-presi- 
dent, N.  H.  Baptist  State  Convention; 
treasurer  and  chairman  executive  com- 
mittee, trustees  of  Colby  Academy; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1909-10,  and  a  leader 
of  the  progressive  Republicans  in  that 
body;  member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 


Langdon  Club  (chairman  executive 
committee):  trustee,  Mascoma  Sav- 
ings Bank  of  Lebanon;  in.,  Sept.  25, 
1897,  Mary  E.  Shepard  of  New  Lon- 
don (Colby  Academy,  1891,  Smith 
College,  1897);  children,  Dorothy,  b. 
Sept.  2,  1898;  Shepard  Bancroft,  b. 
Dec.  (5,  1901;  Nathaniel  Paul,  b. 
Sept.  30,  1906;  Barbara  May,  b.  March 
11,  1910;  Reginald  Theodore,  b.  Oct. 
28,  1914.  Residence,  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

Jackman,  Charles  Lyman. 

Insurance;  b..  Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
4,    1871;   s.   Capt.    Lyman   and  Sarah 


CHARLES  L.  JACKMAN 


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Freese  (Tilton)  Jackman;  direct  de- 
scendant of  James  Jackman,  an  original 
settler  of  Newbury,  Mass.;  his  great- 
grandfather served  in  the  Revolution, 
his  grandfather,  Maj.  Royal  Jackman, 
with  two  brothers,  served  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  his  father,  Capt.  Lyman 
Jackman,  who  wrote  the  history  of  the 
Sixth  N.  H.  Volunteers,  served  during 
the  Civil  War,  was  wounded  in  the 
second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  and  was 
confined  for  a  time  in  Libby  prison; 
ed.  Concord  public  schools,  high  school, 
1890;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
engaged  in  fire  insurance,  with  his 
father,  after  leaving  school,  and  has 
continued,  developing  an  extensive 
business,  and  is  connected  with  various 
corporations  in  other  lines;  president, 
Capital  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  First  Investment  Co.,  Contoo- 
cook  Valley  Paper  Co.,  Henniker, 
N.  H.,  Underwriters  Fire  Insurance 
Co.,  Concord,  Eastern  Fire  Insurance 
Co.,  Phenix  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Co.,  Page  Belting  Co.,  Northern 
Securities  Co.;  vice-president,  Manu- 
facturers &  Merchants'  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Co.,  Concord,  Concord  Real 
Estate  Co.;  manager,  New  England 
•Underwriters  Agency  (Inc.),  Concord; 
treasurer,  Concord  Building  Co.,  Con- 
cord, Concord  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Jackman 
&  Lang  (Inc.);  assistant  treasurer, 
United  Life  and  Accident  Insurance 
Co.,  Concord;  director,  State  Capital 
Co.,  Concord,  Concord  &  Claremont  R. 
R.,  Concord  Shoe  Factory,  National 
State  Capital  Bank,  Home  Realty  Co., 
F.  G.  Guilds  Co.,  Pittsfield,  Mass.; 
member  South  Congregational  Church, 
Cemetery  Commission,  Wonolancct, 
Kancamagus,  Passaconaway,  Beaver 
Meadow  Golf  and  Bow  Brook  Squash 
clubs,  Concord;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Knight 
Templar  and  Shriner;  member,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.  and  American  Geo- 
graphical Soc.,  New  York;  m.,  1st, 
Oct.  11,  1893,  Minnie  M.  Day,  Con- 
cord, d.  Sept.  13,  1898;  2d,  May  17, 
1900,  Mary  E.  Rolfe;  children,  Mar- 
garet Sarah,  b.  Aug.  8,  1904;  Roma  A., 
b.  Aug.  2,  1909,  d.  Jan.  11,  1912; 
Ruth  1.  Lemrnon  (adopted).  Resi- 


dence, Concord,  N.  H.  and  Jacksland 
Farm,  Riverhill,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Gordon,  George  Henry 

Railroad  employee;  b.,  Canaan,  N. 
H.,  Sept.  27,  1859;  s.  William  and 
Augusta  (Sleeper)  Gordon;  ed.  public 
schools,  Canaan,  N.  H.,  and  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  Proctor  Academy,  Andover, 
N.  H.;  served  as  station  agent  for  the 
Northern  R.  R.,  at  Danbury,  N.  H., 
several  years  after  leaving  school,  and 


five  years  as  postmaster;  removed  to 
Canaan  in  1886,  and  has  been  railroad 
station  agent  there  since  that  time; 
Baptist;  Republican;  town  clerk  of 
Canaan  since  1888;  member,  high 
school  board,  seven  years;  member, 
N.  II.  house  of  representatives,  1893- 
4,  1905-6;  N.  H.  senate,  1899-1900; 
A.  F.  <fc  A.  M.,  Knight  Templar  and 
Shriner;  K.  of  P.;  New  England  Rail- 
road Agents  Ass'n;  B.  ct  M.  Railroad 
Veterans  Ass'n;  m.,  Sept.  25,  1880, 
Emma  F.  Noyes;  children,  Ralph  \V., 
b.  Feb.  25,  1882;  Earle  C.,  Dec.  12, 
1887  (clerk,  X.  H.  senate);  Harold  G., 


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b.  Dec.  31,  1889;  Vaughn  L.,  b.  May 
7,  1892;  Mamie  G.,  b.  Oct.  7,  1893; 
Ethelyn  A.,  b.  July  1,  1899;  Ruth  C., 
b.  Jan.  10,  1902.  Residence,  Canaan, 
N.  H. 

Wells,  Christopher  Henry 

Lawyer,  journalist,  Judge  of  Pro- 
bate; b.,  Somersworth,  N.  H.,  July  6, 
1853;  s.  Nathaniel  and  Eliza  (Thorn) 
Wells;  ed.  Somersworth  high  school, 
1871,  Bowdoin  College,  1875;  studied 
law  and  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar, 


Aug.  10,  187.X ;  practiced  sonic  years  in 
company  with  his  father's  old  partner, 
William  R.  Burleigh,  and  in  1883,  pur- 
chased the  Free  Press  newspaper  and 
printing  establishment,  devoting  his 
attention  largely,  thereafter,  to  journal- 
ism; Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member,  X.  II .  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1881-3;  X.  II.  constitutional 
convention,  1889;  aide-de-camp,  with 
rank  of  colonel,  staff  of  Gov.  Charles 
H.  Sawyer,  1887-8;  mayor  of  Somers- 
worth, 1894-8;  justice,  Somersworth 
police  court,  Jan.,  1900  to  July,  1914; 
Judge  of  Probate  for  StrafTord  County 


since  March  15,  1898;  chairman  com- 
mittee appointed  by  Gov.  Chester  B. 
Jordon  to  prepare  rules  of  procedure, 
and  uniform  blanks  for  use  in  probate 
courts  of  the  state,  1901-3;  president, 
First  National  Bank  of  Somersworth; 
vice-president  and  trustee,  Somers- 
worth Savings  Bank;  owner  and  treas- 
urer, since  1883,  Somersworth  Free 
Press;  member,  Strafford  County  and 
New  Hampshire  Bar  Ass'ns,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Soc.  Laws  of  the 
American  Revolution;  N.  H.  Weekly 
Publishers  Ass'n,  Scottish  Rite  Mason 
(32d  degree),  Knight  of  Pythia,  Patron 
of  Husbandry,  etc.;  m.,  June  15,  1887, 
Oriana  Hartford,  Dover;  no  children. 
Residence,  Somersworth,  N.  H. 

Brooks,  John  Graham 

Author,  lecturer;  b.,  Acworth,  X.H., 
July  19,  1846;  s.  Chapin  Kidder  and 
Parmelia  (Graham)  Brooks;  S.T.B. 
Harvard  Divinity  School,  1875;  stud- 
ied three  years  at  the  Universities  of 
Berlin,  Jena  and  Freidburg,  and  be- 
came a  lecturer  on  economical  subjects; 
instructor  two  years,  in  Harvard 
University;  several  years  lecturer, 
extension  dept.,  University  of  Chicago; 
two  years  expert,  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Labor, 
at  Washington,  making  report  of  1893, 
upon  Workingrnen's  Insurance  in  Ger- 
many; lecturer,  University  of  Cali- 
fornia; president,  National  Consumers' 
League;  author,  "The  Social  Unrest," 
1903;  "As  Others  See  Us,"  1908;  "An 
American  Citizen,"  1910;  "American 
Syndicalism,"  1913.  Address,  8  Fran- 
cis Ave.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Morrill,  Osma  Cornelia  Baker 

(Mrs.  Shadrach  C.  Morrill);  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  March  7,  1855,  dau. 
Bishop  Osman  C.  and  Mehitable 
(Perley)  Baker.  (In  1847  Bishop 
Baker  was  a  prime  mover  in  organiz- 
ing the  Biblical  Institute  at  Concord, 
N.  H.,  the  first  Methodist  Theological 
school  in  this  country,  which  in  1868 
became  the  nucleus  of  Boston  Univer- 
sity.) Ed.  Concord  High  School,  1872 
(valedictorian);  member,  Baker  Me- 
morial M.  E.  Church;  first  president  for 


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N.  H.  of  Nat.  Fed.  of  Musical  Clubs, 
1909-15;  chairman  of  first  Music 
Committee  in  N.  H.  Federation  of 
Woman's  Clubs;  Conference  president 
of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Soc. 
of  the  M.  E.  Church;  member,  Concord 
board  of  education,  1915-;  trustee  of 
Margaret  Pillsbury  General  Hospital, 
1906-;  member,  Stratford  (Shakes- 
speare)  Club  (president,  1892-5),  Con- 
cord Woman's  Club  (charter  member, 
chairman  of  Household  Economics, 
also  of  Music  Committee),  Concord 
Music  Club  (president,  1908-10) ;  Dis- 
trict Nursing  Ass'n,  Concord  Female 
Charitable  Soc.  and  Red  Cross;  m., 
May  22,  1883,  Dr.  Shadrach  Gate 
Morrill,  who  d.  Oct.  9,  1904;  children, 
Ashley  Baker,  b.  Sept.  6,  1884,  B.S. 
Harvard  University,  1908,  M.D.  Har- 
vard Medical  School,  1911,  studied 
Vienna,  Paris  and  London,  1912,  physi- 
cian, Chicago,  111.,  1912-17,  captain, 
Medical  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  U. 
S.  A.,  1917-;  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  28, 
1886,  Concord  High  School,  1906, 
Garland  Training  School,  Boston, 
1908,  kindergartner  in  the  Concord 
schools,  d.  Sept.  2,  1917;  Gladys,  b. 
June  28,  1887;  Mary  Stearns,  b.  June 
22,  1892,  d.  Dec.  4,  1903.  „  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Evans,  Alfred  Randall 

Lawyer;  b.,  Shelburne,  N.  H.,  March 
21,  1849;  s.  Otis  and  Martha  (Pinkham) 
Evans;  grandson  of  Daniel  Evans,  an 
early  settler  of  Shelburne;  ed.  public 
schools,  Lancaster  Academy,  Lewiston, 
Me.,  Latin  School,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1872 ;  studied  law  and  admitted  to 
the  Coos  County  bar  in  1875,  also  to 
the  bar  of  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  in  1880; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  repre- 
sented Shelburne  in  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  in  1874-5,  and  1878; 
Removed  to  Gorham  in  1880;  served 
as  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen 
and  of  the  superintending  school  com- 
mittee; appointed  Judge  of  Probate 
for  Coos  County  in  1895  and  has  held 
the  office  since  that  time;  delegate  in 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1902 
and  1912;  quartermaster-general  on 


staff  of  Gov.  Charles  M.  Floyd,  1907- 
8,  and  on  staffs  of  Governors  Quinby 
and  Bass,  as  quartermaster-general  of 
N.  H.  N.  G.;  president,  Berlin  and 
Gorham  Bar  Ass'n,  since  organization; 
organizer,  trustee  and  for  many  years 
main  supporter  of  Gorham  Public 
Library;  president,  Gorham  Savings 
Bank,  and  of  the  Berlin  National 
Bank  for  ten  years  after  organization; 
member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (32d  degree); 
secretary,  Gorham  Lodge,  No.  73,  more 


than  thirty  years;  honorary  member, 
N.  H.  Veterans  Ass'n;  m.,  1st,  June 
1,  1880,  Dora  J.  Briggs,  d.  May  10, 
1908;  2d,  Dec.  14,  1911,  at  Lisbon, 
N.  H.,  Mrs.  Marion  J.  (Bowles)  Aid- 
rich,  of  Colebrook.  Residence,  Gor- 
ham, N.  H. 

Morris,  George  Franklin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Vershire,  Vt.,  April  13, 
Istiti;  s.  Josiah  S.  and  Lucina  C.  (Mer- 
rill) Morris,  and  grandson  of  William 
M.  and  Esther  P.  (Southworth)  Morris; 
<>d.  common  schools  of  Corinth,  Vt., 
Corinth  Academy  and  State  Normal 


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School,  Randolph,  Vt.,  1885;  taught 
for  some  years  in  the  schools  of  Vershire, 
Newbury  and  Concord,  Vt.,  and  in  the 
high  schools  of  Wells  River,  Vt.,  and 
Woodsville,  N.  H.,  for  two  seasons  in  a 
summer  school  for  instruction  of 
teachers,  at  Wells  River,  and  was  for 
four  years  examiner  of  teachers  for 
Orange  County,  Vt.;  read  law  during 
vacations  with  Smith  &  Sloane,  at 
Wells  River,  was  admitted  to  the 
Vermont  bar  at  Montpelier,  Oct.,  1891, 
subsequently  to  the  New  Hampshire 
bar,  and  at  once  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  law  at  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  where  he 
remained  till  March  19,  1906  when  he 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Drew, 
Jordan,  Shurtleff  &  Morris  at  Lan- 
caster (now  Drew,  Shurtleff,  Morris  & 
Oakes)  where  he  has  since  resided. 
As  a  member  of  the  leading  law  firm  in 
northern  New  Hampshire,  for  the  last 
dozen  years  he  has  had  a  wide  pro- 
fessional experience.  Since  1914  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  board  of  State 
bar  examiners,  succeeding  Judge  Wil- 
liam  M.  Chase.  In  1917  he  was  chosen 
president  of  the  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n. 
Republican;  delegate  from  Lisbon  in 
the  N.  H.  constitutional  convention  of 
1902,  and  member  of  the  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives  from  that  town  in 
1905;  solicitor  for  Grafton  County, 
1899-1903;  several  years  member  of 
Lisbon  board  of  education  and  has 
served  the  last  ten  years  in  Lancaster 
in  the  same  capacity.  Mr.  Morris  is 
much  interested  in  botany,  and  has  a 
large  collection  of  the  flora  of  northern 
New  Hampshire;  also  extensively 
engaged  in  agriculture,  being  the  owner 
of  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  Coos 
County,  and  is  president  of  the  Coos 
County  Farm  Bureau;  m.,  May  1C), 
1894,  Lula  J.  Aldrich  of  Lisbon  (see 
sketch  of  Mrs.  Morris) ;  one  son,  Robert 
Hall,  b.  Aug.  21,  1907.  Residence, 
Lancaster,  N.  H. 

Morris,  Lula   J.  Aldrich 

(Mrs.  George  F.  Morris);  club- 
woman; b.,  Libson,  N.  H.,  Aug.  4, 
1872;  dau.  Charles  and  Persis  (Hall) 
Aldrirh;  ed.  public  schools,  Lisbon 


high  school,  1891;  resided  in  Lisbon, 
except  for  a  year's  absence,  in  Creston, 
la.,  until  removal  with  her  husband  to 
Lancaster  in  1906;  assistant  post-mis- 
tress in  Lisbon  for  six  years  after 
graduation  from  high  school.  Mrs. 
Morris  has  always  been  interested  in 
the  social  life  and  events  of  the  towns 
where  she  has  resided,  and  is  widely 
known  among  the  club-women  of  the 
state;  served  as  president  of  Friends  in 
Council  in  Lisbon,  1905-6,  and  of  Unity 


Club,  Lancaster,  1911-12;  treasurer, 
N.  H.  .State  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  1913-14;  auditor  of  the  same, 
1915-16;  prominent  in  the  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star,  serving  as  Worthy  Ma- 
tron, Lafayette  Chapter,  Lisbon,  in 
1901,  and  as  Grand  Matron  of  the 
order  in  New  Hampshire  in  1909;  at 
present,  a  director  of  N.  H.  Division, 
Women's  Committee,  Council  of  Na- 
tional Defense,  and  chairman,  Lan- 
caster Branch  of  the  Red  Cross,  and 
active  in  both  positions.  From  1899  to 
1906  Mrs.  Morris  worked  in  her  hus- 
band's office,  making  a  study  of  law  in 


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the  meantime,  and  while  never  applying 
for  admission  to  the  bar,  the  knowledge 
of  law  and  familiarity  with  court  pro- 
cedure acquired  made  her  a  valuable 
assistant  in  his  work. 

Keyes,  Henry  Wilder 

Farmer,  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire; b.,  Newbury,  Vt.,  May  23,  1863; 
s.  Henry  and  Emma  F.  (Pierce)  Keyes; 
great-grandson  of  Col.  Danforth  Keyes, 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  and  personal 
friend  of  General  Washington;  ed.  Bos- 
ton public  schools,  Adams  Academy, 
Harvard  College,  A.B.,  1887;  promi- 
nent in  athletics  in  college,  and  captain 
of  a  crew  which  defeated  Yale;  marshal 
of  his  class,  for  commencement  week, 
at  graduation;  traveled  in  Europe  after 
leaving  college,  visiting  Friesland,  the 
home  of  Holstein  cattle  where  he  made 
personal  selection  of  superior  stock  for 
the  celebrated  "Pine  Grove  Farm,"  at 
North  Haverhill,  of  which  his  father 
had  been  the  owner,  and  which  he  has 
since  conducted,  with  great  success, 
breeding  fine  cattle,  horses,  sheep  and 
swine,  and  taking  deep  interest  in  all 
lines  of  agricultural  progress;  Episco- 
palian; Republican;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1891-2,  1893 
-4,  1915-16;  N.  H.  senate,  1903-4; 
trustee,  N.  H.  College  of  Agriculture 
and  the  Mechanic  Arts,  1893-6;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  board  of  license  commission- 
ers, 1903-13;  excise  commission  (chair- 
man), 1915-16;  Governor  of  Xew 
Hampshire,  1917-18;  member,  board 
of  selectmen  of  Haverhill,  eighteen 
years,  most  of  the  time  chairman  of 
the  board;  director  and  president  of 
the  Passumpsic  and  Connecticut  Rivers 
R.  R.;  director,  N.  E.  Telephone  «t 
Telegraph  Co.;  president,  Woodsville 
National  Bank;  vice-president,  Nashua 
River  Paper  Co.,  Pepperell,  Mass.; 
member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and  P.  of  II.; 
m.,  June  8,  1904,  Frances  Parkinson, 
dau.  John  H.  and  Louise  (Johnson) 
Wheeler,  Newbury,  Vt.;  children, 
Henry  Wilder,  Jr.,  "b.  March  22,  1905; 
John 'Parkinson,  b.  March  26,  1907; 
Francis,  b.  Dec.  4,  1912.  Residence, 
North  Haverhill,  N.  H. 


Stickney,  Edward  Huntington 

Clergyman;  b.,  Campton,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
10,  1853;  s.  Benjamin  and  Phebe  (Pul- 
sifer)  Stickney;  ed.  Kimball  Union 
Academy,  Dartmouth  College,  1878, 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1881; 
went  West  in  1881,  and  was  settled  as 
a  home  missionary,  at  Detroit,  Mich., 
remaining  till  1885,  when  he  removed 
to  Harwood,  N.  D.,  then  a  part  of  the 
territory  of  Dakota,  where  he  was  mis- 
sionary pastor  till  April,  1889,  when  he 


entered  the  general  work  as  a  mission- 
ary for  the  Congregational  S.  S.  and 
Pub.  Soc.;  in  1N91  was  made  superin- 
tendent for  the  entire  state,  and  has 
continued  since,  having  also,  for  a 
number  of  years,  worked  in  northern 
Minnesota,  and  for  three  years  had 
the  whole  of  Montana  in  his  care.  In 
Aug.,  1909,  he  was  made  joint  mis- 
sionary and  S.  8.  superintendent  for 
North  Dakota,  and  has  since  continued 
in  that  position;  one  of  the  founders  of 
Fargo  College,  Fargo,  N.  D.,  and  for 
many  years  secret :iry  of  its  board  of 
trustees;  received  the  honorary  degree 


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of  D.D.  from  Fargo  in  1910  and  from 
Dartmouth  in  1915;  m.,  Sept,  6,  1881, 
Laura  Hewitt  Washburn;  children, 
Bertha  Campbell;  Park  Washburn 
(Dartmouth,  1908,  Thayer  School, 
1909),  civil  engineer,  N.  P.  R.  R.; 
George  Edwin  (Fargo,  1914,  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary,  1917),  pastor, 
Congregational  church,  Burlington, 
Wis.,  now  in  Army  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work. 
Residence,  Fargo,  N.  D. 

Farnum,  Charles  Henry 

Farmer;  b.,  West  Concord,  N.  H., 


Dec.  30,  1X37;  s.  Dea.  Benjamin  and 
Emily  (Farnum)  Farnum;  ed.  Con- 
cord schools  and  Colby  Academy,  New 
London,  N.  H.;  in  Jan.,  1X60,  went  to 
California  by  way  of  the  Isthmus, 
remaining  there  till  June,  1X6X,  since 
when  he  has  been  engaged  in  agricul- 
ture at  West  Concord,  on  ancestral 
land,  belonging  to  his  great-great- 
grandfather, Ephraim  Farnum,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Concord.  He 
represents  one  of  three  families  in 
Concord,  living  on  land  directlv  de- 


scended from  the  original  proprietors 
of  "Pennycook,"  settled  in  1725,  the 
others  being  Mr.  Andrew  J.  Abbott,  of 
West  Concord,  his  neighbor,  and  Miss 
Eliza  L.  \Valker,  of  276  No.  Main  St., 
who  lives  in  the  very  house  of  her  great- 
great-grandfather,  Rev.  Timothy 
Walker,  the  first  minister;  Republican; 
Congregationalist,  member,  West 
Concord  Congregational  Church;  life 
member,  N.  E.  Agricultural  Soc.;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  Dairymen's  Ass'n;  Merri- 
mack  County  Grange  Fair  Ass'n;  m., 
Nov.  29,  1870,  Annie  E.  Farnum,  d. 
March  31,  1917;  a  daughter  died  in 
infancy.  Residence,  West  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Farnum,  Lewis  Calvin 

Railway  official;  b.,  West  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  28,  1846;  s.  Dea.  Benja- 
min and  Emily  (Farnum)  Farnum;  ed. 
West  Concord  schools  and  New  Lon- 
don Academy;  went  West  in  1868; 
conductor  on  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  R.  R.  forty-three  years; 
Republican;  Christian  Scientist;  mem- 
ber, A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  Blue  Lodge 
Chapter  and  Cornmandery,  McGregor, 
Iowa,  Wisconsin  Consistory,  Milwau- 
kee, Wis.;  m.,  Aug.  9,  1874,  Jennie 
Amelia  Tiffany,  Mason  City,  Iowa; 
one  child,  Emma  Fay,  b.  Oct/28,  1875, 
grad.  McGregor  high  school,  also 
N.  E.  Conservatory  of  Music,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.;  m.,  1894,  Fred  G.  Bell 
of  McGregor,  manager  and  owner  of 
the  oldest  grain  house  in  Iowa,  known 
as  Cilchrist  &  Co.,  founded  by  his 
father,  Dea.  Colin  Bell,  who  started 
the  business  at  McGregor  in  1854, 
coming  from  West  Charlton,  N.  Y. 
Residence,  McGregor,  Iowa. 

Jones,  William  Safford 

Clergyman;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H., 
March  10,  1879;  s.  Daniel  Smith  and 
Harriet  Maria  (Smith)  Jones;  ed. 
Boston  public  schools,  private  tutor, 
Meadville  (Pa.)  Theological  School, 
1X96,  Divinity  School,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, resident  graduate,  1896-7, 
1899-1900;  Unitarian;  Minister,  Chan- 
ning  Memorial  Church,  Newport, 


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R.  I.,  since  November,  1905;  member, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Chaplain,  St.  Paul's 
Lodge,  No.  14,  Newport;  Board  of 
Reference,  Charity  Organization  Soc., 
Newport;  trustee,  Natural  History 
Soc.;  visiting  committee,  Woman's 
College,  Brown  University;  historian, 
R.  I.  Soc.  Sons  of  the  Revolution;  life 
member,  American  Unitarian  Ass'n 
and  Boston  Young  Men's  Christian 
Union;  American  Soc.  for  Psychical 
Research;  Meadville  Alumni  Ass'n; 
Harvard  Divinity  Alumni  Ass'n;  Har- 
vard Club  of  R.  I.;  author  of  many 
printed  sermons  and  articles;  collab- 
orator, "Getting  Together:  Essays  by 
Friends  in  Council,  on  the  Regulative 
Ideas  of  Religious  Thought";  speaker 
for  the  U.  S.  government  under  the 
authority  of  the  Committee  on  Public 
Information  as  a  "Four  Minute  Man"; 
m.,  June  30,  1902,  Edith  Adams 
Nichols;  one  son,  Edward  Nichols 
Jones,  b.  July  16,  1904.  Residence, 
"The  Parsonage,"  29  Kay  St.,  New- 
port, R.  I. 

Shepard,  Annie  Bartlett 

(Mrs.  Frederick  Johnson  Shopard); 
home-maker  and  club-woman;  b.,  Not- 
tingham, N.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1861;  dau. 
Thomas  Bradbury  and  Victoria  (Cilley) 
Bartlett,  granddaughter  Judge  Brad- 
bury Bartlett  and  Col.  Joseph  Cilley  of 
Nottingham,  both  serving  in  the  War 
of  1812  and  the  latter  wounded  at 
Lundy's  Lane,  also  great-granddaugh- 
ter Gen.  Thomas  Bartlett  and  Gen. 
Joseph  Cilley,  officers  in  the  American 
Revolution:  ed.  public  schools,  Haver- 
hill,  Mass.,  and  Lasell  Seminary,  Au- 
burndale,  Mass.;  state  regent,  N.  H. 
D.  A.  R.,  1907-9;  president,  N.  H. 
Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs,  1915- 
17;  director  in  General  Federation  of 
Woman's  Clubs,  1916-18;  member, 
Derry  Woman's  Club,  Molly  Reid 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  N.  H.  Soc.  Colonial 
Dames,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  K. 
Historic  Genealogical  Soc.,  N.  H. 
Woman's  Dept.  Nat.  Civic  Fed.,  State 
Advisory  Com.  on  Food  Conservation 
(Chairman  Derry  District),  Derry 
Parent-Teacher  Ass'n,  Derrv  Red 


Cross  (Chairman  East  Derry  Auxiliary) 
Congregationalist,  anti-suffragist;  m., 
Sept.  27,  1887,  Frederick  Johnson 
Shepard,  banker,  Derry,  N.  H.;  chil- 
dren, (1)  Frederick  Johnson,  Jr.,  b. 
Dec.  10,  1889,  Mass.  Inst,  Tech.,  1912; 
m.  Jan.  27,  1915,  Caroline  Rothwell 
Clark  of  Boston;  one  child,  Helen 
Rothwell;  commissioned  First  Lieu- 
tenant Ordnance  Dept.,  U.  S.  A.,  Oct., 
1917;  (2)  Alan  Bartlett,  b.  Sept.  5, 
1891,  Dartmouth  College,  1913,  Tuck 


School,  191-1;  commissioned  First 
Lieutenant,  Infantry  Reserve  at  Platts- 
burg,  Nov.,  1917;  (3)  Henry  Bradbury, 
b.  Nov.  23,  1S93,  Phillips  Andover, 
1912,  Mass.  Inst.  Tech.,  1916;  com- 
missioned, Ensign,  Naval  Reserve 
Ordnance  Dept.,  Oct.,  1917.  Resi- 
dence, East  Derry,  N.  H. 

Brown,  Frank  Parker 

Merchant  and  lumberman;  b.,  Bow, 
N.  H.,  March  21,  1S-17;  s.  Parker  an.l 
Clara  A.  (Gault  )  Brown;  ed.  public 
schools,  Colby  Academy,  New  Lon- 
don, N.  H.,  Concord  Business  College; 


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removed  to  Whitefield  in  1870,  where 
-  he  was  long  engaged  in  lumbering  and 
mercantile  business,  but  for  some  time 
past  has  been  a 'grain  dealer;  Baptist; 
Republican,  and  for  many  years  active 
in  party  affairs;  member,  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives  from  Whitefield, 
1876-7;  Commissary  General  on  the 
staff  of  Gov.  Moody  Currier;  delegate, 
Republic  National  Convention,  Phila- 
delphia; member,  N.  H.  senate,  1899; 
executive  council,  1907,  fish  and  game 
commissioner  1908-13;  Mason  (32d 
degree);  I.  O.  O.  F.;  m.,  Aug.  20,  1874, 
Kate  Howard  Crockett,  Boston,  Mass. 
(Mrs.  Brown  has  been  active  and 
prominent  in  charitable  and  benevo- 
lent work,  and  has  long  served  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Chari- 
ties and  Correction);  one  son,  Forest 
Gault,  b.  Aug.  7,  1885,  a  graduate  of 
the  Whitefield  high  school,  has  a  wife 
and  two  children,  Gault  and  Ruth,  and 
is  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
grain  business.  Residence,  White- 
field,  N.  H. 

Hartford,  Fernando  Wood 

Publisher;  b.,  Chateaugay,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  14,  1876;  s.  Mark  and  Eliza  J. 
(Silver)  Hartford;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Morse  Business  College,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.;  his  first  newspaper  work  was 
done  at  the  age  of  ten  years,  as  a 
carrier  for  the  Manchester  Morning 
I'nion;  at  thirteen  engaged  with  the 
Union  as  an  office  boy,  subsequently 
serving  as  a  bookkeeper  and  general 
utility  man  until  at  sixteen,  he  was 
sent  to  Portsmouth,  at  $9.00  per  week, 
to  establish  a  circulation  in  that  part 
of  the  State;  subsequently  he  served 
for  fifteen  years  in  various  clerical 
capacities,  at  the  Portsmouth  Navy 
Yard,  attaining  the  position  of  chief 
clerk  to  the  purchasing  paymaster — 
this  early  connection  accounting  for 
the  deep  interest  he  has  ever  since 
taken  in  the  Navy  Yard  and  its  work; 
publisher,  Portsmouth  Herald,  since 
1891,  acquiring  the  Daily  Chronicle 
and  N.  H.  Gazette  (weekly)  in  1893, 
all  of  which  he  has  since  published; 
Congregationalist ;  Republican ;  mem- 


ber, Portsmouth  city  council,  1892, 
school  board  six  years;  member,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives  1895;  dele- 
gate to  Republican  national  conven- 
tion, Chicago,  1912;  N.  E.  Railroad 
Conference,  1914;  president  and  treas- 
urer, Chronicle  and  Gazette  Publishing 


president,    Portsmouth    Theatre 
director,   Citizens   Material   Ry. 


Co. 

Co. 

Co.     member    and    organizer    of    the 

Portsmouth  Board  of  Trade;  member, 

N.  H.  Press  Ass'n  (ex-president),  Pil- 


grim Publicity  Ass'n;  Knights  of  the 
Golden  Eagle,  Knights  of  Pythias. 
Elks  and  Grange;  Warwick,  Ports- 
mouth Athletic,  Country  and  City 
clubs,  and  Boston  Press  club;  ac- 
tively instrumental  in  the  inauguration 
and  establishment  of  the  new  ship- 
building plant  at  Newington,  and 
secretary  of  the  corporation;  m.,  June 
7,  1890,  Lizzie  Hill  Downing  of  Eliot . 
Me.;  children,  Beatrice  Elizabeth  (Mrs. 
A.  W.  Scarborough),  b.  Aug.  21,  1891 
(Bradford  Academy,  1912);  Emma 
Helen  (Mrs.  William  A.  Nelson),  b. 
Sept.  18,  1893  (Smith  College,  1916); 


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Justin  Downing,  b.  July  21,  1900,  now 
in  U.  S.  Naval  Academy.  Resi- 
dence, Miller  Ave.;  office,  23  Pleasant 
St. .Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

x  Hannaford,  Mary  Elisabeth  Neal 

Historian,  club  woman;  b.,  Mere- 
dith, N.  H.,  Oct.  2,  1853;  dau.  and 
only  child  of  Smith  and  Sarah  Elisa- 
beth (Smith)  Neal;  ed.  public  schools, 
Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  and  Tilton  Semi- 
nary; resided  in  Sanbornton,  N.  H., 
till  1898  when  she  removed  to  Illinois; 
m.,  Jan.  1,  1890,  John  P.  Hannaford, 
native  of  New  Hampton;  joined  sec- 
ond Baptist  Church,  Sanbornton  Bay, 
N.  H.,  with  her  mother,  in  1870,  and 
retains  membership  there;  member, 
board  of  directors,  Farmers  State 
Bank,  of  Chadwick,  111.,  where  she  re- 
sided a  few  years  before  removal  to 
Rockford,  111.,  their  present  home;  has 
devoted  much  time  to  historical  and 
genealogical  work;  published  in  1915, 
"Family  Records  of  Branches  of  Sev- 
eral New  Hampshire  Families,"  and  is 
still  collecting  data  along  this  line; 
active  in  club  work  and  has  served  on 
the  Illinois  Federation  Board  of 
Women's  Clubs;  member,  Chicago 
chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  Colony  of  New  England 
Women,  Chicago  Chapter;  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.  and  N.  E.  Historic- 
Genealogical  Soe.,  Boston,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, 514  N.  WinnebagoSt.,  Rockford, 
111. 

Towle,  Fred  Scates 

Physician;  b.,  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec. 
28,  1863;  s.  Charles  A.  and  Maria 
(Scates)  Towle;  ed.  Boston  high  school 
and  Columbian  Medical  College,  1893; 
pursued  post-graduate  studies  in  New 
York  hospitals;  practiced  a  short  time 
in  Boston,  and  located  in  Portsmouth 
in  1S94,  where  he  has  since  continued, 
establishing  an  extensive  practice; 
Baptist;  Republican;  has  served  as 
city  physician,  chairman,  Portsmouth 
Board  of  Health,  surgeon  for  B.  <fr.  M. 
R.  R.;  member  of  staff  of  the  Cottage 
Hospital,  surgeon-general  on  staff  of 
(iov.  deorge  A.  Ramsdell;  member, 


N.  H.  Executive  Council  for  District 
No.  1,  1905-6;  chairman,  Medical  Ad- 
visory Draft  Board;  member,  N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.  (president,  1917-18), 
N.  H.  Surgical  Club,  Portsmouth, 
Strafford  County,  and  Rockingham 
County  medical  societies,  and  American 
Medical  Ass'n;  Mason  (32d  degree), 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  R.  A.  (State  Medical  Ex- 
aminer); S.  A.  R.;  m.,  March,  1885, 
Martha  Home  Perry,  Boston;  one  son, 
Charles  Augustus,  educated  at  Ports- 


mouth High  School,  and  New  York 
Military  Academy,  Cornwall-on-the- 
Hudson;  married  Marion  ('..  Roby, 
daughter  C.  A.  Roby,  Nashua,  N.  H., 
died  Oct.  2,  1916,  aged  30  years.  Resi- 
dence, Portsmouth,  N.  H. 


Folsom,  Channing 

Educator,  fanner;  b.,  Newmarket, 
X.  H.,  June  1,  1S4S;  s.  Dr.  William  and 
Irena  (Lamprey)  Folsom;  ed.  public 
schools,  Phillips  Kxeter  Academy, 
IStili,  Dartmouth  College.  1870  (A.M. 
IMS/));  taught  school  in  Durham  and 
Newmarket  while  in  college;  later 


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taught  two  years  in  Amesbury,  Mass., 
and  four  years  in  Portsmouth;  became 
principal  of  the  Belknap  Grammar 
school  in  Dover  in  1874  continuing  till 
1877,  when  he  went  to  the  Eliot  School 
in  Boston,  remaining  till  April,  1882, 
when  he  was  made  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Dover,  continuing  until 
appointed  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  for  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  Oct.,  1898,  which  latter  office 
he  held  till  1904;  Methodist;  Republi- 
can; member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Rising 
Star  Lodge,  Newmarket  (past  master, 
Moses  Paul  Lodge,  Dover),  Belknap 
Chapter  and  St.  Paul  Commandery, 
Dover,  N.  H.  Consistory,  32d  degree; 
prominent  for  a  time  in  Patrons  of 
Husbandry,  and  first  master  of  Dover 
Grange;  m.,  Nov.  12,  1870,  Ruth  F. 
Sawyer  of  Newmarket;  children, 
Henry  H.,  b.  1871,  d.  1914  (Dartmouth, 
1892) ;  Alice  Irene,  b.  1873,  m.  George 
G.  Towle,  Dover;  Arthur  Channing, 
b.  1875,  in  business  in  San  Francisco, 
Cal.;  Emily  S.,  b.  1876,  m.  Perley  A. 
Young,  Newmarket;  Mary  H.,  b.  1881, 
m.  Edward  J.  Ackroyd,  Somerville, 
Mass.  Residence,  Newmarket,  N.  H.; 
address,  Newfields,  R.  F.  D. 

Sargent,  Orison  Clark 

Clergyman;  b.,  Pittsford,  Vt.,  Oct. 
1,  1849;  s.  Leonard  and  Sophia  (Allen) 
Sargent,  grandson  of  Junia  Sargent,  a 
"Green  Mountain"  boy  who  fought  at 
Ticonderoga  under  Ethan  Allen;  ed. 
Fairfax  Literary  and  Scientific  Insti- 
tute, Vt.,  Colgate  Academy,  Colgate 
University,  A.B.,  1875,  A.M.  and  B.D., 
1878;  Phi  Beta  Kappa;  filled  Baptist 
pulpit  at  Delhi,  Delaware  Co.,  N.  Y., 
one  year  while  theological  student;  or- 
dained. Jewett  City,  Conn.,  July,  1878, 
preached  there  till  1884;  Randolph, 
Mass.,  1884-8;  asst.  pastor,  Second  Ave. 
Baptist  Church,  New  York  City,  1888 
-9;  Claremont,  N.  II.,  1889-1901;  gen- 
eral secretary  and  superintendent  of  N. 
H.  Baptist  Convention,  1901-14;  Re- 
publican; member,  Am.  Baptist  Foreign 
Miss.  Soc.  (life),  Am.  Baptist  Home 
Miss.  Soc.  (life),  N.  H.  Bible  Soc. 


(director),  Ministers'  Conference  of 
Boston,  Concord  Ministers'  Confer- 
ence, N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Concord 
Equal  Suffrage  League,  Anti-Saloon 
League,  N.  H.  Y.  M.  C.  A.  (hon.), 
W.  C.  T.  U.  (hon.),  Nat.  Geographic 
Soc.;  president,  N.  H.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 
three  years  during  Claremont  pastor- 
ate; owner  and  editor  of  the  N.  H. 
Evangel,  a  Baptist  State  paper,  1907- 
14;  contributor  to  the  Watchman  and 
Examiner  (Boston),  including  letters 
from  Europe,  California  and  Jamaica; 


also  to  Z  ion's  Advocate  of  Maine;  m.. 
Anne  Phidelia  Sears  of  Delhi,  N.  Y.. 
June  25,  1878;  children,  Clark  Sears. 
b.  Dec.  2,  1879,  d.  Aug.  11,  1880; 
Elizabeth  Sears,  b.  Oct.  1,  1SS1,  A.B., 
Mount  Holyoke  College,  1903.  teacher 
in  high  schools,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  1904- 
6,  Franklin,  N.  H.,  1906-7,  Concord, 
N.  II.,  1907-;  president,  Concord 
Woman's  College  Club,  19 17-.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 


Hox.   FKAXK  P.  HOBBS 


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Hobbs,  Frank  Pierce 

Railroading,  hotel  and  livery  busi- 
ness, lumbering,  real  estate  and  fire 
insurance;  b.,  Winona,  Minn.,  Sept.  6, 
1855;  s.  Ezra  T.  and  Hannah  M. 
(Cogswell)  Hobbs;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Ossipee  and  Tamworth,  N.  H.;  em- 
ployed by  the  Eastern  R.  R.  in  youth, 
serving  successively  as  brakeman,  bag- 
gage master,  telegraph  operator  and 
station  agent  at  Wolfeboro,  until  1888, 
when  he  resigned,  and  engaged  in  hotel 
and  livery  business,  conducting  first  the 
"Lake  Shore"  and  later  the  Wolfeboro 
Hotel,  which  he  remodelled  and  named 
"Hobbs-is-Inn,"  continuing  till  June, 
1907,  when  he  retired  to  go  into  real 
estate,  lumbering  and  insurance;  Uni- 
tarian; Democrat;  he  served  forty 
years  as  a  member  of  the  N.  H.  Demo- 
cratic state  committee;  sheriff  of  Car- 
roll County,  1899, 1900;  deputy  sheriff, 
•Carroll,  Belknap  and  Strafford  Coun- 
ties, many  years;  postmaster  Wolfe- 
boro, 1894-8,  1913  and  since;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1911- 
12,  1913-14;  member,  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1912;  justice,  Wolfe- 
boro District  Court,  1913-15;  chair- 
man, Carroll  County  War  Savings 
Committee,  1918;  member,  Morning 
Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Fidelity 
Lodge,  No.  71,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Carroll 
Lodge,  No.  7,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  of  Wolfe- 
boro; m.,  Dec.  G,  1882,  Emily  S.,  dau. 
Otis  and  Shua  (Libbey)  Evans,  of 
Wolfeboro;  two  daughters,  Shua  and 
Mary.  Residence,  Wolfeboro,  N.  H. 

Robbins,  Joseph  Henry 

Clergyman;  b.,  Yarmouth,  Nova 
Scotia,  Aug.  21,  1846;  s.  Chandler  and 
Hannah  (Holmes)  Robbins,  great- 
grandson  of  Joseph  Robbins  who 
fought  under  Washington  at  battle  of 
Princeton  and  in  the  capture  of  the 
Hessians  at  Trenton;  also  descended 
from  Isaac  Allerton  and  John  Howland, 
both  Mayflower  Pilgrims;  Acadia  Uni- 
versity, Nova  Scotia,  B.A.  1873,  M.A. 
1883;  ordained  Baptist  minister,  Raw- 
don,  Nova  Scotia,  1X73;  pastorates, 
1873-1902,  Rawclon,  Cambridge,  Bear 
River  and  Middleton,  N.  S.,  Spring- 


field, Saxton's  River  and  Chester,  Vt., 
Claremont  and  Concord,  N.  H.; 
Superintendent,  N.  H.  Anti-Saloon 
League  and  editor,  N.  H.  Issue,  1902- ; 
Independent;  member,  N.  E.  Evange- 
listic Ass'n,  Lord's  Day  League  of 
N.  E.,  Salisbury  Baptist  Ass'n,  N.  H. 
Baptist  United  Convention,  Good  Will 
Farm  Home  Ass'n,  Franklin,  N.  H. 
(trustee),  Concord  Ministers'  Confer- 
ence, Concord  Equal  Suffrage  League, 
Capital  Grange,  P.  of  H.;  author  of 


N.  H.  Prohibitory  law  passed  in  1917; 
m.,  Dec.  24,  1872,  Yarmouth,  N.  S., 
Mary  Gould  Scott;  children:  (1) 
Joseph  Chandler,  b.  March  20,  1874, 
Brown  University,  A.B.  1897,  Newton 
Theological  Seminary,  1901;  served 
in  Spanish-American  War,  Co.  E,  1st 
N.  H.  Vols.  1898;  seven  years  mission- 
ary in  the  Philippines,  foreign  secretary 
Am.  Bapt.  For.  Miss.  Soe.,  1916-,  m. 
Effie  Starkey  of  Troy,  N.  H.;  children: 
Mary,  d.  in  the  Philippines,  Ruth 
Margaret,  Joseph  Chandler,  Louise 
Mary;  (2)  Louise  May,  b.  April  14, 
1875,  ed.  Leland  Stanford  University, 
California,  d.  Jan.  17,  1917.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  II. 


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Henderson,  James  William 

Printer,  lawyer,  real  estate  operator; 
b.,  Rochester,  N.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1840;  s. 
William  Millet  and  Maria  (Diman) 
Henderson;  ed.  public  schools,  Roches- 
ter Academy  and  Franklin  Academy, 
Dover;  taught  school  in  Rochester 
and  Farmington  in  youth;  learned  the 
printer's  trade  in  the  office  of  the 
Dover  Enquirer,  and  was  subsequently 
employed  in  the  Mass.  State  printing 
office,  on  the  Boston  Journal  and 


Dover  newspapers;  member,  Dover 
board  of  education,  1870-5;  read  law 
in  the  office  of  (leorge  W.  Stevens  of 
Dover;  went  to  St.  Augustine,  Fla..  in 
1877,  where  he  continued  the  study  of 
law,  was  admitted  to  the  Florida  bar, 
and  subsequently  to  the  U.  S.  District 
and  Supreme  Courts;  appointed  acting 
state's  attorney  for  St.  John's  Co.,  by 
Judge  J.  M.  Baker  of  the  Fourth  Judi- 
cial District;  meanwhile  lie  was  also 
engaged  in  extensive  real  estate  opera- 
tions in  St.  Augustine,  including  the 
proprietorship  of  a  big  hotel,  upon 
the  site  of  which,  after  its  destruction 


by  fire,  he  erected  a  large  brick  block, 
now  the  home  of  the  Masons,  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  other  fraternal  orders.  He 
also  purchased  at  a  special  Master's 
sale,  the  St.  Augustine  &  South  Beach 
Railway  &  Bridge  Co.'s  property,  con- 
sisting of  half  a  dozen  miles  of  railroad 
and  a  drawbridge,  spanning  the  Mal- 
ansas  River,  which  some  two  years  later 
was  disposed  of  to  a  Boston  syndicate. 
Methodist;  Democrat;  served  several 
years  as  a  member  of  the  N.  H.  Demo- 
cratic state  committee,  and  was  active 
in  local  and  state  politics;  in  the  state 
convention  of  1875,  presented  the  name 
of  Capt.  Daniel  Marcy  of  Portsmouth, 
for  the  gubernatorial  nomination,  in  a 
forceful  and  convincing  speech;  m., 
May  18,  1878,  Ellen  Compton,  dau. 
Jacob  Compton  of  Chicago,  an  accom- 
plished woman  of  fine  artistic  tastes, 
who  d.  April  26,  1909.  (Just  previous  to 
marriage  he  had  purchased  in  Dover,  the 
fine  old  residence  of  the  late  Judge  Dur- 
rell  of  Louisiana  fame,  which  he  occu- 
pied as  a  summer  home.)  Two  sons: 
William  H.,  b.  New  York  City,  May  27, 
1879,  d.  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  March 
14,  1880;  J.  Compton,  b.  Clifton  House, 
Niagara  Falls,  July  8,  1880;  ed.  Dover, 
St.  Augustine  and  Chicago  public 
schools,  South  Division  high  school, 
Chicago,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and 
South  Western  Univ.,  Jackson,  Tenn.r 
LL.B.;  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Tennes- 
see and  Florida,  and  became  a  partner 
with  his  father  in  the  firm  of  Hender- 
son &  Henderson,  St.  Augustine  and 
Chicago.  Mr.  Henderson  has  impor- 
tant real  estate  interests  in  Dover,  St. 
Augustine  and  Chicago,  and  divides  his 
time  between  the  three  cities. 

Hall,  Newton  Marshall 

Clergyman;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,. 
Jan.  10,  18(55;  s.  Marshall  Parker  and 
Susan  Marice  (James)  Hall;  ed.  Man- 
chester high  school,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.IJ.  1888,  A.M.  1891,  D.D.  1908, 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1891; 
professor,  English  Language  and  Liter- 
ature, Iowa  College,  1891-3;  pastor, 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Owonta, 
X.  V.,  1894-9;  pastor,  Xorth  Congre- 


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gational  Church,  Springfield,  Mass., 
1899- ;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member-at-large,  Springfield  board  of 
education,  1912-;  chairman,  board, 
1916;  Vice-president,  Mass.  Soc. 
S.  A.  R.,  1913-15;  president,  George 
Washington  Chapter,  S.  A.  R.,  1910- 
12,  Chaplain,  1900-10;  president, 
Springfield  Congregational  Union, 
1914-17;  president,  Connecticut  Val- 
ley Congregational  Club,  1913-14; 
director,  Mass.  Home  Miss.  Soc.,  1912- 
18;  member,  Nat'l  Municipal  League, 
Springfield  Country  Club,  Reality  Club, 
Conn.  Valley  Congregational  Club, 
9AX;  author,  "Civic  Righteousness 
and  Civic  Pride,"  "The  Golden  Book," 
"The  Bible  Story,"  "Biblical  Dramas," 
"Early  Days  of  Israel,"  "Days  of  the 
Kings  of  Israel,"  "Adult  Bible  Classes," 
"The  Critical  Study  of  the  Bible";  m., 
Aug.  20,  1891,  Louise  Buffum  Varney, 
d.  1914;  one  daughter,  Louise  Marshall 
Hall.  Residence,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Erskine,  James  Buddington 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.  South 
Scituate,  R.  I.,  May  15,  1855;  s.  James 
and  Ellen  (Cromwell)  Erskine;  ed. 
common  schools,  Jencks  Mowry  Mt. 
Pleasant  high  school,  at  Mt.  Pleasant, 
R.  I.,  M.D.,  University  of  New  York, 
1885;  spent  the  following  year  in  study 
in  hospitals  of  Great  Britain  and  Paris; 
on  return  located  in  practice  at  Bristol, 
R.  I.,  but,  two  years  later,  removed  to 
Colebrook,  N.  H.,  where  he  continued 
ten  years,  meanwhile  attending  the 
New  York  Post  Graduate  School  and 
visiting  the  hospitals  of  that  city; 
studied  in  the  Metropolitan  schools  of 
London  in  1898,  and  upon  his  return  to 
America,  located  in  Tilton,  N.  H., 
where  he  has  since  remained,  having 
established  a  much-needed  private 
hospital  and  conducted  it  with  much 
success;  has  specialized  in  surgery,  suc- 
cessfully performing  nearly  every 
known  operation  in  that  line.  Resi- 
dence, Tilton,  N.  H. 

Metcalf,  Harry  Bingham 

Journalist;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
25,  1871;  s.  Henry  Harrison  and  Mary 


Jane  (Jackson)  Metcalf;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Manchester  and  Concord 
(Concord  high  school,  1889);  Dart- 
mouth College,  B.S.  1893,  M.S.  1896; 
in  high  school,  founder  and  first  editor 
of  The  Volunteer;  in  senior  college  year, 
editor  of  The  Dartmouth;  on  editorial 
staff  of  the  Boston  American  since  its 
foundation;  previously  on  Boston  Her- 
ald and  various  New  Hampshire  papers; 
Unitarian;  Independent  Democrat;  au- 
thor, "Stray  Notes  of  Song"  (volume 


of  verse),  1900;  in.,  Dec.  18,  1899, 
Katherine  A.  Sheehan  of  Lebanon, 
N.  II.  Residence,  S7  Brantwood  Rd., 
Arlington,  Mass. 

Hoyt,  Charles  Burleigh 

Farmer;  b.,  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
12,  1859;  s.  Benjamin  Burleigh  and 
Caroline  Elizabeth  (Quimby)  Hoyt;  ed. 
public  schools  and  New  Hampton 
Literary  Institution;  Methodist; 
Republican;  moderator  and  chairman, 
selectmen  of  Sandwich  many  years 
(now  serving  on  the  latter  board); 
member,  school  board,  several  terms; 


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225 


member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1903,  1915;  member,  N.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention,  1918;  colonel 
on  staff  of  Gov.  N.  J.  Bachelder; 
member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Eastern  Star, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  past  master, 
Mt.  Israel  Grange,  Sandwich,  and 
Carroll  County  Pomona  Grange;  past 
general  deputy,  N.  H.  State  Grange; 
past  master,  South  Dakota  State 
Grange;  m.,  Oct.  23,  1903,  Miss 
Florence  Webster  of  Sandwich.  Resi- 
dence, Center  Sandwich,  N.  H. 

Sawyer,  Roland  Douglas 

Clergyman,  publicist,  writer;  b., 
Kensington,  N.  H.,  Jan.  8,  1874;  s. 
Stephen  and  Phoebe  (Blake)  Sawyer; 
Congregationalist ;  Fundamental  Dem- 
ocrat; educated  for  the  ministry  at 
Revere  Lay  College  and  Boston  Uni- 
versity; has  held  pastorates  at  Brock- 
ton, Hanson,  Haverhill  and  Ware  (all 
in  Massachusetts) ;  instructor,  Revere 
Lay  College,  1900-04;  organized  Anti- 
Profanity  League,  1902,  conducting 
work  until  1907,  when  the  League  had 
30,000  members;  helped  organize  Popu- 
list party  in  New  Hampshire,  1894; 
delegate  to  various  political  conven- 
tions in  Massachusetts,  1904  to  1907; 
delegate  to  national  convention,  Inde- 
pendence League,  1908;  became  Social- 
ist in  1908;  national  lecturer  and  con- 
tributor to  the  Socialist  press  till  1913; 
candidate  for  Governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, 1912;  Democratic-Labor  mem- 
ber of  Mass,  house  of  representatives, 
1914-18;  delegate  Mass,  constitutional 
convention,  1917-18;  author,  "Making 
of  a  Socialist,"  "Walt  Whitman,  the 
Prophet-Poet,"  "Summer  Days  at 
Kensington,"  and  various  pamphlets 
on  political  and  economic  subjects; 
contributor,  Arena  Magazine,  New 
York  Call  and  Hearst  newspapers; 
affiliated  with  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
Odd  Fellows  and  Moose;  m.,  June  29, 
1898,  Mary  L.  Palmer  of  Kensington; 
children,  Ruth,  b.  June  22,  1899; 
Rachel,  b.  May  12,  1901;  Roland,  b. 
Dec.  26,  1902;  Robert  b.  Aug.  24,  1904; 
Rosalind,  b.  June  17,  1900;  Ramona, 
15 


b.  Sept.  16,  1911.  Residence,  Ware, 
Mass.;  summer  home,  Mother-Earth 
Camp,  Kensington,  N.  H. 

Morrison,  Obe  Gray 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Northfield,  N.  H., 
Oct.  15,  1851;  s.  Thomas  L.  and 
Susan  (Cappen)  Morrison;  ed.  Tilton 
public  schools;  in  youth  entered  employ 
of  the  Elm  Mills  Co.  on  Northfield  side 
of  the  Winnipesaukee  River,  where  he 
continued  twenty  years,  mastering  the 


details  of  woolen  manufacturing;  later 
engaged  in  business  for  himself,  in  a 
new  plant,  with  modern  equipment, 
but  under  the  old  name,  and  is  today, 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  Elm 
Mills  Woolen  Co.,  Tilton:  Congrega- 
tionalist; Republican;  member,  school 
board,  fifteen  years  (chairman,  six 
years);  member,  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1885-0  and  1915-16;  state 
senator,  1917-18;  member,  Doric 
Lodge,  A.  F.  «fc  A.  M.,  Tilton;  Knight 
Templar;  m.,  Jan.  1,  1874,  Mary  F. 
Munsey;  one  dau.,  Edith  (Mrs.  \Valter 


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Booth),  b.  May  8,  1877.  Residence, 
Northfield;  P.  O.  Address,  Tilton, 
N.  H. 

Goss,  Winifred  Lane 

(Mrs.  Charles  Carpenter  Goss); 
bank  cashier  and  club-woman;  b., 
Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  April  30,  1875;  dau. 
Charles  Henry  and  Almira  Lovena 
(Perkins)  Lane;  ed.  Pittsfield  schools, 
K.  U.  A.,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  1894;  asst. 
cashier,  Merchants'  National  Bank 


(Dover,  N.  H.),  founded  by  her  hus- 
band; director,  Merchants'  National 
Bank,  trustee,  Fanners'  Savings  Bank, 
Pittsfield,  N.  H.;  member  of  Congre- 
gational Church,  Pittsfield,  the  church 
of  her  forbears,  whose  first  clerk  was 
her  maternal  great-grandfather,  Deacon 
Jonathan  Perkins,  who  also  served  as 
deacon  from  the  organization  of  the 
church,  1789,  till  his  death,  forty  years 
later;  her  esteemed  father  was  warden 
and  treasurer  of  this  church  many 
years  and  bequeathed  a  trust  fund 
whose  income  is  to  be  used  for  the 
repair  of  the  church  buildings.  Mrs. 


Goss  is  superintendent  of  Junior  Sun- 
day-school and  member  of  Religious 
Education  committee,  First  Parish 
Church,  Dover;  member  Margery 
Sullivan  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.  (regent, 
1905-7  and  member,  board  of  mana- 
gers, 1907-);  state  regent,  N.  H. 
D.  A.  R.,  and  member,  National 
Board,  1913-15;  regent,  D.  A.  R. 
Chapter,  S.  S.  Rotterdam,  Mediter- 
ranean cruise,  1914;  member,  state 
executive  board,  D.  A.  R.,  1917-18, 
state  executive  board,  Am.  Red  Cross; 
treasurer,  Dover  Chapter,  Am.  Red 
Cross,  Dover  Branch  Woman's  Civic 
Fed.,  Dover  Musical  Soc.,  also  of 
N.  H.  Y.  W.  C.  A.  War  Fund;  several 
years  director  and  corresponding-sec- 
retary, Dover  Children's  Home;  di- 
rector, N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and  Pro- 
tective Ass'n;  member,  N.  H.  Soc.  of 
Colonial  Dames  of  America,  Tuesday 
Study  Club  and  Middlebrook  Golf 
Club  (Dover),  Dist.  Nursing  Ass'n 
and  other  local  missionary,  philan- 
thropic and  social  clubs;  m.,  June  26, 
1895,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  Charles  Car- 
penter Goss;  one  child,  Charles  Lane 
Goss,  b.  Feb.  24,  1903,  member  of 
Dover  High  School,  1921.  Residence, 
74  Silver  St..,  Dover,  N.H. 

Clarke,  Olive  Rand 

(Mrs.  John  B.  Clarke) ;  newspaper 
and  club-woman;  b.  Warner,  N.  H., 
May  26,  1841;  dau.  Joseph  Noyes  and 
Olive  (Whittier)  Rand;  ed.  Warner 
and  Contoocook  schools,  Hopkinton 
Academy,  Contocook  Academy,  1858; 
taught  school  for  several  years;  con- 
nected with  the  Manchester  Mirror, 
1864-86;  has  written  extensively  for 
the  press;  letters  from  California 
and  the  Northwest,  1884,  afterwards 
published  in  book  form  under  the  title 
of  "A  Vacation  Excursion";  letters 
from  Mexico,  1886;  letters  from  Spain, 
France,  Italy,  Central  Europe  and  the 
Near  East,  1894;  trustee  of  the  N.  H. 
State  Industrial  School,  1888-1911, 
originally  appointed  by  Governor 
Sawyer;  secretary  of  the  Manchester 
Woman's  Aid  and  Relief  Soc.  since  its 
organization,  1873-;  first  correspond- 


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ing  secretary  of  N.  H.  Federation  of 
Woman's  Clubs  (declined  presidency 
of  the  Federation  in  1899  and  1901); 
chairman  of  Forestry  committee, 
N.  H.  Federation,  1905-7;  chairman, 
Press  committee,  N.  H.  Federation, 
1907-17;  founded  New  Century  Club 
of  Manchester  (men  and  women), 
1898 — ;  president  of  Manchester  City 
Federation,  1896-8;  president,  Man- 
chester Equal  Suffrage  Ass'n,  1907- ; 
vice-president,  Warner  Equal  Suffrage 
League;  on  advisory  board  of  N.  H. 
Equal  Suffrage  Ass'n.  1917-;  member, 
Manchester  Shakespeare  Club,  several 

B:ars;  member,  Molly  Stark  chapter, 
.  A.  R.  (charter),  Children's  Aid  and 
Protective  Ass'n,  Soc.  for  Protection  of 
N.  H.  Forests,  N.  H.  Peace  Soc.;  m., 
July  1,  1886,  Col.  John  Badger  Clarke, 
editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Manchester 
Mirror  (d.  Oct.  29,  1891).  Residence, 
Manchester  and  Warner,  N.  H. 

Tufts,  Edith  Souther 

Registrar  of  Wellesley  College;  b., 
Dover,  N.  H.,  Jan.  29,  1862,  dau. 
Charles  Augustus  and  Anne  Blanchard 
(Souther)  Tufts;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Dover,  N.  H.,  Wellesley  College,  B.A. 
1885,  M.A.  1895,  studied  at  Yale 
University,  1894-5;  teacher  at  Dana 
Hall  School,  Wellesley,  1885-94,  1895- 
8,  Norwich  Free  Academv,  Norwich, 
Conn.,  1898-1900,  Commonwealth 
Avenue  School,  Boston,  1900-02;  in- 
structor in  Greek  at  Wellesley  College, 
1902-3;  registrar,  Wellesley  College, 
1903- ;  Episcopalian;  member,  Boston 
College  Club,  Boston  Wellesley  College 
Club.  Residence,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Stearns,  Edward  Roland 

Clergyman;  b.,  Biddeford,  Me.,  Nov. 
10,  1867;  s.  John  Frye  and  Mary 
(Emmons)  Stearns;  ed.  Thornton  Aca- 
demy, Saco,  Me.,  1885,  A.B.,  Bowdoin 
College,  1889,  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  1892;  minister,  Congrega- 
tional church,  New  Vinevard,  Me., 
1892-6,  Warren,  Me.,  1896-1902, 
Lancaster,  N.  H.,  1902-12;  field  secre- 
tary of  the  N.  II.  Congregational  Min- 


isters and  Widows'  Fund,  1912-15; 
secretary  of  the  General  Conference  of 
Congregational  Churches  of  N.  H.  and 
N.  H.  Home  Missionary  Soc.,  1915- ; 
editor,  N.  H.  Congregational  Record, 
1914- ;  Independent;  member,  South 
Congregational  Church,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  ^7  fraternity,  Mason,  32d 
degree,  N.  H.  Consistory,  North  Star 
Lodge,  Lancaster,  Nat.  Council  Con- 
gregational Churches,  Concord  Min- 


isters' Union,  Merrimack  Ministers' 
Ass'n,  Central  Congregational  Club, 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Bible  Soc. 
(director),  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Council  of 
Nat.  Defense;  trustee,  Euphrates  Col- 
lege, Harpoot,  Turkey;  m.,  Frances 
Alice  Voter,  Sept.  15,  1896,  New  Vine- 
yard, Me.,  children,  Mary  Everett,  b. 
March  10,  1898,  Mt.  Holyokc  College, 
1921;  John  Frye,  b.  Jan.  14,  1900, 
Phillips  Andover  Academy,  1918; 
Elisabeth,  b.  July  29, 1901.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 


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Kimball,  Benjamin  Ames 

Railway  official,  banker;  b.,  Bos- 
cawen,  N.  H.,  Aug.  22,  1833;  s.  Ben- 
jamin and  Ruth  (Ames)  Kimball;  his 
father  dying  soon  after  his  birth,  re- 
moved with  his  mother  to  Concord 
when  sixteen  years  of  age;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  Hildreth's  Preparatory 
School,  Derry,  Dartmouth  College 
Scientific  Dept.,  graduating  B.S.,  with 
highest  honors  in  1854;  immediately 
after  graduation  entered  the  service 
of  the  Concord  R.  R.,  as  a  draftsman; 
two  years  later  became  superintendent 
of  the  locomotive  department;  after 
eleven  years'  service  resigned  as  master 
mechanic  to  attend  to  private  business; 
has  been  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Ford 
&  Kimball,  manufacturers  of  brass  and 
iron  castings,  car  wheels,  etc.,  since 
1865;  founder,  director  and  president 
of  the  Cushman  Electric  Co.,  Concord; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  mem- 
ber, X.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1872;  delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional 
conventions  of  1876,  1889  and  1902; 
member,  N.  H.  executive  council,  1884; 
alternate  delegate,  Republican  national 
convention,  1880;  delgate  at  large, 
1892;  commissioner  from  New  Hamp- 
shire in  a  convention  of  commissioners 
from  the  several  states  arranging  for 
the  celebration  of  the  100th  anniver- 
sary of  the  promulgation  of  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  Sept.  15, 
16  and  17,  1887,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 
member  of  the  Commission  to  erect  the 
N.  H.  State  Library  building,  1889—; 
trustee  and  president  of  the  old  Con- 
cord Savings  Bank;  trustee  Merrimack 
Co.  Savings  Bank;  director,  Mechan- 
icks  National  Bank,  Concord,  since 
organization,  and  president  since  1884; 
chosen  director  of  the  Manchester  & 
North  Weare  R.  R.,  in  1873;  succeeded 
Gov.  Onslow  Stearns  as  a  director  of 
the  Concord  R.  R.,  Jan.,  1879,  and 
since  annually  elected  in  the  corpora- 
tion and  its  successor,  the  Concord  & 
Montreal  R.  R.,  and  president  of  the 
same,  and  many  leased  roads,  since 
1895;  incorporator  and  director,  Man- 
ufacturers &  Merchants  Mutual  Fire 
Ins.  Co.;  member  and  trustee,  N.  H. 


Historical  Soc.,  and  chairman  of  the 
committee  having  in  charge  the  erec- 
tion of  its  elegant  new  building,  the 
gift  of  Edward  Tuck  of  Paris,  to  which 
work  he  gave  much  time  and  care; 
member,  Alpha  Omega  Chapter,  Dart- 
mouth; member,  board  of  visitors, 
Chandler  Scientific  School,  1890-5; 
trustee,  Dartmouth  College,  since  1895 
and  chairman  finance  committee; 
member,  American  Social  Science 
Ass'n,  since  1890;  member,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
and  South  Congregational  Soc.  of 
Concord;  m.,  Jan.  9,  1861,  Myra 
Tilton  Elliott  of  Canterbury;  one  son 
Henry  Ames  (see  page  141).  Resi- 
dence, 44  So.  Main  St. .Concord,  N.  H.; 
summer  home,  "The  Broads,"  Lake 
Winnepesaukee. 

Keyes,  Arthur  Louis 

Banker,  insurance;  b.,  Wilton,  N.  H., 
Dec.  2,  1862;  s.  George  H.  and  Abby 
A.  (Gutterson)  Keyes;  ed.  public 
schools,  Francestown  Academy  (grad- 
uate), Tufts  College;  Unitarian;  Re- 
publican; member,  Milford  school 
board,  six  years,  and  has  held  various 
other  minor  town  offices;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1897-9 
and  1899-1900;  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1912  and  1918;  trustee 
and  treasurer,  Granite  Savings  Bank  of 
Milford,  since  organization  in  1899; 
director  and  clerk,  Milford  Home  for 
Aged  Women;  member,  I.  O.  R.  M.; 
has  been  engaged  in  fire  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Milford  since  1894,  when  he 
bought  out  the  long  established  agency 
of  the  late  Judge  Robert  M.  Wallace; 
m.,  Dec.  12,  1894,  Marion  H.  Robbe 
of  Peterborough.  Residence,  Milford, 
N.H. 

Jones,  Elgin  Alonzo 

Survevor,  real  estate,  probate  prac- 
tice; b.,  Marlow,  N.  H.,  July  30,  1852; 
s.  John  Q.  and  Cynthia  (Gould)  Jones; 
seventh  in  line  from  Hugh  Jones, 
Salem,  Mass.,  1035-1690  (his  father, 
John  Q.  Jones,  was  a  leading  citizen  of 
his  town  and  county  for  many  years); 
ed.  Marlow  and  Mont  Yernon  acad- 
emies and  Dartmouth  College,  1874; 


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resided  in  Marlow  until  1911,  following 
the  business  of  a  civil  engineer,  and 
taking  an  active  part  in  public  affairs 
and  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
welfare  of  the  community;  with  his 
father  gave  Jones  Hall  to  the  town, 
and  after  the  disastrous  fire  of  1916, 
gave  the  ladies  of  the  M.  E.  Church  a 


new  chapel  building;  Christian;  Demo- 
crat; deeply  interested  in  education, 
having  served  for  a  time  as  principal  of 
Marlow  Academy,  and  as  superintend- 
ent of  schools  for  the  town,  and  was 
instrumental  in  organizing  the  first 
county  school  board  in  the  state; 
served  for  more  than  thirty  years  in 
different  town  offices  in  Marlow,  and 
represented  the  town  in  the  legislature 
of  1911,  in  which  year  he  removed  to 
Keene,  though  still  holding  extensive 
real  estate  interests  in  his  old  home 
town.  In  Keene  he  has  conducted  an 
extensive  probate  business  in  addition 
to  real  estate,  of  which  he  has  the  care 
and  managemen  of  large  amounts. 
He  is  a  trustee  and  auditor  of  Cheshire 
County  Savings  Bank,  director  of 


Ashuelot  National  Bank,  and  an 
auditor  of  Cheshire  County;  m., 
Nov.  24,  1880,  Sarah  C.  Boynton, 
Grafton,  Vt.  Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Cavanaugh,  John  Bernard 

Lawyer;  b.  June  19, 1871;  s.  Thomas 
J.  and  Mary  A.  (Gallagher)  Cava- 
naugh; ed.  Park  St.  grammar  school, 
Manchester  high  school,  1889,  Boston 
University  Law  School;  studied  law 
in  the  offices  of  Drury  &  Peaslee  and 
George  W.  Prescott  of  Manchester 
and  admitted  to  the  bar  and  com- 
menced practice  in  1897;  Catholic; 
Republican;  member,  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1899,  1901,  1903; 
N.  H.  senate,  1905;  constitutional 
convention,  1912,  1918;  executive 


council,  1915-16;  Manchester  board 
of  health,  1911-14;  member,  Knights 
of  Columbus,  Ancient  Order  of  Hiber- 
nians, Catholic  Order  of  Foresters, 
Sons  of  Veterans,  Manchester  His- 
torical Soc.;  m.,  Margaret  E.  McDer- 
mott,  Aug.  15,  1906.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, X.  H. 


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231 


Chapman,  Charles  E. 

Educator;  b.,  Franklin,  N.  H.,  June 
3,  1880;  s.  Frank  H.  and  Ella  Frances 
(James)  Chapman;  ed.  Franklin  high 
school,  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Military 
Academy,  Andover  Academy,  1898, 
Princeton  Univ.,  Tufts  College,  A.B., 
1902,  Harvard,  LL.B.,  1905,  Univ.  of 
California,  A.M.,  1909,  Ph.D.,  1915, 
Univ.  of  Seville,  Spain  (in  residence) 
1913;  teacher  of  History  in  the  Univ. 
of  California;  representative  of  the  state 
and  Univ.  of  California  at  the  second 
Serra  Centenary  in  Petra,  Majorca, 
1913;  representative  of  the  Univ.  of 
California  at  the  Congress  of  Bibli- 
ography and  History,  Buenos  Aires 
Argentina,  1916,  and  member  of 
permanent  committee  of  said  Congress. 
Author  of  "The  Founding  of  Spanish 
California,"  "A  History  of  Spain," 
"Catalogue  of  Materials  in  the  Ar- 
chivo  General  de  Indias  on  the  History 
of  the  Pacific  Coast  and  the  American 
Southwest,"  "A  Californian  in  South 
America,"  and  numerous  historical 
articles;  editor  of  the  Spanish  Ameri- 
can Historical  Review;  member  Cali- 
fornia Historical  Survey  Commission, 
American  Historical  Ass'n;  m.,  June 
22,  1907,  Elizabeth  A.  Russell,  Win- 
chester, Mass.;  one  son,  Seville  Dudley 
Chapman.  Residence,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Stacy,  Thomas  Hobbs 

Clergyman;  b.,  North  Berwick,  Me., 
July  26,  1850;  s.  Daniel  Lowe  and 
Elizabeth  Ann  (Hobbs)  Stacy;  ed. 
West  Lebanon  (Me.)  Academy,  pri- 
vate tutor,  Bates  College,  A.B.,  1876; 
B.D.  (Cobb  Divinity  School)  1879; 
D.D.,  1906.  Taught  in  Bates  College 
three  years,  in  Cobb  Divinity  School 
one  year;  ordained  to  the  Free  Baptist 
ministry,  Sept.  17,  1879;  pastor,  Fair- 
port,  N.  Y.,  1879-82;  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  1882-6;  Auburn,  Me.,  1886-93; 
Saco,  Me.,  1893-1902;  Concord,  N.  H., 
since  Feb.,  1902.  Member,  F.  B. 
General  Conference  ten  times;  cor- 
responding secretary,  F.  B.  Foreign 
Miss.  Soc.,  1882-94;  made  tour  of  the 
world  as  Mission  Secretary,  1890-1; 
member,  General  Conference  Board, 


since  1904-,  executive  committee,  since 
1905  (recording  secretary  both  bodies) ; 
member,  committee  of  twelve  on  con- 
ference with  other  Christian  people, 
1905-10  (now  committee  of  five  and 
secretary  of  same);  president,  Minis- 
ters' Conference,  Maine  F.  B.  Ass'n, 
1894-1902;  trustee,  Bates  College; 
trustee,  New  Hampton  Lit.  Inst.; 
president,  N.  H.  Sunday  School  Ass'n, 
1903-4  (since  member  executive  com- 
mittee); member,  board  of  managers, 


American  Bap.  Foreign  Miss.  Soc., 
191 1-;  member,  Federal  Council, 
Churches  of  Christ  in  America;  secre- 
tary, N.  H.  Interdenominational  Com- 
mission, 1906-.  <t>BK.  Author,  "In 
the  Path  of  Light  Around  the  World," 
1895;  "Conditions  of  Spiritual  Life," 
1901;  "Life  of  O.  R.  Bachelor,  M.D., 
D.D.,  Fifty-three  Years  Missionary 
to  India,"  1904;  "Wayside  Garniture," 
1912;  "Historical  Sketch,  Bengal  Mis- 
sion," 1912,  and  many  articles,  prose 
and  poetry;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  27,  1879, 
Clara  I.  Farnham,  Kennebunk,  Me., 
d.  March  20,  1884;  2d,  Dec.  26,  1891, 


MRS.  HARRIET  G.  BURLIXGAME 


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233 


Leonora  M.  Harlow,  Auburn,  Me.; 
children,  Anne  Clarabel,  b.  Jan.  5, 
1881  (Mrs.  Frank  I.  Spooner,  Salt 
Lake  City);  Elizabeth  May,  b.  March 
14,  1894.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Burlingame,  Harriet  Grace  Boyd 

(Mrs.  William  Burlingame);  club- 
woman; b.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  Sept.  4, 
1852;  dau.  Colville  Dana  and  Harriet 
M.  (Campbell)  Boyd;  descendant  of 
Chad  Brown,  Gregory  Dexter,  Thomas 
Angell  and  Obadiah  Holmes,  founders 
of  Rhode  Island;  ed.  Swansea,  Mass.. 
and  Providence,  R.  I.,  schools;  Con- 
gregationalist,  member  First  Church 
in  Exeter;  member  and  past  president, 
Exeter  Woman's  Club;  president,  N.H. 
Federation  Women's  Clubs,  1910-11; 
member  Colonial  Dames;  Eastern  Star 
(Grand  Matron,  1907);  president, 
N.  H.  Cent  Institution  and  Home 
Missionary  Union — the  oldest  woman's 
organization  in  the  United  States; 
member,  Exeter  Current  Events  Club; 
treasurer,  Exeter  Relief  Soc.;  director, 
Children's  Aid  Ass'n;  Red  Cross; 
chairman,  local  committee,  Woman's 
Section,  Council  of  National  Defense; 
m.  William  Burlingame,  Aug.  22,  1877; 
children  (1)  Harold  Dana,  b.  June  23, 
1879  (ed.  Phillips  Exeter  and  Worces- 
ter, Mass.,  academies),  HI.  Mary 
Henderson,  Lynn,  Mass.;  with  Stand- 
ard Steel  Car  Co.,  Butler,  Pa.;  (2) 
Amy,  b.  April  15,  1884  (Vassar,  1906); 
m.  1914  William  J.  E.  Sander,  lawyer  of 
Boston;  (3)  Robert  Anson,  b.  Feb.  24, 
1886  (Phillips  Exeter,  1904,  Lehigh 
Univ.,  1908),  m.,  1911,  Estelle  Wal- 
bert,  So.  Bethlehem,  Pa.;  (4)  Ella  Wins- 
low,  b.  Nov.  22,  1887  (Simmons  Col- 
lege), m.,  1910,  Henry  Lewis,  banker 
of  Portland,  Me.  Residence,  Exeter, 
N.H. 

Hough,  Arthur  Hugh 

Banker;  b.,  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Aug. 
28,  1882;  s.  Rev.  Alfred  James  and 
Celia  Elizabeth  (Harrington)  Hough; 
ed.  public  schools;  Congregationalist; 
Independent;  treasurer,  People's  Trust 
Co.,  Lebanon,  N.  H.  (previously 
for  twelve  years  teller,  First  National 


Bank,  White  River  Jet.,  Vt.);  treas- 
urer, town  of  Lebanon;  president, 
Lebanon  chamber  of  commerce;  vice- 
president,  Trust  Co.  Section,  Amer- 
ican Bankers'  Ass'n;  director,  Graf  ton 
County  Electric  Light  and  Power  Co.; 
member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  P.  B.  O.  E., 
Sunset  Club;  located  in  Lebanon  in 
1913  and  organized  the  People's  Trust 
Co. — the  first  Trust  Co.  charter  granted 


in  sixteen  years;  m.,  Oct.  20,  1899, 
Elizabeth  Irene  Edson;  children, 
Katherine  Celia,  b.  Jan.  22,  1911; 
Alfred  George,  b.  Jan.  22,  1913.  Resi- 
dence, Lebanon,  N.  H. 


• 


Weeks,  John  W. 

Banker,  U.  S.  senator;  b.,  Lancaster, 
N.  H.,  April  11,  1860;  s.  \Villiam  D. 
and  Mary  Helen  (Fowler)  Weeks;  ed. 
Lancaster  schools  and  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy,  Annapolis,  Md.,  graduating 
in  1881;  midshipman  in  U.  S.  Navy 
two  years,  resigning  in  1883,  to  take  up 
the  profession  of  civil  engineer;  in  1885 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Horn- 
blower  &  Weeks,  bankers  and  brokers, 


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235 


Boston,  Mass.,  continuing  till  1913; 
served  ten  years  as  a  member  of  the 
Mass.  Naval  Brigade,  the  last  six 
years  as  commander;  served  in  the 
volunteer  navy  during  the  Spanish 
American  War,  as  commander  of  the 
Second  Division,  U.  S.  Auxiliary  Naval 
Force  on  the  Atlantic  coast;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  member,  Newton, 
Mass.,  board  of  aldermen,  1900-02; 
mayor  of  Newton,  1903^4;  member, 
U.  S.  house  of  representatives,  1905-13; 
U.  S.  senator  from  Massachusetts, 
19 13-;  member,  Senate  Committee  on 
Banking  and  Currency  and  active  in 
the  perfecting  of  the  Banking  and 
Currency  Act  of  1914,  to  which  he 
gave  his  support;  has  been  specially 
active  in  forest  preservation  legislation 
and  the  establishment  of  the  White 
Mountain  Reserve:  other  Senate  Com- 
mittees, of  which  he  is  a  member,  are 
Coast  Defenses,  Irrigation  and  Rec- 
lamation, Library,  Military  Affairs, 
Post  Offices  and  Post  Roads,  and  Pub- 
lic Health  and  National  Quarantine; 
member,  Board  of  Visitors,  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy,  1896;  chairman,  Mass. 
Republican  state  convention,  1895; 
has  served  as  president  of  the  Newton- 
ville,  Mass.,  Trust  Co.,  and  vice-presi- 
dent, First  National  Bank  of  Boston; 
member,  Boston  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, University  Club,  Army  and 
Navy  Club,  Chevy  Chase  Club,  Metro- 
politan Club,  Exchange;  Club,  Country 
Club  of  Brookline,  and  Societies  of  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  War  of  1812, 
Spanish  American  War,  Cincinnati 
and  Military  Order  of  Foreign  Wars; 
m.,  Oct.  17,  1885,  Martha  A.  Sinclair 
(dau.  Hon.  John  G.  Sinclair,  Bethle- 
hem, N.  H.);  children,  Katharine 
Sinclair,  b.  Aug.  19,  1889,  (Mrs.  John 
W.  Davidge);  Charles  Sinclair,  b.  June 
16,  1892  (Harvard,  1914),  1st  Lieut. 
U.  S.  Field  Artillery,  in  service  in 
France.  Residence,  West  Newton, 
Mass.;  summer  home,  Lancaster,  N.  II. 

Woodworth,  Edward  Knowlton 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  II.,  Aug. 
25,  1875;  s.  Albert  Bingham  and  Mary 
(Parker)  Woodworth  (see  page  53);  ed. 


Concord  High  School,  1893,  Dart- 
mouth College,  B.L..  1897,  Harvard 
Law  School,  LL.B.  cum  laude,  1900; 
member  of  firm,  Streeter,  Demond, 
Woodworth  and  Sulloway;  counsel, 
vice-president  and  secretary  of  The 
Parker-Young  Co.;  Episcopalian;  Re- 
publican; member,  Concord  Common 
Council,  1907-10  (president,  1909-10); 
vice-president,  Dartmouth  Alumni 
Ass'n;  trustee,  St.  Mary's  School; 
director  and  member,  investment  com- 


mittee, N.  II.  Savings  B;ink;  member, 
standing  committee,  N.  H.  Diocese  of 
the  P.  E.  church,  vestryman  of  St. 
Paul's  church;  president,  Concord 
Oratorio  Society;  trustee,  Margaret 
Pillsburv  General  Hospital;  member, 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  S.  A.  R., 
Wonolancet,  Golf,  Passaconaway  and 
Bow  Brook  Tennis  clubs;  Knight  Tem- 
plar; m.,  Clara  Farwell  Holt  of  Clare- 
mont,  N.  H.,  June  25,  1903,  d.  July 
20,  1917;  children,  Constance,  b.  May 
10,  1906;  Elizabeth,  b.  April  9,  1909; 
Margaret,  b.  Aug.  5,  1912;  Mary,  b.  July 
19,  1917;  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 


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Hutchins,  Harry  Burns 

Educator,  president  of  the  University 
of  Michigan;  b.,  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  April 
8,  1847;  s.  Carlton  B.  and  Nancy 
Walker  (Merrill)  Hutchins;  ed.  Ver- 
mont Conference  Sem.,  Newbury,  Vt., 
Wesleyan  Univ.,  Middletown,  Conn, 
(leaving  on  account  of  ill  health) ; 
special  study  in  anatomy,  physiology 
and  surgery  at  Vermont  Univ.  and 
Dartmouth  College;  Univ.  of  Michigan, 
Ph.B.,  1871  (class  orator  and  commence- 


ment speaker) ;  supervisor  of  schools, 
Owosso,  Mich.,  1S71-2;  instructor  in 
history  and  rhetoric,  Univ  of  Mich., 
1872-3;  asst.  professor,  1873-5;  in  prac- 
tice of  law,  with  Thomas  M.  Crocker, 
at  Mt.  Clemens  and  Detroit,  Mich., 
1875-83;  Jay  professor  of  Law,  Univ. 
of  Mich.  1884-7;  culled  to  Cornell 
Univ.,  Ithaca,  X.  Y.,  to  organize  a  law 
department,  and  continued  at  its  head 
until  1895,  when  it  had  become  one 
of  the  leading  law  schools  of  the  coun- 
try; recalled  to  Ann  Arbor  as  dean  of 
the  law  department  of  Michigan 
Univ.  in  1X95,  then  the  largest  insti- 


tution of  its  class  in  the  Union; 
acting  president  of  the  University 
during  absence  of  President  Angell  in 
Turkey,  1897-8,  and  again  inl  1909-10; 
president  since  June,  1910;  under 
appointment  of  the  supreme  court  of 
Michigan,  he  revised  and  annotated 
several  volumes  of  the  supreme  court 
reports;  he  also  published  in  1894  an 
American  edition  of  "Williams  on 
Real  Property"  revised,  annotated,  and 
adapted  to  American  Jurisdictions, 
and  "Hutchins's  Equity  Cases"  in 
1900.  In  addition  to  his  professional 
work  he  has  given  numerous  addresses 
before  educational  and  other  learned 
bodies,  including  the  Charter  Day 
Address  at  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
of  the  Univ.  of  California,  and  con- 
tributed a  biography  of  the  late  Judge 
Thomas  M.  Cooley  to  the  "Great 
American  Lawyers."  Member,  New 
York  Bar  Ass'n,  American  Historical 
Ass'n,  and  the  Mich.  Political  Science 
Ass'n.  He  received  the  degree  of 
LL.D.  from  the  Univ.  of  Wisconsin  in 
1897  and  the  same  degree  has  been 
conferred  upon  him  by  Wesleyan  Univ., 
Notre  Dame  Univ.,  and  the  Univ.  of 
California;  m.,  Dec.  26,  1872,  Mary 
Louise,  daughter  of  Thomas  M. 
Crocker,  Mt.  Clemens,  Mich.;  one  son, 
Harry  Crocker,  b.  Aug.  14,  1880  (Uni- 
versity of  Mich.  B.S.  in  Mechanical 
Engineering,  1903),  civil  engineer  in 
New  York  City  till  Jan.,  1918,  when 
called  into  public  service  as  civil  engi- 
neer in  Quartermaster  General's  De- 
partment, Washington,  D.  C.  Resi- 
dence, Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Folsom,  William  Odlin 

Insurance  and  surveying;  b.,  Henni- 
ker,  N.  H.,  Sept.  28,"  1838  (in  same 
house  in  which  Edna  Dean  Proctor 
was  born) ;  s.  John  O.  and  Mary 
(Fletcher)  Folsom;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Henniker  Academy;  reared  to 
farm  life,  and  in  1861  had  charge  of 
Horace  Greeley's  farm  at  Chappaqua, 
N.  Y.;  taught  school  thirteen  winters; 
learned  the  trade  of  a  stonecutter  and 
followed  the  same  ten  years;  was  in 
trade  in  Henniker,  1869-71;  traveled 


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in  the  West  in  1872;  in  trade  at  Temple- 
ton,  Mass.,  from  Nov.,  1872  till  fall 
of  1875,  when  he  opened  a  general 
store  in  Henniker,  continuing  in  busi- 
ness twenty  years;  Universalist ;  Demo- 
crat; selectman  in  Henniker,  1863;  reg- 
ister of  deeds  for  Merrimack  County, 
1867-8;  postmaster  of  Henniker,  1893- 
7;  member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1907-8;  justice  of  the  peace  for 
fifty  years;  has  been  engaged  in  fire 
insurance  since  1876,  and  has  also  done 
most  of  the  surveying  and  civil  engi- 
neering in  town  in  that  time;  promi- 
nent in  Odd  Fellowship,  being  a  char- 
ter member  of  Crescent  Lodge  of 
Henniker,  instituted  in  1876  and 
previously  initiated  in  Rumford  Lodge 
of  Concord;  was  grand  master  of  the 
N.  H.  Grand  Lodge  in  1887,  and  grand 
representative  to  the  Sovereign  Grand 
Lodge  in  1888  and  1889;  member, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  having  passed  the 
chairs  in  Aurora  Lodge  and  Woods 
Chapter"of  Henniker;  m.  1st,  in  1861, 
Carrie  F.  Foster  of  Henniker,  d.  1866; 
2d,  in  1869,  Julia  F.  Whitney,  also  of 
Henniker;  one  daughter,  Carrie  E., 
b.  Feb.,  1873  (Mrs.  Edward  K.  Cogs- 
well). Residence,  Henniker,  N.  H. 

Abbot,  Stanley  Harris 

Farmer,  land  surveyor;  b.,  Wilton, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  20,  1863;  s.  Harris  and 
Caroline  Ann  (Greeley)  Abbot;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Gushing  Academy, 
Ashburnham,  Mass.,  1882;  resides  on 
farm  where  his  grandfather  and  great 
uncle,  a  hundred  years  ago,  originated 
and  developed  the  potato  starch  pro- 
cess; specially  interested  in  forestry  and 
music;  member  or  director  of  local 
church  choir  for  more  than  thirty 
years;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member,  school  board,  1906-15; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1917-18,  serving  on  agricultural 
committee;  member,  N.  H.  Vocational 
Education  Commission,  19 17-;  mem- 
ber and  director,  N.  E.  Milk  Producers 
Union  (president,  1905-14);  Patrons  of 
Husbandry;  m.,  Nov.  15,  1894,  Mary 
Kimball,  Lowell,  Mass.;  children, 
Leonard  Harris,  b.  Sept.  19,  1895 


(Clark  College  and  Worcester  Poly- 
technic Inst.,  leaving  in  junior  year 
to  accept  position  in  Smithsonian 
Institute,  Washington,  D.  C.);  Marion 
Kimball,  b.  March  5,  1898  (grad. 
Wilton  high  school,  now  in  Keene 
Normal  school);  Howard  Stanley,  b. 
Jan.  7,  1900  (Wilton  high  school,  now 
in  N.  H.  College,  Durham);  Edith 
Hale,  b.  Nov.  7,  1901;  Sidney  Greeley, 


b.  Aug.  19,  1903;  Charles  Mack,  b. 
March  15,  1905;  Helen,  b.  July  If), 
1906  (the  last  four  are  now  students  in 
the  Wilton  high  school).  Residence, 
Wilton,  N.  H. 

Chase,  Russell  MacMurphy 

(Mrs.  Charles  B.  Chase);  musician. 
b.,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  Sept.  29,  1871; 
dau.  Rev.  Jesse  Gibson  and  Lucy 
Stuart  (James)  MacMurphy;  ed., 
Home  School,  Racine,  Wis.,  New  Eng- 
land Conservatory  of  Music  (piano), 
1892,  Berlin,  Germany,  1X95-6;  head 
of  Piano  Department,  St.  Mary's 
College,  Dallas,  Tex.,  1S92-5,  1896-7; 
West  Virginia  University,  1S97-1903; 


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239 


piano  instructor,  University  of  Wis- 
consin, 1903-4,  1907;  Wheaton  Col- 
lege, Wheaton,  111.,  1906-11;  president, 
N.  H.  Federation  of  Music  Clubs,  1915- 
18;  chairman,  music  committee,  N.  H. 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  1916- 
18  (member  since  1912);  director, 
MacDowell  Club  School  of  Music, 
1912-18;  director,  MacDowell  clubs, 
Wheaton  College  and  Derry,  N.  H., 
and  Derry,  N.  H.,  Woman's  Club, 
1914-17;  has  given  piano  and  lecture 
recitals  in  various  states  from  coast  to 
coast  during  the  last  twenty-five  years; 
Episcopalian;  m.  Charles  Burnside 
Chase,  Derry,  Sept.  2,  1911.  Resi- 
dence, Derry,  N.  H. 

Towle,  Loren  Delbert 

Real  estate  operator;  b.,  Newport, 
N.  H.,  March  25,  1874;  s.  George  H. 
and  Mary  A.  (Coward)  Towle;  ed. 
public  schools,  Newport  high  school, 
1892;  Eastman  Business  College, 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  1893;  engaged  in 
real  estate  business  in  Boston  in  April, 
1894,  and  has  since  continued;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican ;  member,  New- 
ton, Mass.,  board  of  aldermen,  1910- 
11;  director,  International  Trust  Co.; 
trustee,  Newton  Savings  Bank,  Newton 
Hospital;  member,  Boston  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  Boston  Real  Estate 
Exchange,  Mass.  Horticultural  Soc., 
Bostonian  Soc.,  Boston  City  Club, 
Twentieth  Century  Club,  Braeburn 
Country  Club,  Newton,  Common- 
wealth Country  Club,  Newton  Golf 
Club  (president),  Hunnewell  Club, 
Newton  Improvement  Ass'n  (presi- 
dent, 1911);  member  and  deacon  Eliot 
Congregational  Church,  Newton ; 
trustee  and  director,  Newton  Y.  M. 
C.  A.;  director,  American  Congrega- 
tional House  Ass'n;  member,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Dalhousie  Lodge,  Newton  (life 
member),  Newton  Chapter,  R.  A., 
Gethsemane  Commandery,  K.  T.  Mr. 
Towle  has  always  taken  a  deep  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  his  native  town,  and, 
on  June  24,  1916,  made  a  gift  of  $75,000 
for  the  erection  therein  of  a  modern 
high  school  building,  m.,  June  28, 
1899,  Helen  M.  Leland;  children, 


Evelene  M.,  b.  March  18,  1902,  Char- 
lotte F.,  b.  May  18,  1906.  Residence, 
215  Franklin  St.,  Newton,  Mass. 

Slayton,  William  Harvey 

Superintendent  of  schools;  b.,  Leb- 
anon, N.  H.,  March  17,  1878;  s.  George 
W.  and  Caroline  (Thomas)  Slayton; 
ed.  Lebanon  high  school,  1897,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1904  (on  editorial 
staff  of  The  Dartmouth  in  college); 
superintendent  of  schools  in  Rochester, 


1905-07;  Franklin,  1907-13  ;Claremont,. 
1913-18;  Portsmouth,  1918-;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  member,  Chi 
Phi  fraternity;  N.  II.  State  Teachers' 
Ass'n  (president,  1914);  N.  H.  School- 
masters' Club  (president,  1915);  N.  H. 
Educational  Council;  instructor  in 
English,  Keene  summer  school,  1915; 
Institute  lecturer  for  state  department 
of  Public  Instruction;  m.  July  19, 
1905,  Marion  B.  Dewey,  Montpelier, 
Vt.,  children,  Rachel  Dewey,  b.  Feb. 
16,  1909;  Norman  Thomas,  b.  July  16, 
1910;  Marion,  b.  Oct.  11,  1912.  Resi- 
dence, Portsmouth,  N.  H. 


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Flint,  William  Willard 

Lavvver,  registrar;  b.,  Colebrook, 
N.  H.",  Aug.  16,  1850;  s.  Lyman 
Thomas  and  Hannah  Wilmarth  (Wil- 
lard) Flint;  ed.  public  schools  of  Con- 
cord—high school,  1865,  Dartmouth 
College,  1871,  Columbian  University 
Law  School,  Washington,  D.  C.,  1874; 
Episcopalian  (lay  reader);  Republi- 
can; clerk  in  U.  S.  Treasury  Dept., 
Washington,  1871-5;  in  law  practice 
at  Clinton,  Mass.,  for  a  short  time,  but 


returned  to  Concord  on  account  of  his 
father's  death  in  1S76;  became  con- 
nected with  St.  Paul's  School  in  1878, 
and  has  been  its  registrar  for  many 
years,  still  continuing;  member.  Con- 
cord board  of  education,  1876-86; 
trustee,  Concord  public  library,  since 
1885;  member,  X.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1893-4,  X.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1912;  trustee  and 
treasurer,  Orphans'  Home,  Concord; 
member,  X.  H.  Soc.  Sons  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  X".  H.  Historical 
Soc.;  corresponding  member,  Xuttall 
Ornithogical  Club,  Cambridge,  Mass.; 


formerly  a  voluntary  observer  of  the 
Weather  Bureau,  and  furnished  for  the 
History  of  Concord  a  chapter  com- 
piled from  weather  records  of  nearly 
fifty  years;  m.,  1st,  Jan.  4,  1888, 
Caroline  Chapman,  Sackville,  N.  B., 
d.  Dec.  30,  189S;  2d,  July  23,  1901, 
Susan  Eliza  Cogswell,  also  of  Sackville; 
one  son,  William  Willard  Flint,  Jr.  (see 
next  sketch).  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Flint,  William  Willard,  Jr. 

Student,  war-worker;  b..  Concord, 
N.  H.,  July  7,  1892;  s.  William  Willard 
and  Caroline  (Chapman)  Flint;  ed. 
St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  1908, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1912,  Prince- 
ton University,  A.M.;  at  St.  Paul's  he 
won  the  Ferguson  Scholarship;  in  his 
sophomore  year,  at  Dartmouth  he  took 
the  leading  part  in  "Oedipus  Tyran- 
nus,"  the  Greek  play  given  by  the 
classical  students  of  the  college;  he 
also  won  several  scholarship  prizes, 
was  editor  of  the  Dartmouth  Literary 
Magazine  and  at  graduation  was  poet 
and  valedictorian  of  his  class.  He 
continued  classical  study  in  the  grad- 
uate school  at  Princeton,  receiving  his 
A.M.,  and  in  December,  1913,  was 
awarded  the  Rhodes  scholarship  from 
Xew  Hampshire  in  Oxford  University, 
England,  where,  in  Balliol  College,  for 
three  years  from  the  autumn  of  1914, 
he  was  student  of  the  classics  and 
philosophy,  receiving  the  degree  of 
A.B.  Granted  leave  of  absence  in  the 
winter  of  1914-15,  he  assisted  in  the 
work  of  the  Belgian  Relief  Commission, 
within  the  German  lines.  With  other 
Rhodes  men  he  had  the  advantage  of 
training  in  the  Officers'  Training  Corps, 
and  early  in  1918  was  given  a  responsi- 
ble position  in  the  Quartermaster's  De- 
partment, London,  at  Headquarters 
of  American  troops  in  England. 

Drury,  Samuel  Smith 

Clergyman;  b.,  Bristol,  R.  I.,  1878; 
s.  Samuel  Smith  (M.D.)  and  Hannah 
Wheeler  (Goodwin)  Drury,  both  de- 
ceased; ed.  Harvard,  A.B.,  1901,  Berke- 
ley Divinity  School,  S.T.B.,  1910, 


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. 


Trinity,  L.H.D.,  1910,  Dartmouth, 
D.D.,  1917;  Episcopalian,  deacon, 
1905;  priest,  1908;  chaplain  to  Bishop 
Brent,  Philippine  Islands,  1905-7; 
rector,  Calvary  Church,  Providence, 
R.  I.,  1908;  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Bos- 
ton, 1908-10;  vice-rector,  1910-11,  rec- 
tor, 1911-  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord, 
N.  H.;  author,  "Christian  Increase," 
1910;  m.,  Apr.  18, 1911,  Cornelia  Froth- 
ingham  Wolcott,  daughter  of  Gov. 
Roger  and  Edith  (Prescott)  Wolcott 
(great  granddaughter,  William  H.  Pres- 
cott, the  historian)  of  Massachusetts; 
children,  Samuel  Smith  Drury,  Jr., 
Roger  Wolcott  and  Edith  Prescott. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Hale,  William  Gardner 

University  professor;  b.,  Savannah, 
Ga.,  Feb.  9,  1849;  s.  William  Bradford 
Hale  of  Savannah  and  Upton,  Mass., 
and  Elizabeth  (Jewett)  Hale  of  Peter- 
borough, N.  H.  His  boyhood  was 
mostly  spent  in  Peterborough,  and 
it  is  to  this  town  that  he  has  always 
felt  himself  to  belong.  Graduated  at 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1866,  Har- 
vard College,  1870;  appointed  Tutor  in 
Latin  at  Harvard,  1874,  and  served 
there,  with  a  year  of  absence  at  the 
Universities  of  Leipzig  and  Goettingen, 
until  1880;  professor  of  Latin  at 
Cornell  University,  1880;  head  of  the 
Latin  department  at  the  University 
of  Chicago  since  1892;  first  chairman, 
1895-9,  and  first  director,  1895-6,  of 
the  American  School  of  Classical 
Studies  in  Rome;  received  the  degree 
of  LL.D.  from  Union  and  Princeton 
universities  in  this  country,  and  from 
St.  Andrews  and  Aberdeen  in  Scotland; 
member  of  various  philological  asso- 
ciations in  America  and  England,  and 
of  the  Archaeological  Institute  of 
Berlin,  Rome,  and  Athens;  associate 
editor  of  several  philological  journals 
in  America  and  England;  member  of 
the  advisory  board  of  the  Loeb  Classi- 
cal Library.  While  Mr.  Hale  holds 
that  the  preeminent  value  of  classical 
studies  lies  in  their  power  to  develop 
the  literary  sense,  his  own  published 
work  has  been  mainly  on  the  linguistic 
1C 


side,  and,  in  particular,  in  the  field  of 
syntax.  Nor  has  it  been  confined  to 
Greek  and  Latin.  He  has  worked  and 
published  in  the  syntax  of  the  Romance 
languages,  especially  French,  Spanish 
and  Italian,  and  the  syntax  of  English 
and  German.  He  is  chairman  of  the 
Joint  Committee  on  Grammatical 
Nomenclature  commissioned  by  the 
National  Education  Ass'n,  the  Modern 
Language  Ass'n,  and  the  American 
Philological  Ass'n,  to  prepare  a  re- 


formed terminology  for  use  in  the 
schools  of  the  United  States.  The 
results  are  being  rapidly  incorporated 
into  our  school  grammars,  especially 
of  English.  Mr.  Hale,  though  brought 
up  a  Republican,  is  independent  in 
politics.  He  worked  for  the  first 
election  of  G rover  Cleveland,  opposed 
the  Philippine  War,  and  made  the 
first  campaign  of  publication  (begin- 
ning in  the  N.  Y.  Times,  Sept.  5, 
1914)  in  favor  of  the  participation  of 
America  in  the  war  to  save  civiliza- 
tion, democracy,  and  herself,  and  to 
establish  a  world-court  with  power 


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to  enforce  peace;  m.,  June  13,  1883, 
Harriet  K.  Swinburne  of  Newport, 
R.  I.;  children,  Swinburne,  b.  April  5, 
1884;  Virginia  Swinburne,  b.  May  10, 
1887;  Margaret,  b.  Jan.  27,  1891; 
Gardner,  b.  Feb..  1,  1894.  Residence, 
Chicago,  111. 

Hopkins,  Ernest  Martin 

Educator;  president  of  Dartmouth 
College;  b.,  Dunbarton,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
6,  1877;  s.  Andoniram  Judson  and 
Mary  (Martin)  Hopkins;  ed.  Wor- 
cester Academy,  Worcester,  Mass., 
1896,  and  Dartmouth  College,  A.B. 
1901 ;  secretary  to  President  Tucker, 
1901-05;  secretary  of  Dartmouth 
College,  1905-10;  engaged  from  1910 
to  1916  in  different  positions  having  to 
do  with  the  adjustment  of  industrial 
relations;  connected  with  the  Western 
Electric  Co.,  New  York;  William 
Filene's  Sons  Co.,  Boston,  the  Curtis 
Publishing  Co.,  Philadelphia,  and  the 
New  England  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Co.,  Boston;  elected  president 
of  Dartmouth  College  by  the  board  of 
trustees  in  June,  1916,  and  inaugurated 
in  October  of  the  same  year;  appointed 
personal  aide  to  General  Goethals  on 
Industrial  Relations,  February,  1918, 
and  entered  immediately  upon  work 
in  that  capacity;  Congregationalist; 
Independent  Republican;  member, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Delta  Kappa  Ep- 
silon;  received  honorary  A.M.  from 
Dartmouth  College  in  1908,  Litt.D., 
Amherst,  1916;  LL.D.,  Colby,  1916, 
Rutgers,  1916;  m.,  Feb.  2,  1911,  Celia 
Stone;  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Ann, 
b.  May  1,  1917.  Residence,  Hanover, 
N.  H. 

French,  Horace 

Merchant  and  postmaster;  b.,  Bed- 
ford, X.  H.,  Feb.  16,  1837;  s.  Phineas 
and  Betsey  (Foster)  French;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  1861;  walked  to  White 
River  Junction,  Vt.,  at  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War,  and  enlisted  in  the 
Third  Vermont  Regiment,  May  5, 
1861;  served  four  vears  and  three 


months,  engaged  in  twenty-two  battles ; 
was  one  year  in  a  Confederate  prison, 
and  was  mustered  out  as  a  captain; 
located  in  West  Lebanon  in  1870, 
where  he  has  since  resided;  Con- 
gregationalist; Republican;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1881, 
and  1917  when  eighty  years  of  age; 
postmaster  at  West  Lebanon,  sixteen 
years;  deacon,  Congregational  Church, 
over  forty  years,  and  still  in  office; 
member,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  P.  of  H.,  and 


local  clubs;  in.,  April  4,  1865,  Mary  E. 
Gillette  of  Hartford,  Vt.  (golden 
wedding  observed  in  1915  with  over 
four  hundred  people  attending);  chil- 
dren, Bessie  Foster  (artist),  b.  Jan. 
1,  1866,  d.  May  7,  1903;  Nathan  and 
Martin  (twins),  b.  Sept.  18,  1867,  d. 
in  childhood;  Samuel  Pingree,  b.  May 
6,  1871  (Dartmouth,  A.B.,  1S93,  Har- 
vard, A.M.,  1904);  Frederick  Reginald, 
b.  Sept.  25,  1872  (Dartmouth,  1896); 
Robert  Horace,  b.  June  11,  1876,  d. 
in  infancy;  Ernest  Eugene,  lawyer,  b. 
May  3,  1878  (Dartmouth,  A.B.l  1S98, 
Univ.  of  Gal.,  L.B.,  1904);  John  Me- 


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Questen,  civil  engineer,  b.  April  21, 1897 
(Dartmouth,  B.S.,  1899),  d.  Aug.  26, 
1906.  Residence,  West  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

Stevens,  Jabez  Howes 

Farmer,  traveling  salesman;  b., 
Newmarket,  N.  H.,  July  29,  1857;  s. 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  T.  (York) 


A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
and  P.  of  H.,  being  a  past  master  of 
Scam mell  Grange  of  Durham;  m.,  1st, 
Feb.  10,  1879,  Ada  J.  Drew,  Strafford, 
N.  H.,  d.  Oct.  24,  1903;  2d,  Nov.  2, 
1904,  Marguriete  M.  G.  Thompson,  of 
Portland,  Me.;  one  daughter,  Florence 
L.,  b.  Oct.  26,  1882,  m.  March  17,  1902, 
Walter  J.  Dunlap,  Augusta,  Me.  Resi- 
dence, Durham,  N.  H. 


Stevens;  ed.  Durham  public  schools, 
Franklin  Academy,  Dover,  Bryant  & 
Stratton  Commercial  College,  Manches- 
ter; Congregationalist ;  Republican;  en- 
gaged in  the  hay  trade  for  some  years 
at  Durham  and  has  been  a  traveling 
salesman  for  the  International  Har- 
vester Co.  of  America  for  the  last  fif- 
teen years  or  more;  active  in  public 
affairs,  serving  as  tax  collector,  over- 
seer of  the  poor,  selectman  five  years 
(twice  chairman  of  the  board),  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  in  1895; 
deputy  sheriff  for  Strafford  Countv, 
1895-8,  resigning  to  take  the  office  of 
Commissioner  for  Strafford  County,  to 
which  he  had  been  elected,  and  to 
which  he  was  re-elected  two  years  later, 
serving  as  clerk  of  the  board ;  member, 


Hayes,  Charles  Carroll 

Real  estate  and  loans;  b.,  New  Lon- 
don, N.  H.,  May  31,  1855;  s.  John  M. 
and  Susan  E.  (Carr)  Hayes;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Manchester,  N.  H.;  Baptist; 
Democrat;  mayor  of  Manchester,  1913 
-14;  president,  Democratic  state  con- 
vention, 1912;  trustee,  Mechanics  Sav- 


ings Bank,  Manchester;  member,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  (33d  degree),  Elks,  Moose, 
Grange,  Derryfield,  Calumet  and  Coun- 
try clubs,  Manchester;  member,  Man- 
chester chamber  of  commerce  (ex- 
president  and  treasurer);  president, 
Rirnrnon  Mfg.  Co.;  clerk,  Manchester 
Shoe  Mfg.  Co.;  m.,  1st,  Jan.  1,  1885, 


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Belle  J.  Kennard,  d.  July  31,  1890;  2d, 
June  20,  1900,  Carrie  M.  Anderson; 
children,  John  Carroll,  b.  Aug.  7,  1886, 
now  in  his  country's  service  in  France; 
Louise  Kennard,  b.  Jan.  16,  1888 
(Wellesley  1909),  Annie  Belle,  b.  July 
31,  1890;  Marion,  b.  June  28,  1902. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Chapin,  Bela 

Printer,  farmer,  poet;  b.,  Newport, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  19,  1829;  s.  Phineas  and 
Lydia  (Osgood)  Chapin;  learned  print- 
er's trade  in  youth,  in  office  of  National 
Eagle,  Claremont,  and  worked  for  a 
time  in  different  offices,  then  pursued  a 
three  years'  course  of  study  at  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  Meriden;  subse- 
quently pursued  his  trade  for  a  number 
of  years  in  Concord  and  other  places; 
proprietor  of  the  Dartmouth  Press  at 
Hanover  from  1866  to  1870;  returned 
to  Claremont  and  bought  a  farm  at  the 
base  of  Green  Mountain,  where  he 
continued  its  cultivation,  but  spending 
much  time  in  his  library  in  writing  and 
study,  having  a  fine  collection  of  books 
and  many  rare  volumes.  He  has 
written  much  meritorious  verse  which 
has  appeared  in  different  publications; 
compiled  the  volume  known  as  the 
"New  Hampshire  Poets,"  published 
in  1883,  embracing  selections  from 
300  poetical  writers  of  which  3,000 
copies  were  sold;  m.,  March  3, 
18.58,  Sarah  Clark  Melendy.  Resi- 
dence, Claremont,  N.  H. 

Bass,  Robert  Perkins 

Industrial  counsellor;  ex-Governor 
of  New  Hampshire;  b.,  Chicago,  111., 
Sept.  1,  1873;  s.  Perkins  and  Clara 
(Foster)  Bass;  ed.  Boston,  Mass., 
schools,  Harvard  Univ.,  A.B.,  1896, 
Harvard  Graduate  School,  Harvard 
Law  School;  in  business  in  Chicago  for 
some  time,  but  has  had  his  residence  in 
Peterborough,  X.  H.,  his  mother's  old 
home  for  many  years  past,  where  he 
has  been  much  interested  in  agriculture 
and  forestry,  as  well  as  general  public 
affairs;  Progressive  Republican ;  mem- 
ber, X.  H.  house  of  representatives, 


1905-6,  1907-8,  serving  as  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  retrenchment  and 
reform  in  the  latter  session,  and  con- 
ducting a  thorough  investigation  of  the 
various  departments  of  the  state  gov- 
ernment; senate,  1909-10;  drafted  and 
largely  instrumental  in  the  enactment 
of  the  present  primary  law;  member, 
N.  H.  Forestry  Commission,  1906-10 
(chairman  the  last  two  years);  di- 
rector, American  Forestry  Ass'n  (presi- 
dent, 1911-12);  member  of  various 


clubs;  appointed  in  Oct.,  1917,  assist- 
ant and  counsellor  to  Raymond  B. 
Stevens,  vice-chairman  of  the  U.  S. 
Shipping  Board  at  Washington,  in 
dealing  with  labor  problems;  upon  the 
departure  of  Mr.  Stevens  for  England 
in  Jan.,  1918,  as  American  delegate  to 
the  Interallied  Shipping  Council,  was 
placed  in  charge  of  labor  matters  in- 
volved in  the  operation  of  vessels,  serv- 
ing as  chairman  of  the  Xational  Ad- 
justment Commission.  His  services  to 
the  government  are  gratuitous,  he  be- 
ing one  of  the  so-called  "dollar-a-year" 
men.  m.,  Jan.  20,  1912,  Edith  Harlan 


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Bird,  dau.  Charles  S.  Bird,  East  Wai- 
pole,  Mass.;  three  children,  Edith, 
Perkins,  Joanne.  Residence,  Peterbor- 
ough, N.  H. 

Aiken,  Edwin  Joseph 

Clergyman;  b.,  Hyde  Park,  Vt., 
May  3,  1849;  s.  Orrin  Livingston  and 
Laura  (Edmunds)  Aiken;  ed.  schools 
of  New  York;  merchant  from  1870  to 
1884;  ordained  to  the  Congregational 
ministry,  Oct.  1,  1885;  pastor,  East 
Congregational  church,  Concord,  N.  H., 
1885-92;  since  then  has  preached  in 
more  than  six  hundred  churches  in 
nine  different  states;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  member,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Central  Congrega- 
tional Club,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
American  Bible  Soc.,  National  Council 
of  Congregational  Churches;  elected 
superintendent  of  the  N.  H.  Bible  Soc., 
1892;  secretary,  1898  to  1912;  treas- 
urer, 1913,  and  still  superintendent 
and  treasurer;  treasurer,  N.  H.  Con- 
gregational Ministers'  and  Widows' 
Fund  since  1896;  president  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  New  England  and  N.  Y.  City 
Bible  Societies,  the  last  ten  years;  au- 
thor, "First  Hundred  Years  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Bible  Society";  m.  Annah 
E.  Greene,  May  20,  1869;  one  daughter, 
Julia  Mildred,  b.  Nov.  3,  1871,  d.  Dec. 
13,  1878.  After  traveling  throughout 
our  homeland  and  the  Canadas,  in 
1899,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aiken  visited  Great 
Britain,  the  Netherlands,  Belgium, 
Germany,  Austria,  Italy,  Switzerland 
and  France.  During  1900  they  again 
visited  England,  Belgium,  France  and 
Germany,  also  Denmark,  Norway, 
Sweden,  Finland,  Russia,  Hungary, 
and  several  of  the  smaller  provinces 
of  the  Austro-Hungariun  monarchy. 
During  1903  they  visited  Portugal, 
Spain,  Algeria,  Italy,  Greece,  Turkey 
in  Europe  and  Asia,  the  historic 
places  of  Palestine,  Egpyt  and  France. 
During  1905  they  visited  the  West 
Indies  and  South  America.  In  1907 
they  again  visited  Spain,  Italy  and 
Egypt,  also  Arabia,  Ceylon,  Siam,  the 
Malay  Peninsula,  China,  Japan,  Ha- 
waiian Islands  and  Mexico.  Mr. 


Aiken  attended  the  centennial  con- 
ference of  missions  at  Shanghai,  was 
present  at  the  bombardment  of  the 
city  of  Wu-Chang  in  the  valley  of  the 
Yangtze  Kiang,  China,  and  attended 
the  Students'  Christian  Federation  of 
the  World  Conference  at  Tokyo,  Japan. 
During  1909  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aiken 
again  visited  England,  Ireland  and 
Wales.  In  1910  Mr.  Aiken,  being  a  del- 
egate to  represent  the  American  Bible 
Society  at  the  World  Missionary  Con- 
ference held  at  Edinburgh,  spent 
several  wreeks  in  Scotland,  England 
and  Wales.  During  1913  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Aiken  again  sailed  for  the  South 
Continent,  visiting  the  Republics  of 
Brazil,  Uraguay,  Argentine  and  Ven- 
ezula  and  made  a  second  cruise  of  the 
West  Indies  and  Bahama  Islands.  He 
has  lectured  extensively  upon  the  dif- 
ferent tours,  in  connection  with  Bible 
Society  work.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Gallagher,  Edward  John 

Journalist;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
23,  1890;  s.  James  and  Julia  Martin 
Gallagher  (natives  of  Ireland);  ed. 
Sacred  Heart  School,  Concord;  left 
school  in  ninth  grade  owing  to  illness 
which  continued  three  years;  engaged 
in  newspaper  work  since  seventeen 
years  of  age,  mainly  on  the  Patriot,  of 
which  he  has  been  the  owner  since 
1910;  Catholic;  Democrat;  trustee 
Concord  public  library;  member, 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1912; 
Major  on  staff  of  Gov.  Samuel  D. 
Felker;  member,  Ancient  Order  of 
Hibernians  (state  secretary,  1912-14, 
state  president,  1914-16),  also  Knights, 
of  Columbus,  Elks  and  other  organiza- 
tions; executive  committee,  Concord 
Chapter,  American  Red  Cross;  treas- 
urer, N.  H.  Patriot  Co.;  director, 
Champion  Press  Ass'n,  Newport;  m., 
Jan.  27,  1914,  Etta  Gates,  Loogootee, 
Ind.,  daughter  of  Hon.  George  W.  and 
Maria  (Spalding)  Gates,  descendants 
of  Maryland,  Kentucky  and  Indiana 
pioneers  and  Revolutionary  patriots. 
Mr.  Gates  is  cashier  and  manager  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Loogootee, 


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v/ 


has  been  twice  mayor  of  Loogootee, 
chairman,  Democratic  state  committee 
of  Indiana  for  several  campaigns,  and 
held  various  important  offices  in  Martin 
County.  Mrs.  Gallagher  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Shoals,  Ind.,  high  school,  and 
\vas  for  a  time  a  teacher:  one  daughter, 
Alma,  b.  Nov.  29,  1917.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Hall,  Dwight 

Lawyer ;.b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  April  13, 
1871 ;  s.  Hon.  Joshua  G.  and  Susan  Eliz- 
abeth (Bigelow)  Hall;  ed.  Phillips 
(Andover)  Academy,  1890,  Dartmouth 
College,  1«S94,  Boston  University 
School  of  Law,  1897;  admitted  to  the 


bar  and  immediately  commenced  prac- 
tice in  Dover,  since  continuing;  Con- 
gregationalist ;  Republican;  U.  S.  ref- 
eree in  bankruptcy,  1S9H-1901;  solici- 
tor, city  of  Dover,  1X99-1001;  solici- 
tor, Striiffonl  County,  1904-10;  mayor 
of  Dover,  1910-12;  chairman.  Repub- 
lican state  committee,  1914-1(5;  chair- 
man, N.  II .  Excise  Commission,  191(5- 
18;  member,  N.  H.  Soc.  Sons  of  the 


American  Revolution,  Soc.  Colonial 
Wars,  Knights  of  Pythias;  director, 
Strafford  National  Bank;  trustee,  Straf- 
ford  Savings  Bank;  m.,  Aug.  16,  1899, 
Frances  C.  Smith.  Boston,  Mass.  Res- 
idence, Dover,  N.  H. 

Pearson,  Harlan  Colby 

Editor;  b.,  Webster,  N.  H.,  Nov.  24, 
1872;    s.   John  Couch  and  Elizabeth 


(Colby)  Pearson;  graduate  of  Dart- 
mouth (Phi  Beta  Kappa)  1X93;  con- 
nected with  the  Conconi  Evening 
Monitor  in  an  editorial  capacity  since 
leaving  college;  also  at  various  times 
editor  of  the  Granite  Monthly,  the 
National  Grange  Weekly,  the  Brown 
Book  and  New  Hampshire  Farms  for 
Summer  Homes;  secretary  to  Senator 
William  E.  Chandler,  1893-4,  and 
during  their  respective  terms  to  Gov- 
ernors Bachelder,  McLane,  Floyd, 
Quinby,  Spaulding  and  Keyes;  in., 
Nov.  30,  1896,  Laura  Prucia  Metcalf 
of  Concord;  children,  Caroline  (Rad- 
clirTc,  1919),  Richard  M.  (Dartmouth, 
1920),  and  John  M.;  attends  the 


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Universalist  church;  votes  the  Re- 
publican ticket;  member  of  the  Psi 
Upsilon  fraternity.  Residence,  37 
South  Spring  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Allen,  Edwin  Morris 

Pharmacist;    b.,    East    Middlebury, 
Vt.,  April  2,  1866;  s.  Lieut.  T.  Wilfred 


and  Emma  A.  (Farr)  Allen;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Keene,  N.  H.,  East  Middle- 
bury  and  Vergennes,  Vt.,  and  Colum- 
bus, ().,  high  school;  learned  the  drug 
business  with  John  B.  Coburn  of 
Canaan  and  became  a  registered 
pharmacist  in  1886,  while  in  employ  of 
Dr.  George  E.  Leet  who  succeeded 
Mr.  Coburn  at  Canaan;  purchased 
the  business  of  Doctor  Leet  in  1888, 
and  has  continued  the  same,  enlarging 
and  improving  it  till  he  now  has  one  of 
the  largest  and  best  equipped  establish- 
ments in  this  line  in  the  state;  Demo- 
crat; active  in  party  affairs  until  his 
appointment  as  postmaster  of  Canaan, 
March  1,  1916,  in  which  office  he 
continues;  member,  N.  H.  Pharma- 
ceutical Ass'n  (president,  1908-9); 


director,  People's  Trust  Co.,  Lebanon; 
president,  Canaan-Enfield  Electric  Co. ; 
charter  member,  Mt.  Cardigan  Lodge, 
No.  31,  K.  of  P.;  member,  Indian 
River  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Canaan 
Social  Club;  m.  Roxie  L.  Davis,  Nov. 
29,  1888;  one  daughter,  Lena,  b.  Aug. 
9,  1890,  wife  of  Benjamin  F.  Harrigan 
of  the  Portsmouth  Navy  Yard.  Resi- 
dence, Canaan,  N.  H. 

Metcalf,  Frank  Arthur 

Publisher,  educator;  b.,  Acworth, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  14,  1873;  s.  Frank  M.  arid 
Jennie  E.  (Mitchell)  Metcalf;  ed. 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  1896,  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1900;  member, 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Delta  Sigma  Rho; 
m.,  Aug.  7,  1901,  Jennie  Louise  Bryant, 


of  Enficld,  X.  H.;  Democrat;  registrar, 
THE  HOME  CORRESPONDENCE  SCHOOL 
Springfield,  Mass.,  1900-1904;  presi- 
dent and  managing  director,  TUK  HOME 
CORRESPONDENCE  SCHOOL,  since  1904; 
has  organized  many  courses  of  study  and 
planned  and  projected  many  success- 
ful publications,  including  THE  WRIT- 


HON.  EDWARD  H.  WASON 


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251 


ER'S  LIBRARY;  founder  and  managing 
editor,  The  Writer's  Monthly.  Resi- 
dence, Springfield,  Mass. 

Wason,  Edward  Hills 

Lawyer,  farmer;  b.,  New  Boston, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  2,  1865;  s.  George  Austin 
and  Clara  Louisa  (Hills)  Wason;  ed. 
public  schools,  Francestown  Academy, 
N.  H.  College  of  Agriculture  and  the 
Mechanic  Arts,  B.S.  1886;  studied 
law  with  George  B.  French  of  Nashua 
and  at  the  Boston  University  Law 
School,  graduating  LL.B.,  in  1890, 
and  in  practice  in  Nashua  since  that 
date;  Congregationalist ;  Republican; 
member,  Nashua  board  of  education, 
1891-5  (president  the  latter  year); 
city  solicitor,  1894-5;  solicitor,  Hills- 
borough  County,  1902-6;  sergeant-at- 
arms,  N.  H.  senate,  1887-9;  asst. 
clerk,  1891-3;  clerk,  1895;  president, 
Nashua  common  council,  1897-8; 
member,  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1899,  1909,  1913;  member, 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1902, 
1912;  elected  representative  from  2d 
N.  H.  district  in  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States  for  two  years  from 
March,  1915  to  1917,  Nov.,  1914;  re- 
elected  Nov.,  1916;  member,  Com- 
mittee on  Agriculture — an  appro- 
priate appointment,  as  he  is  greatly 
interested  in  agriculture,  owning  a 
large  farm  in  the  town  of  Merrimack, 
where  registered  Guernseys  and  other 
choice  lines  of  stock  are  raised;  has 
served  as  president  of  the  New  Oak 
Park  Fair  Ass'n,  and  treasurer  of  the 
N.  H.  Fair  Ass'n  of  Nashua,  and  many 
years  as  a  trustee  of  the  N.  H.  College 
of  Agriculture  and  the  Mechanic  Arts. 
He  is  a  32d  degree  Mason,  Knight  of 
Pythias,  Patron  of  Husbandry  and  an 
Klk;  president  of  tl)p  Nashua  Inst.  for 
Savings  and  the  Nashua  Coal  &  Coke 
Co.,  and  a  member  of  the  Nashua 
Country  Club.  Residence,  Nashua, 
N.  H. 

Paul,  George  Washington 

Printer,  accountant  and  probate 
business;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
17,  1S50;  s.  Jeremiah  and  Betsey  (Full- 


erton)  Paul;  ed.  Claremont  public 
schools;  printer  and  accountant  from 
1869  to  1887,  since  then  extensively 
engaged  in  probate  business,  having 
administered  nearly  two  hundred 
estates;  attends  Methodist  Church; 
Democrat;  postmaster  of  Claremont 
eight  years,  serving  two  terms  by 
appointment  of  President  Cleveland; 
collector  of  taxes,  1892-3;  trustee, 
Fiske  Free  Library,  1903-4;  water 
commissioner,  1903;  selectman,  1905  to 


1911  and  1914  to  1917  (chairman  each 
year),  then  declining  re-election;  mem- 
ber, N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
190.5-6;  delegate  to  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1918;  member,  board  of 
trustees  for  the  George  H.  Stowell  Trust 
Estate  for  erection  and  maintenance  of 
the  Stowell  Memorial  Hospital  at  Clare- 
mont; member,  board  of  trustees  of 
town  trust  funds;  director,  People's 
National  Bank;  in.,  April  20,  1S76, 
Mary  Ann  Robinson,  d.  July  26,  1917. 
One  (laughter,  Bessie  Irene.  Resi- 
dence, Claremont,  N.  II. 


RUEL  W.  POOR 


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Poor,  Ruel  Whitcomb 

Banker;  president,  Garfield  National 
Bank,  New  York;  b.,  New  London, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  29,  1860;  s.  William  Gay 
and  Delina  A.  (Freeto)  Poor;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools  and  Wilton  (Me.)  Academy; 
in  employ  of  Page  Belting  Co.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  1877-81;  Littleton  Sav- 
ings and  National  banks,  Littleton, 
N.  H.,  1881-8;  cashier  of  the  latter, 
January  to  November,  1888,  when  he 
resigned  to  go  to  Garfield  National 
Bank,  New  York  City,  in  which  he  be- 
came assistant  cashier  in  1891,  cashier 
in  1892  and  president  in  1902,  since 
continuing.  He  is  also  director  and 
president  of  the  Garfield  Safe  Deposit 
Co.,  trustee  of  West  Side  Savings  Bank, 
director  of  the  Butterick  Co.,  the 
Butterick  Publishing  Co.,  all  of  New 
York  City,  and  of  the  Ansco  Co., 
Binghampton,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the 
State  of  New  York;  of  Burns  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Littleton,  N.  H.,  St. 
Gerard  Commandery,  Littleton,  and 
Jerusalem  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  of  New 
York,  (D.  D.  G.  M.  5th  Masonic  Dis- 
trict N.  H.  1888),  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  the  N.  H.  Soc. 
of  New  York,  the  Maine  Soc.,  Ameri- 
can Geographical  Soc.,  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art,  American  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  Union  League  Club, 
Bankers'  Club,  Manhattan  Club,  New 
York  Athletic  Club  and  the  Masonic 
Club;  Episcopalian  Republican;  m., 
Oct.  18,  1884,  Ida  M.  Sawyer  of  Wil- 
ton, Me.;  children,  Helen  Hilda,  b.  June 
25,  1899;  Ruella,  b.,  July  17,  1905. 
Residence,  320  West  101st  St.,  N.  Y. 
City;  business  address,  200  Fifth  Ave. 

Melendy,  Jesse  George 

Chemist,  chemical  plant  executive; 
b.,  Milford,  N.  H.,  Sept.  30,  1877;  s. 
George  Lorenzo  and  Adelaide  Esther 
(Burpee)  Melendy;  ed.  public  schools, 
New  London,  N.  H.,  Colby  Academy, 
New  London,  1897,  Brown  Univ.,  B.Pli., 
1901 ;  active  in  undergraduate  foot- 
ball and  track  athletics;  taught  in  St. 
George's  School,  Newport,  R.  I.,  1901- 


2;  since  1902  with  General  Chemical 
Co.,  25  Broad  St.,  New  York,  starting 
as  analyst,  becoming  investigator;  then 
assistant  superintendent,  Camden,N.  J. 
works,  1904-8;  assistant  superintendent 
Bayonne,  N.  J.,  works,  1908-10; 
superintendent,  Cleveland,  O.,  works, 
1910^13 ;  superintendent,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  works,  1913-17;  superintendent 
Delaware  works,  near  Wilmington, 
1917-;  Republican;  Unitarian;  mem- 
ber, Phi  Delta  Theta,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Sigma  Xi,  University  Club, 


Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  vice-president,  Buffalo, 
Eng.  Soc.,  1915-17;  vice-president, 
Western  New  York  Section,  Am. 
Chem.  Soc.,  1914-16,  president,  1916- 
17;  member  executive  committee, 
Cleveland  Section,  Am.  Chem.  Soc., 
1912-13;  executive  committee,  Buffalo 
Section,  A.  S.  M.  E.,  1916-17;  parish 
council,  First  Unitarian  church, 
Buffalo,  1916-17;  vice-president,  Dela- 
ware Section,  Am.  Chem.  Soc.,  191S- 
member.  Visiting  (advisory)  Com- 
mittee in  Chemistry,  Brown  Univ.; 


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m.,  April  20,  1904,  Jessie  May  Cofran, 
Boston,  Mass. ;  child,  Adelaide  Burpee, 
b.  June  28,  1906.  Residence,  Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

Bailey,  Benjamin  Franklin 

Physician;  president  of  the  Dr. 
Benj.  F.  Bailey  Sanitorium,  Lincoln, 
Neb.;  b.,  Littleton,  N  H.,  June  22, 
1860;  s.  William  and  Marriete  Andress 
(Barnes)  Bailey;  ed.  schools  of  Little- 
ton and  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  Hahnemann  Medical  Col- 
lege, Philadelphia,  Pa.,  1881;  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Wareham,  Mass., 
from  March,  1881  to  March,  1882, 
and  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,from  March, 
1882  to  June,  1886,  when  he  went  west 
on  account  of  ill  health;  in  September 
following  he  located  at  Lincoln,  Neb., 
where  he  was  in  practice  until  he 
opened  his  sanitorium  in  July,  1901, 
which  he  has  since  conducted;  Con- 
gregationalist ;  Republican ;  member, 
Nebraska  State  Board  of  Health,  and 
president  of  the  same  for  ten  years; 
president,  American  Institute  of  Home- 
opathy; president,  Missouri  Valley 
Homeopathic  Ass'n;  president,  Ne- 
braska State  Homeopathic  Soc.;  presi- 
dent, American  Institute  of  Drug 
Proving;  member,  American  Medical 
Ass'n,  American  Endocrinology  Soc., 
American  Ass'n  for  Advancement  of 
Science,  American  Soc.  for  Prevention 
of  Tuberculosis,  and  many  others; 
member,  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, and  Rotary,  Commercial  and 
Country  clubs  (director  of  former); 
m.,  Feb.  8,  1882,  Minnie  F.  Bryant, 
Wareham,  Mass.  Residence,  Green 
Gables,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Russell,  Frank  Webster 

Soldier,  merchant  (retired);  b., 
Plymouth,  N.  II.,  June  22,  1847;  s. 
William  Wallace  and  Clara  Jane 
(Smith)  Russell;  ed.  Miss  Gilmore's 
private  school,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Phil- 
lips (Andover)  Academy,  Boston  Latin 
School,  Detroit,  Mich.,  high  school, 
New  Haven  Commercial  Institute, 


New  Haven,  Conn.,  U.  S.  Military 
Academy,  West  Point,  1868;  commis- 
sioned 2d  lieutenant,  6th  U.  S.  Cavalry, 
serving  in  the  South  and  West  till 
1872,  when  he  resigned,  returned  to 
Plymouth  and  engaged  in  general 
mercantile  business  in  the  firm  estab- 
lished by  his  grandfather,  Moor  Rus- 
sell, in  1798,  continuing  till  retire- 
ment in  1911;  served  in  the  N.  H. 
National  Guard  as  captain  and  aide 
on  staff  of  Brig.  Gen.  D.  M.  White, 
1884;  ass't,  inspector  general,  1885-9; 
captain,  Co.  G,  3d  N.  H.  Infantry, 
May  3,  1898;  mustered  into  U.  S. 
service,  May  11,  and  promoted  major, 
1st  N.  H.  Infantry,  July  2,  1898;  mus- 
tered out,  Oct.  3,  1898;  continued  in 
state  service  as  major,  3d  Infantry; 
on  reorganization  made  major,  2d 
Infantry,  March  7,  1899,  continuing 
till  expiration  of  commission  in  1905, 
then  declining  further  service;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  member, 
Plymouth  town  history  committee; 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1902; 
N.  H.  Soc.  S.  A.  R.,  Military  Order 
Foreign  Wars,  American  Legion,  Ass'n 
Graduates  U.  S.  Mil.  Acad.,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  32d  degree  and  K.  T.;  m.,  Oct. 
1,  1873,  Louisa  Webster  Hale,  d.  May 
6,  1905;  children,  Clara  Louise,  died 
in  infancy;  William  Wallace,  b.  May 
22,  1876  (Plymouth  high  school,  1891, 
Holderness  School,  1893),  treasurer 
National  Life  Ins.  Co.,  Montpelier, 
Vt.;  George  Moor,  b.  April  28,  1878 
(U.  S.  Military  Acad.,  1901),  major, 
field  artillery,  in  National  Army  in 
service  in  France;  Susan  Carleton,  b. 
Oct.  31,  1879  (X.  H.  Normal  School, 
1898,  Vassar  College,  1904);  teacher, 
now  living  with  her  father;  Walter 
Hall,  b.  May  21,  1882  (Dartmouth, 
1904,  Mich.  Univ.  Law  School,  1906),  of 
the  Russell  Lumber  Co.,  Port  Arthur, 
Ont.;  Louis  Webster,  b.  March  22,  1885 
(Dartmouth,  1906),  with  Alexander 
Hamilton  Inst.,  of  New  York,  located 
at  Akron,  ().;  Frank  Henry,  b.  June 
18,  1887,  d.  May  2,  1904;  Mary  Louise, 
died  in  infancy.  Residence,  Plymouth, 
N.  H. 


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Jameson,  John  Butler 

Mining,  insurance,  manufacturing 
and  general  business;  s.  Nathan 
Cleaves  and  Idabel  (Butler)  Jameson; 
ed.  public  schools  and  college  of  the 
City  of  New  York;  Presbyterian; 
Democrat;  chairman,  N.  H.  Demo- 
cratic state  committee,  1906-12,  and 
active  in  the  management  of  party 
affairs;  delegate  to  Democratic  na- 
tional convention,  Kansas  City,  1900; 
chairman,  N.  H.  Committee  on  Public 
Safety,  1917-18,  taking  an  active  part 
in  organizing  the  state  for  work  in  sup- 
port of  the  national  government  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  war  against  German 
aggression;  treasurer,  United  Life 
and  Accident  Ins.  Co.,  Concord; 
director,  First  National  Bank,  Con- 
cord; officer  and  director  in  various 
other  corporations;  interested  in  vari- 
ous business  enterprises  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, Missouri  and  Oklahoma;  received 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science 
from  N.  H.  State  College,  May  1,1918; 
m.,  Nov.  19,  1913,  Marion  Dudley 
Eidlitz,  New  York  City;  children,  John 
Butler,  Jr.,  b.  Jan.  21,  1915;  Robert 
Dudley,  b.  Jan.  30,  1916;  Jane,  b.  Nov. 
20,  1917.  Residence,  Antrim,  N.  H.; 
business  address,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Wilder,  Ella  Caroline  Abbot 

(Mrs.  Arthur  S.  Wilder);  b.,  Wilton, 
N.  H.,  April  22,  1862;  clan.  Harris  and 
Caroline  A.  (Greeley)  Abbot;  great- 
granddaughter  of  Major  Abiel  Abbot 
of  Wilton,  commissioned  officer  in 
Colonial  Army,  great-grand-niece  of 
Nathan  Hale,  also  of  Rev.  Abiel  Abbot 
of  Peterboro,  N.  H.  (see  pp.  139);  ed. 
public  schools;  Gushing  Academy,  Ash- 
burnham,  Mass.,  1882;  Smith  College, 
B.A.  1889;  teacher  for  ten  years  pre- 
vious to  marriage;  principal  high  school, 
Brewer,  Me.  1889-91;  principal  high 
school,  Peterboro,  N.H.,  1891-5; assist- 
ant. Sanborn  Seminary,  Kingston, 
N.  H.,  1895-6;  principal  high  school, 
Sterling,  Mass.,  1896-8;  member, 
Congregational  church,  Smith  College 
Alumnae  Ass'n;  active  in  church  and 
war  relief  work;  in.,  Aug.  9,  1898, 
Arthur  Silas  Wilder;  children,  Florence 


C.,  b.  Aug.  3,  1899;  Katharine  A.,  b. 
Aug.  12,  1901;  Frank  H.,  b.  April  26, 
1903;  Edwin  A.,  b.  March  13,  1906; 
Anna  Hale,  b.  Jan.  14,  1909.  Resi- 
dence, Sterling  Junction,  Mass.  [See 
Dr.  Florence  Hale  Abbot,  p.  139; 
Charles  Greely  Abbot,  p.  149;  Stanley 
Harris  Abbot,  p.  237.] 

Emery  (William)  Stanley 

Clergyman;  b.,  Portsmouth,  R.  I., 
May  6,    1858;  s.   Charles  and  Susan 


Lavinia  (Kelly)  Emery;  ed.  St.  Paul's 
School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1876;  Trinity 
College,  B.A.,  1881;  General  Theologi- 
cal Sem.,  New  York,  B.D.,  1884; 
ordained  deacon,  1884;  priest,  1887; 
master,  St.  Paul's  School,  1884-6;  in 
charge,  Church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist, 
Sanborn ville,  N.  H.,  1887-92;  vicar, 
Calvary  Chapel,  New  York,  1892-7; 
rector,  Christ  Church,  Norwich,  Conn., 
1897-1900;  rector,  Trinity  Church, 
Tilton,  N.  H.,  and  in  charge,  St.  Jude's 
Mission.  Franklin,  1900-1908;  vice-rec- 
tor St.  Paul's  Church,  Concord,  N.  H., 
1908-.  Republican:  member,  N.  H. 


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house  of  representatives  from  Tilton, 
1907-8;  member  executive  committee, 
N.  H.  State  Conf.  Charities  and  Cor- 
rections; standing  committee,  Diocese 
of  New  Hampshire,  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church;  m.,  Jan.  18,  1887,  Ethel 
Naunton  Julian,  St.  Andrews,  N.  B.; 
four  daughters  and  two  sons.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Otis,  Edward  Osgood 

Physician;    b.,  Rye,  N.  H.,  Oct.  29, 
1848;    s.     Israel    Taintor     and    Olive 


Morgan  (Osgood)  Otis;  ed.  Phillips 
Kxeter  Academy,  Harvard  College,  A.B., 
1871,  M.I).,  1S77;  commenced  practice 
1879,  in  Boston  in  1S80,  specializing  in 
pulmonary  diseases,  particularly  tuber- 
culosis, and  writing  and  speaking  on 
its  prevention;  sometime  visting  phy- 
sician for  Free  Home  for  Consumptives 
in  Boston  and  connected  with  various 
medical  institutions;  physician  to  tuber- 
culosis department,  Boston  Dispensary'; 
professor  of  Pulmonary  Diseases  and 
Climatology,  Tufts  College  .Medical 
School  since  1901 ;  late  visiting  and  con- 


sulting physician,  Mass.  State  Sanato- 
rium ;delegate,Congress  of  Tuberculosis, 
London,  1901;  International  Congress 
on  Tuberculosis,  Rome,  1912;  member, 
advisory  board,  Dennison  (settlement) 
House,  Boston;  trustee,  Exeter,  N.  H., 
Cottage  Hospital,  Montgomery,  Ala., 
Colored  School;  member,  American 
Climatological  Ass'n  (president,  1898), 
American  Public  Health  Ass'n,  Na- 
tional Ass'n  for  Study  and  Prevention 
of  Tuberculosis,  American  Ass'n  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  and  many 
medical  societies;  ex-president,  Boston 
Ass'n  Relief  and  Control  of  Tuberculo- 
sis; cor.  member,  International  Anti- 
Tuberculosis  Ass'n;  member,  S.  A.  R., 
Soc.  Colonial  Wars,  Harvard  Club  of 
Boston;  author,  1909;  "Tuberculosis — 
Its  Cause,  Cure  and  Prevention,"  1914, 
"  Pulmonary  Tuberculosis,"  1917;  and 
various  contributions  to  medical  publi- 
cations; m.,  June4, 1894,  Marion  Faxon; 
children,  Olive,  John  F.,  Edward O.,  Jr., 
William  F.,  Brooks.  Residence,  381 
Beacon  St.,  Boston. 

Dunlap,  Roger  Allen 

Clergyman;  b.,  Charlestown,  N.  H., 
June  10,  1878;  s.  George  Harlan  and 
Mary  Catharine  (Folger)  Dunlap;  ed. 
public  schools,  Nelson,  N.  PI.,  and  Rock 
Island  and  Stanstead,  P.  (,).,  Concord 
high  school,  189<>;  Dartmouth  College, 
1900,  Hartford  (Conn.)  Theological 
Seminary,  1903;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; pastor,  Paterson,  N.  J.,  1903- 
9:  Windsor  Locks,  Conn.,  1909 — 1917; 
Second  Parish  Church,  Portland,  Me., 
1918;  Chaplain  Connecticut  house  of 
representatives,  1915;  member  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  and  Phi  Kappa  Psi  fra- 
ternities; m.,  Nov.  18,  1903,  Alice  Gates; 
children,  Esther,  b.  Sept.  11,  1900, 
Catharine  Alice,  b.  May  15.  1911. 
Residence,  Portland,  Me. 

Patten,  Helen  Philbrook 

Author;  social  worker;  b.,  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass.,  April  21,  18<>5;  dau.of  Rev. 
Nathan  Page  and  Hannah  Hill  (San- 
born)  Philbrook;  ed.  Tilton  Seminary, 
1884,  Framingham.  (Mass.)  Normal 
School,  ISSS,  Social  Service  Dept., 


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Simmons  College,  1914,  Social  Service 
crouse,  Boston  I'niv.,  1914;  taught  in 
the  Misses  Patten's  School,  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  1889,  1891-2;  Affordby 
School,  Baltimore,  Md.,  1890-1;  active 
in  social  service,  Middletown,  Conn., 
Girls  Club,  1915;  District  Worker  for 
South  End  Settlement  House,  1916-7; 
author  "The  Year's  Festivals"  (Dana 
Estes  Co.),  1903;  compiler  "The  Music 
Lover's  Treasury,"  1905;  compiler  "In- 
timations of  Immortality"  (Small  & 
Maynard),  1907;  contributor  of  many 
articles  and  poems  to  various  news- 
papers and  magazines;  m.,  Sept.  1, 
1892,  D.  Warren  Patten,  Tilton,N.  H. 
Residence,  Tilton,  N.  H. 

Husband,  Richard  Wellington 

Professor  classical  languages,  Dart- 
mouth College;  b..  Nov.  27,  1869,  Mil- 
ton, Ontario,  Canada;  s.  Richard  and 
Eleanor  (Teeple)  Husband;  ed.  Leland 
Stanford  Univ.,  A.B.,  1895,  A.M.,  1896; 
Univ.  of  Toronto,  A.B.,  1896;  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.M.,  1915;  instructor, 
Mills  College,  1898-9,  Stanford  Univ., 
1899-1900;  instructor  and  professor, 
Dartmouth  College,  1900-;  Episcopal- 
ian; Republican;  office  manager  N.  H. 
District  Board  1917-;  secretary  N.  H. 
Committee  on  Public  Safety,  1917;  N. 
H.  War  Historian,  1917-;  member 
Sigma  Phi  Epsilon,  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
American  Philological  Ass'n  (execu- 
tive committee),  Simplified  Spelling 
Board  (executive  committee),  Amer- 
ican Ass'n  of  University  Professors; 
contributor  of  many  articles  on  lin- 
guistic subjects,  Roman  history,  and 
Roman  criminal  law  in  Transactions 
of  the  American  Philological  Ass'n,  and 
in  various  classical  periodicals;  author, 
"The  Prosecution  of  Jesus"  (Princeton 
Univ.  Press),  1916;  m.,  June  20,  1901, 
Helene  Borgman;  one  son,  Richard  B., 
1).  Aug.  S,  1004.  Residence,  Hanover, 
N.  11. 

Lauder,  George  Burns 

Electrical  Engineer;  b.,  Concord,  N. 
II.,  Jan.  28,  1866;  s.  James  Nelson  and 
Eliza  Martha  (Clark)  Lauder;  ed. 
Concord  schools,  private1  instruction. 


Mass.  Inst.  of  Tech.,  1889;  with  the 
Westinghouse  Electric  Co.,  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  1890;  Electric  Lighting  Co.,  Den- 
ver, Col.,  1891-3;  first  electrical  in- 
spector, N.  H.  Board  of  Underwriters, 
1893-8;  manager,  Concord  Electric  Co., 
1898-1909;  consulting  engineer,  1909-. 
Republican;  Episcopalian;  life  mem- 
ber, Humanitarian  Soc.,  London, 
Eng. ;  member  Vivisection  Investiga- 
tion League,  New  York  City;  Concord 
S.  P.  C.  A.  (president,  1913-7);  Am. 


Soc.  of  Median.  Engineers,  N.  II.  Soc. 
Protection  of  Forests,  Am.  Soc.  for 
Protection  of  Forests,  Mass.  Inst. 
Tech.  Club,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Concord  Charity  Organ.  Soc.,  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  Wonolancet,  Beaver  Meadow 
(!olf  and  Snowsho:-  Clubs;  actively 
connected  with  Red  Cross  work,  city 
and  state;  office  manager.  N.  II.  War 
Savings  Com.;  with  his  family  has 
adopted  French  Orphan,  No.  9()0,  in 
Lift  ''.s  French  Orphan  Fund;  m.  Eva 
Belle  Sanborn  of  Concord,  June  17, 
1896;  children,  Mildred,  l>.  April  4, 


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1897,  St.  Mary's  School,  1893,  B.A., 
Wellesley  College,  1918,  at  the  Vassar 
Training  Camp  for  Nurses,  "The 
Woman's  Plattsburg";  Dorothy,  b. 
Nov.  10,  1901,  St.  Mary's  School, 
Abbot  Academy,  1920.  Residence,  20 
Franklin  Street,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Murphy,  David  Edward 

Merchant;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Oct. . 
15,  1859;  s.  Bartholomew  and  Mary 
(McCue)  Murphy;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools;  employed  as  a  clerk  in  the 
dry  goods  trade  in  Concord,  at  the 
age  of  sixteen,  continuing  for  twelve 
years,  when  he  engaged  in  business  for 
himself  in  which  he  has  continued  to 
the  present  time,  developing  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  popular  dry  goods  de- 
partment stores  in  northern  New  Eng- 
land, including  Nos.  76  to  82  No.  Main 
St.;  Catholic;  Democrat;  many  years 
member,  Democratic  state  committee; 
Democratic  candidate  for  councilor  in 
District  No.  5,  in  1916,  running  largely 
ahead  of  his  ticket;  trustee,  N.  H.  In- 
dustrial School,  190,3-13;  member, 
N.  H.  Committee  of  Public  Safety; 
State  Merchant  Representative,  United 
States  Food  Administration;  director, 
First  National  Bank,  Concord;  trustee, 
Union  Trust  Co.;  member,  Knights  of 
Columbus,  Elks,  Wonolancet  Club; 
member,  commission  having  in  charge 
the  erection  of  a  statue  of  President 
Franklin  Pierce,  and  marshal  of  the 
day  at  dedication  of  the  same;  member, 
Pierce  birthplace  preservation  com- 
mission; m.,  April  26,  1905,  Katharine 
Louise  Prentis,  New  York.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Wason,  Eugene 

Physician;  b.,  New  Boston,  N.  II., 
April  25,  1844;  s.  Abraham  and  Sarah  T. 
(Lamson)  Wason;  ed.  public  schools  of 
New  Boston  andCambridgeport,  Mass.; 
Dartmouth  Medical  College,  M.D., 
1872;  A.M.(hon.)  Norwich  University, 
1909;  practiced  medicine  in  Nashua,  N. 
H.,  1S69  to  1874;  subsequently  in  Lon- 
donderry and  Hancook;  since  1894  in 
Milford;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
member  Knights  of  Pythias,  G.  A.  R. 
(N.  II.  Department  Commander,  1918- 


19);  city  physician  and  member  board 
of  health,  Nashua,  1872-4;  member 
Milford  board  of  health  several  years; 
member  N.  H.  Medical  Soc.;  N.  H. 
Surgical  Club;  m.,  Aug.  13,  1866, 
Hattie  Wilkins,  d.;  one  son,  Arthur,  b. 
March  20,  1888.  Residence,  Milford, 
N.  H. 

Metcalf,  Henry  Clifton 

Merchant;  b.,  Lempster,  N.  H., 
July  10,  1881;  s.  Clifton  A.  and  Ma- 
tilda J.  (Scales)  Metcalf;  ed.  public 


schools  of  Alstead;  in  trade  in  that 
town  since  twenty-one  years  of  age; 
Universalist ;  Democrat;  town  clerk 
since  1912;  trial  justice  since  1915 
(appointed  by  Gov.  Rolland  H.  Spauld- 
ing);  member,  N.  II.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1917-18,  serving  on  rail- 
road committee  and  joining  in  minority 
report  against  the  reorganization  bill 
member,  A.  F.  cV-  A.  M.,  1.  ().  ().  F. 
m..  July  10.  1906;  Mabel  M.  Hatch 
Alstead:  children.  Alma  E.,  b.  May  17 
1907;  Clarence  W.,  b.  April  13,  1910 
Carroll  IL,  b.  November  29,  1912 
Residenrr,  Alstead,  N.  II . 


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Saltus  (Amasa)  Wright 

Clergyman;  b.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  3,  1859;  s.  Nicholas  and  Maria 
Seymour  (Sanford)  Saltus;  ed.  St. 
Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1878, 
Columbia  Law  School,  law  office  of 
Anderson  and  Man,  New  York;  ad- 
mitted to  the  New  York  bar,  1883, 
studied  divinity  with  Dr.  Henry  A. 
Coit,  rector  of  St.  Paul's  School;  or- 
dained deacon,  1891,  priest,  1893;  in 
charge  of  St.  Mary's  church,  Penacook, 


1893-4;  curate  of  St.  Mark's,  Orange, 
N.  J.,  and  House  of  Prayer,  Newark, 
N.  J.,  1894-8;  curate  at  St.  Paul's 
Chapel,  St.  Paul's  School,  and  chap- 
lain of  Orphans'  Home,  1X98-1900;  in 
charge  of  St.  Mary's,  Penacook,  1900-; 
Republican;  Episcopalian;  member, 
Kumford  (Irange,  P.  of  II.,  F.ast  Con- 
cord, Fish  and  (lame  Club  (president. 
1914-);  chaplain  of  First  Infantry, 
N.  H.  National  (luard.  under  Colonel 
Koby,  three  years;  in..  June  6,  18X0, 
Bayonne,  N.  J.,  Louisa  Smith  Pickslay. 
Residence,  Concord.  N.  II. 


Brown,  Harry  James 

Lawyer;  b.,  Wentworth,  N.  H., 
March  2,  1873;  s.  James  B.  and  Eva  M. 
(Merrill)  Brown;  ed.  Concord  (N.  H.) 
high  school,  1891,  Dartmouth  College, 
1895,  Columbian  University  Law  School 
(Washington,  D.  C.),  LL.B.,  1897, 
LL.M.,  1899;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1899,  and  began  practice  the  same  year 
with  Eastman  &  Hollis  in  Concord,  N. 
H.,  continuing  with  the  same  till  1903, 
since  when  he  has  been  alone;  Republi- 
can; connected  with  the  Department 
of  Agriculture  in  Washington  from 
1895  to  1899;  member  Concord  common 
council,  1905-6;  secretary  Republican 
state  committee,  1908;  in  general  law 
practice;  served  for  several  sessions 
past  as  a  legislative  attorney  for  B.  &  M . 
Railroad;  member  A.  F.  &.  A.  M.  (lodge, 
chapter,  temple,  consistory  32d  degree 
and  shrine);  Wonolancet,  Snowshoe 
and  Bow  Brook  Clubs,  Concord;  m., 
Nov.  21,  1907,  Mary  K.  Bride.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Tutherly,  Herbert  Everett 

Soldier;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  April 
5,  1848;  s.  William  E.  and  Lorette  C. 
(Rossiter)  Tutherly;  ed.  Claremont 
schools,  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Mer- 
iden,  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  West 
Point,  1871;  commissioned  2d  lieut., 
U.S. Cavalry,  June,  1872;  1st  lieut,,  1st. 
Cavalry,  April,  1879;  captain,  Dec., 
1890;  major,  llth  Cavalry,  Feb.,  1901; 
lieut. -colonel,  9th  Cavalry,  July,  1905; 
retired  upon  his  own  application  after 
thirty-eight  years  service,  Oct.  1,  1906; 
on  duty  with  N.  H.  Militia  by  order  of 
the  President,  1906-10;  brigadier  gen- 
eral and  adjutant  general  of  N.  H.  N. 
G.,  1910-15;  .-aw  much  active  service  in 
Indian  Campaigns  while  in  U.  S.  Army; 
prof,  military  science,  Univ.  of  Vt.  18X1 
-5;  Cornell  Univ.,  1X89-92;  Univ.  of  Vt. 
again,  1X93-97;  commanded  squadron 
U.  S.  Cavalry  in  Cuba  during  Spanish 
American  war,  and  recommended  for 
brevet  as  major  for  gallantry  at  battle 
of  San  Juan  Hill,  July  1  arid  2,  1898; 
Episcopalian ;  Republican;  engaged  in 
agriculture  at  Claremont  since  retire- 
ment: in.,  Mav  29.  1878,  Mary  Maroa 


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. 


Cotton  of  Claremont;  one  son,  George 
Cotton,  d.,  Chelsea,  Vt.  Residence, 
Claremont,  N.  H. 

Beach,  Amy  Marcy  Cheney 

Composer  and  pianist;  b.,  Henniker, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  5,  1867;  dau.  Charles  Ab- 
bott and  Clara  Imogen  (Marcy) 
Cheney;  studied  first  with  her  mother, 
from  whom  she  inherited  her  musical 
ability;  played  difficult  music,  includ- 
ing Beethoven  and  Bach,  at  seven 
years  of  age;  at  eight  years  of  age 
was  taken  to  Boston,  where  she 
studied  with  W.  L.  Whittemore, 
Ernest  Paraho,  Junius  W.  Hill  and 
Carl  Baermann;  made  debut  as  pian- 
ist; played  with  the  Boston  Symphony 
and  Thomas  Orchestras;  later  appeared 
in  many  large  cities,  giving  entire  pro- 
grams of  her  own  work.  Among  her 
compositions  are  her  "Gaelic  Sym- 
phony," first  given  in  Boston  in  1896; 
a  Mass  in  E-flat,  sung  at  the  Handel 
and  Hadyn  Soc.,  Boston,  1892;  "Fes- 
tival Jubilate,"  for  women's  voices' 
sung  at  the  dedication  of  the  women's 
building,  at  the  World's  Columbian 
Exposition,  Chicago,  1893;  also  num- 
erous cantatas  and  piano  works,  and 
many  songs  sung  by  leading  singers 
throughout  the  country;  m.,  Dec.  2, 
1885,  Dr.  Henry  Harris  Aubrey  Beach, 
a  distinguished  physician  of  Boston, 
who  died  June  28,  1910.  Residence, 
28  Commonwealth  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Simonds,  Katherine  Call 

Musician,  dramatic  soprano,  author 
and  composer;  b.,  Franklin,  N.  H., 
Dec.  12,  1865;  dau.  Joseph  L.  and  Mar- 
tha Ann  (Severance)  Call;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Franklin;  taught  school  four 
years;  studied  voice  culture  with  Mrs. 
Gertrude  Franklin  Salisbury  and  Miss 
Clara  Munger  of  Boston;  taught  vocal 
music  to  large  classes;  has  sung  in,  and 
directed,  many  church  choirs;  sang  as 
soprano  in  the  First  Baptist  Church, 
Concord,  Franklin  St.  Congregational 
Church,  Manchester,  Pilgrim  Church, 
Nashua,  Unitarian  Church,  Franklin 
and  others;  now  director  and  soprano 
of  the  Christian  Church  Choir,  Franklin; 


has  conducted  many  choruses  and  done 
much  general  musical  work;  author  and 
composer  of  many  songs  several  of 
which  have  been  published  by  C.  W. 
Thompson  &  Co.,  Boston;  two  Prohibi- 
tion songs,  "The  Nation's  Going  Dry" 
and  "The  Land  Where  Old  Glory 
Waves,"  words  and  music  by  Mrs. 
Simonds,  were  recently  published  by 
the  National  W.  C.  T.  U.  Publishing 
House,  Evanston,  111.;  her  latest  and 
most  popular  song,  "There's  a  Soldier 


Lad  in  Khaki  Over  There,"  written, 
set  to  music  copyrighted  and  published 
this  year,  has  been  sung  by  her  to  great 
audiences  in  many  places,  including 
Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  where  twice 
three  cheers  were  given  for  the  song  and 
singer  by  the  vast  crowd  in  attendance; 
gives  entire  concert  program  of  her 
own  songs;  member  of  the  Christian 
church;  Prohibitionist;  Equal  Suffra- 
gist; state  secretary  Prohibition  party; 
president  Franklin  Equal  Suffrage 
Club;  president  Franklin  W.  C.  T.  U.; 
president  Merrimack  Co.  W.  C.  T.  U.; 
state  musical  director,  W.  C.  T.  U.; 


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vice-president  Golden  Rule  Farm 
Homes  Ass'n;  Red  Cross  singer  and 
worker,  responding  to  constant  calls 
for  service;  delegate  to  National  Prohi- 
bition ConventionjSt.  Paul,  Minn.  ,1916, 
where  she  sang  "The  Land  Where  Old 
Glory  Waves";  also  to  National  W.  C. 
T.  IJ.  Convention,  Washington,  1917, 
where  she  sang  "New  Hampshire 
Voted  Dry,"  written  to  celebrate  the 
prohibition  victory  in  this  state,  to  a 
capacity  audience  in  Poli's  theatre;  m., 
Nov.  25,  1885,  Arthur  B.  Simonds,  s. 
of  the  late  John  W.  Simonds,  N.  H. 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 
Residence,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Stevens,  Raymond  Bartlett 

Lawyer,  Ex-Congressman;  b.,  Bing- 
hampton,  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1874;  s. 
Pliny  Bartlett  and  Lillian  (Thompson) 
Stevens;  ed.  Harvard  Univ.  2  years, 
class  of  1897;  Harvard  Law  School,  3 
years,  class  of  1899;  admitted  to  New 
Hampshire  bar  in  1899;  in  practice  of 
law  at  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  five  years  then,  on 
account  of  ill  health,  engaged  in  agri- 
culture in  Landaff;  Democrat;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  from 
Landaff,  1909-10,  1911-12,  1913;  chair- 
man Democratic  legislative  caucus  in 
1911,  and  member  of  the  Judiciary  and 
Ways  and  Means  Committees,  also  of 
the  Special  Committee  on  Railroad 
Rates  to  whose  work  he  devoted  much 
attention;  elected  to  the  U.  S.  house  of 
representatives  from  the  Second  N.  H. 
District  in  Nov.,  1912,  over  Frank  I). 
Currier,  Republican,  but  did  not  take 
his  seat  in  the  house  until  his  work  in  the 
state  legislature  was  completed,  and 
declined  salary  up  to  that  time;  mem- 
ber Committee  on  Interstate  and  For- 
eign Commerce,  63d  Congress,  and  ac- 
tively instrumental  in  preparation  and 
enactment  of  the  measure  creating  and 
establishing  the  Federal  Trade  Com- 
mission: nominated  in  the  N.  H.  Demo- 
cratic primary,  in  1914,  as  the  part}' 
candidate  for  U.  S.  Senator,  and  ran 
largely  ahead  of  his  ticket  but  failed  of 
election;  special  counsel  for  the  Federal 
Trade  Commission,  1915-16;  member 
and  vice-chairman  I".  S.  Shipping 


Board,  1916- ;  appointed  American 
delegate  to  the  Interallied  Shipping 
Council  in  London,  1918,  and  now 
serving  in  that  capacity;  m.,  August  3, 
1915,  at  Landaff,  Mrs*  Everesta  Spink 
Cunniff;  one  son.  Residence,  Landaff, 
N.H. 


Edgerly,  Joseph  Gardner 

Educator;  b.,  Barnstead,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
12,  1838;  s.  Samuel  Johnson  and  Eliza 
(Bickford)  Edgerly;  ed.  Manchester 


public  schools,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.,  1S67  (Phi  Beta  Kappa);  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  taught  school 
five  years  before  entering  college; 
elected  superintendent  of  schools,  Man- 
chester, N.  11.,  the  day  after  gradua- 
tion from  college',  serving  eight  years, 
1867-75;  superintendent  of  schools, 
Fitchburg,  Mass.,  1S75,  to  1914;  since 
retired;  member  American  Institute  of 
Instruction,  N.  E.  Ass'n  School  Super- 
intendents (ex-pres.);  president,  N.  H. 
Teachers  Ass'n  1874;  Hillsborough  Co. 
Teachers  Ass'n:  Worcester  Co.  (Mass.) 
Teachers  Ass'n;  A.  F.  A:  A.  M.  (K.  T.); 
I.  O.  0.  F.,  H.  P.  O.  E.,  K.  of  P.;  in., 


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April  10, 1877,  Mary  J.  Graves,  Groton, 
Mass.;  one  child,  Louise  Graves,  b. 
1879,  d.  1901.  Residence,  Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

Abbott,  Warren 

Teacher,  farmer,  bank  messenger;  b., 
Webster,  N.  H.,  March  20,  1838;  s. 
Jabez  and  Eunice  (Boody)  Abbott;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Elmwood  Academy, 
Boscawen,  N.  H.;  taught  school  winters 
from  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  engaged 
in  farming  in  summer  till  twenty-six, 


when  he  wont  to  California  and  was 
there  engaged  in  teaching  for  eighteen 
years,  with  much  success,  having  re- 
ceived a  life  certificate  as  a  teacher  after 
ten  years  service,  and  was  the  nominee 
of  his  party  for  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Contra  Costa  county;  re- 
turned to  the  old  homestead  in  Web- 
ster and  engaged  in  agriculture  in  1S82, 
continuing  until  about  twenty  years 
ago,  when  he  removed  to  Penacook; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  several 
years  superintendent  of  schools  in 


Webster,  selectman  three  years,  and 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives 
in  1891-2;  treasurer  of  Merrimack 
county,  1893-4,  1895-6,  1915-16.  Pa- 
tron of  Husbandry,  and  past  master  and 
lecturer  of  Daniel  Webster  Grange, 
Webster;  also  of  Merrimack  Co. 
Pomona  Grange,  of  which  he  was  a 
charter  member  and  the  first  overseer; 
for  the  last  ten  years  he  has  served  as 
bank  messenger  between  Concord  and 
Penacook;  m.,  Oct.  12,  1891,  Mrs. 
Jennie  A.  Abbott,  of  Anoka,  Minn. 
Residence  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Smith,  Jeremiah 

Jurist;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  July  14, 
1837;  s.  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Hale) 
Smith;  A.B.,  Harvard,  1856;  A.M., 
1859;  LL.D.,  Dartmouth,  1883;  studied 
law  with  Daniel  M.  Christie  and  at  Har- 
vard Law  School;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1861;  practiced  in  Dover,  1861-7;  ap- 
pointed associate  justice  of  the  N.  H. 
supreme  court  in  1867,  serving  till 
resignation,  on  account  of  ill  health,  in 
1874;  partially  resumed  practice  in 
1882;  appointed  Story  Professor  of  Law 
in  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1890,  and 
removed  to  Cambridge;  resigned  pro- 
fessorship in  1910;  trustee,  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1868774,  1898-1902. 
Visitor,  Chandler  Scientific  School, 
Dartmouth,  1885-92;  m.,  Aprils,  1865, 
Hannah  Webster,  Dover,  N.  H.,  d.  Dec. 
19,  1904;  one  son,  Jeremiah  Smith,  Jr., 
lawyer  of  Boston,  b.  Dover,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
14,  1870;  A.B.,  Harvard,  1892;  trustee 
of  Phillips  Exeter  Academy;  now  (1918) 
serving  in  France  as  captain  in  Quarter- 
masters' Department,  V.  S.  Expedi- 
tionary Force.  Residence,  4  Berkeley 
Street,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Brown,  Alice 

Author;  b.,  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H., 
Dec.  5,  1SS7;  spent  her  girlhood  on  a 
farm;  ed.  Robinson  Seminary,  Exeter, 
X.  H.;  taught  school  for  a  few  terms, 
but  soon  took  up  writing  as  a  profes- 
sion, having  removed  to  Boston;  en- 
gaged for  several  years  on  staff  of 
Youth's  C<n>i iHitiion;  author,  "Fools  of 
Nature"  (Hovel);  "Meadow  Grass," 


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collection  of  New  England  stories;  "  By 
Oak  and  Thorn" — a  record  of  English 
Days;  "Robert  Louis  Stevenson" — a 
study  in  collaboration  with  Imogen 
Guiney;  "Three  Heroines  of  New  Eng- 
land Romance"  (with  Harriet  Pres- 
cott  Spofford  and  Imogen  Guiney); 
"Life  of  Mercy  Otis  Warren";  "The 
Road  to  Castalay"  (poems);  "Tiverton 
Tales"  (collection  of  stories);  "The 
Day  of  His  Youth";  "The  King's 
End";  "Margaret  Warrener";  "Para- 
dise"; "High  Noon";  "The  Manner- 
ings";  "The  Country  Road";  "The 
Court  of  Love";  "Rose  McLeod"; 
"The  Story  of  Thyrza";  "Country 
Neighbors";  "John  Winterbourne's 
Family";  "The  One  Footed  Fairy  and 
Other  Stories";  "Secret  of  the  Clan/' 
"The  Flying  Teuton,"  etc.  Residence, 
11  Pinckney  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Humphrey,  Alice  Caroline 

Educator;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Jan.  8, 
1874;  dau.  Stillman  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Hoag)  Humphrey;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  1892,  Smith  College,  1892- 
4,  Radcliffe  College,  1914-5,  Bureau 
of  University  Travel,  1911,  Summer 
School,  Middlebury  College,  Vt.,  1913; 
teacher  of  Greek,  Latin  and  Ancient 
History,  St.  Mary's  School,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  1895-;  Episcopalian;  member 
N.  E.  Classical  Ass'n,  N.  H.  Smith 
College  Club,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Concord  Woman's  College  Club  (direc- 
tor), Concord  Woman's  Club  (rec.  sec., 
19 IS-),  Concord  Music  Club,  Outing 
Club  (Camp  Weetamoo),  Friendly  Club, 
Suffrage  League,  Daughters  of  the 
King,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club; 
author  of  BUT  Sketches,  1912;  contrib- 
utor of  poems  to  Art  and  Archaeology 
and  American  Story  Magazine.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  II. 

Nute,  Eugene  Pearl 

Shoe  manufacturer;  secretary,  N.  II. 
Board  of  Underwriters;  b.,  Farmington, 
N.  H.,  June  14,  1X52;  s.  Alonzo  and 
Mary  (Pearl)  Nute;  descendant  of 
James  Nute,  who  came  to  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  from  England  in  1(531,  and  sub- 
sequently settled  in  Dover;  great- 


grandson  of  Jotham  Nute,  an  early  set- 
tler of  Milton  and  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution, serving  throughout  the  war, 
whose  discharge  signed  by  General 
Washington  is  now  in  his  possession; 
ed.  public  schools,  New  London,  N.  H., 
and  Phillips  (Andover)  Academies;  en- 
gaged for  twenty  years  in  the  manu- 
facture of  shoes  at  Farmington;  Con- 
gregationalist ;  Republican;  member  N. 
H.  house  of  representatives,  1883; 
appointed  U.  S.  Marshal  for  the  Dis- 


trict of  New  Hampshire,  March  4, 
1898,  resigned,  June  30,  1914,  to  accept 
the  position  of  secretary  of  the  N.  H. 
Board  of  Underwriters,  which  he  now 
holds;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  of  P., 
Loyal  Legion;  in.,  June  4,  1SS1,  Nellie 
S.  Parker  of  Farmington:  children, 
Stanley  Pearl,  b.  Dec.  9,  1SS5  (Dart- 
mouth, 190S),  in  insurance  business  in 
Detroit,  Mich.;  Harry  A.,  b.  March  15, 
1891;  Molly,  1).  April  7,  1X93,  teacher. 
Residence,  Farmington,  N.  II. 


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Sulloway,  Alvah  Woodbury 

Manufacturer;  railway  official;  b., 
Somerville,  Mass.,  Dec.  25,  1838;  s. 
Israel  \V.  and  Adaline  (Richardson) 
Sulloway;  ed.  public  schools,  Barre 
(Vt.)  Academy,  Green  Mountain  Lib- 
eral Inst.,  So.  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Canaan 
Academy;  learned  hosiery  manufac- 
turing business  in  his  father's  mill  at 
Enfield,  N.  H.,  operating  some  of  the 
first  machines  made  by  the  late  Walter 
Aiken;  commenced  business  in  hosiery 
manufacturing  in  Franklin  with  Walter 
Aiken  in  1860,  continuing  four  years; 
then  in  company  with  Frank  H.  Dan- 
iell  till  1869,  after  which  he  operated 
the  Sulloway  Mills  alone,  the  same 
being  incorporated  Jan.,  1888,  exten- 
sive additions  and  improvements  hav- 
ing been  made  from  time  to  time  till 
now  this  is  the  largest  woolen  hosiery 
manufacturing  plant  in  the  country, 
employing  650  operatives  and  produc- 
ing 2,000  dozen  pairs  per  day,  nearly 
all  at  the  present  time  on  war  orders  for 
the  U.  S.  government;  Unitarian; 
Democrat  till  1896,  since  Independent; 
member  X.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1871,  1872,  1874  and  1875  (chairman 
committee  on  manufactures,  1874) ; 
X.  H.  railroad  commissioner,  1874; 
Democratic  candidate  for  Congress  in 
Second  X.  H.  district  in  1877,  and 
twice  renominated;  member  first  city 
council  of  Franklin,  continuing  several 
years;  member  X.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1889,  X.  H.  Senate,  1891; 
delegate  to  Democratic  national  con- 
vention in  1876,  and  all  subsequent 
conventions,  to  and  including  1896, 
and  Xew  Hampshire  member  Demo- 
cratic Xat'l  Com.  for  same  period; 
director  Xorthern  Railroad  since  1880, 
and  president  since  1885;  director  B.  & 
M.  Railroad  for  twenty-five  years 
previous  to  1916;  president  Concord  & 
Claremont  and  Peterboro  it  Hillsboro 
Railroads  since  1889;  director  Lake 
Champlain  A:  St.  Johnsbury  R.  R.; 
several  years  director  Me.  Central  R. 
R.;  president  and  treasurer  Sulloway 
Mills;  president  Franklin  Xat'l  Bank 
since  organization  in  1879;  president 
Franklin  Savings  Bank,  Franklin  Light 


&  Power  Co.,  Acme  Machine  &  Needle 
Co.;  trustee  Amoskeag  M'f'g  Co.; 
director  Monadnock  Mills,  Andros- 
coggin  Pulp  Co.,  Concord  Axle  Co.; 
trustee  Franklin  Hospital,  X.  H.  Or- 
phans Home;  member  A.  F.  &.  A.  M. 
(lodge  and  chapter),  P.  of  H.;  m.,  June 
5,  1866,  Susan  R.  Daniell;  children, 
Alice  M.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1871  (Mrs.  Fred  L. 
Thompson,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.);  Rich- 
ard W.,  b.  Feb.,  1876;  Frank  J.,  b.  Dec. 
11,  1883.  Residence,  Franklin,  X.  H. 

Theriault,  Marcel 

Lawyer;  b.,  St.  Jacques,  X.  B.,  Nov. 
22,     1885;  s.    Adolph    and    Hermine 


(Plourde)  Theriault;  ed.  Nashua,  X.  II., 
public  schools,  Boston  Univ.  Law 
School,  1914;  Catholic;  Republican; 
member  X.  H.  senate,  1917-8  u'hair- 
man  committee  on  Judiciary) ;  State 
Board  Trustees  of  State  Institutions, 
1917-;  member  Republican  state  com- 
mittee; Secretary  Hillsborough  Co., 
Republican  Club;  Gamma  Eta  Gamma 
law  fraternity;  president  Montcalrn 
Associates;  partner  in  Nashua  Steam 


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Press  and  Boiler  Works;  m.,  May  6, 
1906,  Anita  Jodoin,  d.  Jan.  16,  1913; 
children,  George  French,  b.  April  19, 
1911;  Albert  Marcel,  b.  Dec.  17,  1912. 
Residence,  Nashua,  X.  H. 

Foss,  George  Ernest 

Educator;  commercial  secretary;  s. 
Horace  Malvin  and  Abbie  Hannah 
(Green)  Foss;  b.  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  March 
10,  1873;  ed.  Pittsfield  high  school, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1897.  Born 


on  a  farm;  traveled  three  miles  each  way 
to  attend  high  school;  on  graduation 
from  college  became  principal  of  Pitts- 
field  grammar  school  for  one  year; 
principal,  Meredith  (X.  II.)  high  school, 
one  year;  principal.  Dover  N.  II., 
grammar  schools,  two  years;  principal, 
grammar  school,  Springfield,  Mass., 
thirteen  years;  in  latter  position  made 
special  contribution  to  method  of 
school  organization  by  introducing  the 
flexible  system  of  grading,  whereby  a 
program  is  made  to  suit  the  needs  of 
each  student  who  is  allowed  to  take 


work  in  each  subject  at  the  point  where 
he  is  ready  to  work,  without  regard  to 
so-called  grades,  and  to  move  in  each 
subject  as  rapidly  as  progress  is  earned, 
regardless  of  progress  in  other  subjects; 
which  is  merely  the  application  of  the 
old  district  school  system  to  a  large 
graded  city  school,  and  is  apparently, 
the  first  such  application  made  in  the 
United  States;  it  shortens  the  time 
that  many  a  pupil  would  otherwise 
spend  in  public  schools,  and  brings  him 
earlier  through  high  school,  college  and 
into  his  life  work;  Congregationalist; 
Independent  Republican;  became  sec- 
retary Springfield,  Mass.,  chamber  of 
commerce  in  May,  1914,  and  continues; 
work  in  this  field  received  recognition 
by  appointment  as  director  of  the 
National  Ass'n  of  Commercial  Organ- 
ization Secretaries,  Sept.,  1917.  Mem- 
ber A.  F.  &.  A.  M.,  Educational  Club, 
Nayasset  Club,  Reality  Club;  m.,  June 
28/1899,  Martha  Longfellow  Brown; 
one  son,  b.  May  21,  1903.  Residence, 
Springfield,  Mass. 

Brown,  Alice  Van  Vechten 

Teacher  of  Art;  b.,  Hanover,  N.  H.; 
dau.  Rev.  Samuel  G.  and  Sarah  (Van 
Vechten)  Brown;  ed.,  private  schools 
and  tutors;  Art  Students  League  of 
New  York  (four  years)  and  with  vari- 
ous studios  and  artists;  traveled  and 
studied  abroad.  Assistant  director 
and  director  Norwich  Art  School, 
Norwich,  Conn.,  1891-97;  professor 
of  Art,  Wellesley  College  since  1X97; 
member  Archeological  Institute  of 
America  and  other  art  associations. 
Residence,  Wellesley  College,  Welles- 
ley,  Mass. 

Edgerly,  John  Albert 

Farmer,  lumber  dealer  and  summer 
boarding;  b.,  Tuftonborough,  N.  H., 
Sept.  11,  ixr>r>;  s.  Charles  G.  and  Mary 
10.  CDoe)  Edgerly;  ed.  common  schools 
and  Tuftonborough  and  Wolfeboro 
Academy;  member  2d  Christian  Church 
of  Tuftonborough;  fifteen  years  super- 
intendent of  Sunday  School;  president, 
Rockingham  Christian  Conference  two 
years;  Carroll  Co.  S.  S.  Ass'n,  two 


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years;  Republican;  member  school 
board  five  years;  selectman  five  years; 
moderator  twelve  years;  present  town 
treasurer;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1903,  voting  against 
the  repeal  of  the  Prohibitory  law,  hav- 


ing always  been  a  strong  temperance 
advocate  (chairman  State  College 
committee);  member  N.  H.  senate, 
1909-10,  voting  for  the  Preston  amend- 
ment; Patron  of  Husbandry,  having 
been  lecturer,  overseer  and  master  of 
Tuftonborough  Grange,  also  of  Carroll 
Co.  Pomona  Grange,  and  district  and 
Pomona  deputy  of  the  State  Grange; 
m.,  Dec.  25,  1880,  May  C.  Blake,  d.  Jan. 
8,  1917;  one  son,  Edwin  B.  Edgerly, 
b.  March  24.  1SS4;  m.  Oct.  14,  1914, 
Caroline  L.  Grossman;  their  son,  John 
Irving,  b.  July  27,  1915.  Residence, 
Tuftonborough,  N.  H.,  Mirror  Lake 
P.  0. 

Shurtleff,  Merrill 

Lawyer,  1).,  Colebrook,  N.  II.,  March 
10,   1876;  s.   William   H.  and   Marv  J. 


(Merrill)  Shurtleff;  ed.  public  schools, 
Holderness  school,  1887-8,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.,  1892;  read  law  in  office 
of  Drew,  Jordan  &  Buckley,  Lan- 
caster; admitted  to  the  bar  in  1896, 
and  continued  with  the  firm,  in  prac- 
tice (now  Drew,  Shurtleff,  Morris  & 
Oakes);  Episcopalian ;  Republican;  N. 
H.  Fish  and  Game  Commissioner, 
1902-8;  ex-judge  Lancaster  Police 
Court;  U.  S.  Commissioner  for  New 
Hampshire;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Lancaster  Club;  m.,  June  14,  1897, 
Emilie  Porter,  Lancaster;  children, 
William  Porter,  b.  April  29,  1898; 
Merrill,  Jr.,  June  11,  1902.  Residence, 
Lancaster,  N.  H. 

Demond,  Fred  Clarence 

Lawyer;  b.,  Freeport,  Me.,  Nov.  13, 
1875;  s.  George  Nelson  and  Mary  Eme- 


hue  (Field)  Demond;  ed.  common  and 
high  schools,  Freeport,  Me.;  studied  law 
with  Streeter,  AValker  A:  llollis  Con- 
cord, N.H.;  admitted  to  the  bar  March, 
1S99,  and  lias  since  been  in  practice  in 
Concord,  associated  with  the  firm  with 


KLLSHA  RHODES  BROWN 


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V 


which  he  studied,  and  its  successors, 
the  firm  name  now  being  Streeter,  De- 
mond,  Woodwprth  &  Sulloway;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  member,  Concord 
common  council,  1903-4;  board  of  alder- 
men, 1905-6;  Concord  City  charter 
revision  committee,  1908;  member  state 
board  of  bar  examiners  since  1913;  N. 
H.  constitutional  convention,  1918 
(member  committee  on  Judiciary  de- 
partment); clerk  Page  Belting  Co.; 
member  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  American 
Bar  Ass'n;  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.; 
Wonolancet,  Snow  Shoe  and  Passa- 
conoway  Clubs,  Concord;  m.,  Jan.  16, 
1906,  Mary  Peabody  Adams,  Gorham, 
N.  H.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Brown,  Elisha  Rhodes 

Banker;  b.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  March 
28,  1847;  s.  Colville  Dana  and  Mary 
Eliza  (Rhodes)  Brown;  descendant  on 
the  paternal  side  of  Rev.  Chad  Brown, 
first  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Providence,  and  the  first  Baptist 
Church  in  America;  and,  on  the  maternal 
side,  of  Roger  Williams,  founder  of 
Rhode  Island;  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Dover,  N.  H.,  in  1850;  educated 
in  the  Dover  public  schools  and  by 
careful  reading  continued  through  life, 
he  having  secured  a  large  and  well  se- 
lected library;  served  four  years  as  a 
mercantile  clerk,  and  on  Dec.  10,  1867, 
entered  the  Strafford  National  Bank 
of  Dover  as  a  teller,  continuing  with 
that  institution  to  the  present  time, 
having  been  made  cashier,  Jan.  1, 
1876,  a  director,  Jan.  12,  1886,  vice- 
president,  June  30,  1890  and  president, 
April  26,  1897,  which  position  he  still 
holds,  as,  also,  that  of  president  of  the 
Strafford  Savings  Bank,  of  which  he 
was  one  of  the  incorporators,  March 
25,  1876;  a  trustee  March  31,  1883,  vice- 
president,  March  24,  1890,  and  became 
president,  Oct.  21,  1891.  His  fiftieth 
anniversary,  or  the  golden  jubilee  of 
his  service  as  a  banker  was  duly  ob- 
served lust  December.  Congregation- 
alist,  member  First  Church  in  Dover, 
and  deacon  since  1885;  Republican: 
appointed  by  Gov.  Charles  H.  Sawyer. 
Commissioner  for  New  Hampshire  to 
is 


attend  the  celebration  of  the  Centennial 
of  the  inauguration  of  George  Wash- 
ington as  President  of  the  United 
States,  Feb.  5,  1889;  delegate  from 
Ward  Four,  Dover,  in  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1912;  trustee,  Dover 
Public  Library;  for  some  years  trustee 
of  Franklin  Academy,  and  president  of 
the  board;  trustee  Went  worth  Home 
for  the  Aged  and  president  since  1908; 
member,  official  board,  Dover  Chil- 
dren's Home;  trustee  Pine  Hill  Ceme- 
tery; member  N.  H.  Soc.  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  Soc.  Colonial 
Wars  (Governor  1900-1901),  Knight 
Templar  and  32d  degree  Mason, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Dover  Historical  Soc.,  National  Con- 
servation Ass'n,  National  Audubon 
Soc.,  National  Geographic  Soc.,  Amer- 
ican Forestry  Soc.,  N.  E.  Historic- 
Genealogical  Soc.,  American  Civic  Alli- 
ance, N.  H.  Peace  Soc.,  N.  H.  Soc.  for 
Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  (vice- 
president),  and  the  Bellamy  Club  of 
Dover;  m.,  Oct.  18,  1S70~,  Frances 
Bickford  of  Dover;  children,  (1)  Al- 
phonso  Bickford,  b.  Jan.  23,  1872, 
(Yale,  1894,  Harvard  Med.,  1897),  d. 
Oct.  17,  1906;  (2)  Harold  Winthrop,  b. 
Nov.  8,  1875  (Harvard,  1897),  treas- 
urer Strafford  Savings  Bank;  (3,  4) 
Raymond  Gould,  Philip  Carter,  b. 
Aug.  27,  1885 — -Philip  graduated  from 
Harvard  in  1906  and  Mass.  Inst.  of 
Tech.,  1908;  Raymond,  Harvard,  1907 
and  from  the  Law  School  in  1910,  and 
is  in  practice  in  New  York,  while 
Philip  is  in  business  in  Dover.  Resi- 
dence, Dover,  N.  II. 

Adams,  Blanche  Spalding  Griffin 

(Mrs.  William  A.  Adams);  b., 
Thornton's  Ferry,  N.  II.,  Nov.  24, 
1874:  dun.,  George  Byron  and  Sarah 
Frances  (Spalding)  Griffin;  ed.  Mc- 
Gaw  Normal  Institute,  Reed's  Ferry, 
N.  H.,  Wellesley  College,  B.A.,  1S98; 
Congregationalist;  Woman  suffragist; 
teacher  for  two  years  after  graduation, 
English  department,  St.  Margaret's 
School,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  in.,  Dee.  26, 
1904,  William  A.  Adams  (Harvard, 
'98);  children,  William  Byron,  Mary 


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Griffin,  d.;  treasurer  Ladies  Aid  Soc., 
Congregational  church,  Brookfield,  111.; 
member  and  officer  of  Brookfield 
Woman's  Club;  chairman  Library 
Com.;  member  Woman's  Club.  Resi- 
dence, Brookfield,  111. 

Niles,  William  Porter 

Clergyman;    b.,    Warehouse    Point, 
Conn.,    Nov.    29,    1869;    s.    William 


Woodruff  and  Bertha  (Olmsted)  Niles, 
his  father  having  been  for  more  than 
forty  years  bishop  of  the  P.  E.  Dio- 
cese of  N.  H. ;  ed.  Holderness  school,  Ply- 
mouth, N.  H.,  St.  Paul's  school,  Con- 
cord, Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn., 
B.A.,  1893,  M. A.,  1896,  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  New  York,  Oxford 
University,  England;  Episcopalian; 
Republican;  taught  at  Holderness 
School,  Plymouth,  1893-6;  ordained 
deacon,  1899,  priest,  1900;  priest  in 
charge  of  St.  James  church,  Laconia, 
N.  II.,  1899-1902;  rector,  Church  of  the 
Good  Shepherd,  Nashua,  since  1902; 
deputy  to  General  Convention  of  Prot- 
estant" Eni<"o;i:il  church,  1907,  1910, 


1913  and  1916;  member  board  of  man- 
agers of  Diocesan  Missions;  trustee  St. 
Mary's  school,  Concord;  secretary 
Convocation;  Knight  Templar  and  32d 
degree  Mason;  member  Psi  Upsilon 
Fraternity,  Nashua  Country  Club;  m., 
April  30/1903,  Serena  Gertrude  San- 
ders, Laconia,  N.  H.;  children,  Serena 
Olmsted,  b.  Jan.  16,  1904;  William 
Woodruff,  b.  Oct.  7,  1905;  George 
Sanders,  b.  Nov.  IS,  1908.  Residence, 
Nashua,  N.  H. 

Langdell,  Samuel  Frank 

Manufacturer  and  dealer  in  lumber; 
b.,  New  Boston,  N.  H.,  Jan.  8,  1876;  s. 
George  and  Lydia  Shaw  (McNeil) 
Langdell;  ed.  public  schools,  New  Bos- 
ton, and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business 


College,  Manchester;  Baptist;  Repub- 
lican; resided  on  the  old  homestead  in 
New  Boston,  which  he  had  purchased; 
having  gone  into  the  lumber  business, 
and  the  same  increasing,  he  left  the 
farm  and  removed  to  Goffstown  village 
in  1906;  and  in  1913  removed  to  Man- 
chester, where  in  1918  he  organized  the 


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Langdell  Lumber  Co.,  with  a  capital  of 
$250,000,  which  is  doing  a  business  not 
surpassed  in  extent  in  Southern  New 
Hampshire,  the  offices  occupying  the 
entire  front  of  the  8th  floor  of  the 
Amoskeag  Bank  building.  In  New 
Boston  served  as  selectman,  and  as 
superintendent  of  the  Baptist  Sunday 
school;  has  also  served  as  superintend- 
ent of  the  First  Baptist  S.  S.  in  Man- 
chester; member  and  past  master  of 
Joe  English  Grange,  New  Boston; 
president  and  treasurer  of  Langdell 
Lumber  Co.;  m.,  June  6,  1900,  Annie 
L.  Anderson;  children,  Merritt  R.,  b. 
Aug.  24,  1904;  Ralph  E.,  b.  June  17, 
1907.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Averill,  Elisabeth 

Educator,  b.,  Boston,  Mass.,  March 
31,  1861;  dau.  John  Prescott  and  Abby 
(Foss)  Averill.  (Mr.  J.  P.  Averill 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1842 
and  for  many  years  was  a  teacher  in 
Boston.)  Miss  Averill  graduated  from 
the  Melrose  (Mass.)  high  school,  1880, 
and  studied  four  years  in  France  and 
Germany  till  Dec.,  1885;  taught  in 
private  school*,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  1885-91;  head  of 
department  of  modern  languages, 
Concord  (N.  H.)  high  school,  1891-; 
member  South  Congregational  church, 
State  Educational  Council  for  many 
years,  N.  E.  Modern  Language  Ass'n 
(Boston  group),  N.  H.  State  Teachers's 
Ass'n,  Merrimack  Valley  Teachers' 
Ass'n,  Concord  Teachers'  Ass'n, 
Concord  Woman's  Club  (serving  on 
various  committees),  N.  H.  Female 
Cent  Union,  Concord  Female  Chari- 
table Soc.  (founded  1812),  Red  Cross; 
has  often  spoken  before  clubs  in  the 
South  and  in  New  Hampshire  and 
Massachusetts.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Hardy,  Willis  Chenery 

Commercial  traveler  and  farmer;  b., 
West  Cambridge  (now  Arlington), 
Mass.,  Nov.  11,  1851;  s.  Solon  and 
Martha  (Chenery)  Hardy;  removed 
to  Hollis,  N.  II., "in  1867;  educated  in 
public  and  high  schools,  West  Cam- 


bridge and  Hollis;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  trustee  town  funds;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1909-10,  serving  on  committee  on  Agri- 
culture; N.  H.  senate,  1917-18,  serving 
on  committees  on  Judiciary,  Agricul- 
ture, Elections,  and  as  chairman  of 
Committee  on  Education;  member  of 
the  Grange,  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  and  the  White  Mountain, 
Cape  Cod,  National  and  United  Com- 


mercial Travelers  Associations;  m., 
Nov.  2,  1898,  Lymena  Thompson, 
Boston,  Mass.;  one  son,  Donald  T., 
now  in  school.  Residence,  Hollis, 
N.  H.,  Nashua,  R.  F.  I). 

Stevens,  Roland  Eugene 

Lawyer;  b.,  Peterborough,  N.  H., 
Nov.  24,  1808:  s.  Frederick  L.  and 
Mary  E.  (Kimball)  Stevens;  ed.  St. 
Johnsbury.  Vt.,  Academy,  Dartmouth 
College,  AB.,  1S95;  assistant  instruc- 
tor in  psychology,  Dartmouth,  1895-0; 
principal  Hanover  (N.  H.)  high  school, 


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1896^7;  studied  law  with  Ex-Gov.  S. 
E.  Pingree,  Hartford,  Vt.,  and  at  New 
York  Law  School,  completing  course  in 
1900;  admitted  to  Vermont  bar  and 
commenced  practice  that  year  at  White 
River  Junction,  Vt.;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  president  Hartford  Me- 
morial Ass'n;  incorporator  Mary  Hitch- 
cock Hospital,  Hanover,  N.  H.;  con- 
nected with  various  corporations,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  Dartmouth  Club,  Boston,  Mass., 
Graduates  Club,  Hanover,  N.  H.;  m., 
Nov.  7,  1900,  Annie  L.  Morris,  Hart- 
ford, Vt.;  four  sons,  Robert  M.,  Philip 
R.,  Roland  E.,  Jr.,  and  Paul.  Resi- 
dence, Hartford,  Vt.;  office,  White 
River  Jet.,  Vt. 

Kimball,  George  Morrill 

Physician  till  1898,  later  in  business; 
b.,  Dardanelle,  Ark.,  June  27,  1855;  s. 
Samuel  Sparhawk  and  Hannah  L.  (Ma- 
son) Kimball;  ed.  public  and  private 
schools,  Phillips  (Andover)  Academy 
1K75,  Yale  College,  A.B.,  1879,  Harvard 
Medical  School,  M.D.,  1884,  house 
pupil  Mass.  Gen.  Hospital,  July,  1883 
to  Feb.,  1885,  Boston  Lying-in  Hospital, 
April,  1885  to  Aug.,  1885  inclusive; 
practiced  medicine  in  Concord  thirteen 
years;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member  Concord  Board  of  Education, 
1901-10;  member  Concord  board  of 
aldermen,  1909-10;  trustee  N.  H.  Sav- 
ings Bank,  president  since  1917;  presi- 
dent Boscawen  Mills;  president  and 
treasurer,  Concord  Mutual  Fire  Ins. 
Co.,  Vice-president  N.  II .  Spinning 
Mills  (Penacook);  director  Concord  & 
Montreal  R.  R.,  Eagle  <fc  Phenix  Hotel 
Co.,  Abbot  &  Downing  Co.,  Page  Belt- 
ing Co.,  Mechanicks  Nat'l  Bank;  mem- 
ber Shareholders  Committee  of  the  N. 
E.  Co.;  life  member  N.  H.  Historical 
Soc.;  trustee  N.  H.  State  Hospital  sev- 
eral years,  also  assistant  surgeon  Mar- 
garet Pillsbury  Gen.  Hospital;  surgeon 
general  on  staff  of  Gov.  Charles  M. 
Floyd  two  years,  also  subsequently  on 
staff  of  Gov.  Henry  B.  Quimby;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  Medical  Soc.,  Merrimack  Co. 
Med.  Soc.,  Union  Club  (Boston),  Army 
and  Navy  Club  (New  York),  Wono- 
lancet  Club,  Concord;  in.  Oct.' 14,  1886, 


Annie  Louise  Gage,  Boston,  Mass.;  chil- 
dren, Robert  Gage,  b.  April  15,  1888, 
m.  June,  1916,  Natalie  Allen,  Paw- 
tucket,  R.  L;  Louise  Mason,  b.  June  2, 
1896  (Abbot  Academy,  1916).  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Cobleigh,  Marshall  Day 

Lawyer;  b.,  Littleton,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
17,  1864;  s.  Ashbel  \\.  and  Hannah 
(Montgomery)  Cobleigh;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Littleton;  studied  law  with 


Harry  L.  Heald  and  Hon.  James  W. 
Remick  at  Littleton;  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Concord,  March  17,  1S99;  prac- 
ticed in  Littleton  till  April  30,  1900, 
when  he  removed  to  Lebanon,  continu- 
ing till  Dec.  1,  1911;  then  removing  to 
Nashua,  where  he  continues,  being 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Cobleigh 
&  Theriault.  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; supervisor,  Littleton,  1895- 
99;  special  justice,  Littleton  police 
court,  1S99-1900;  solicitor  Grafton 
county,  1903-9;  member  N.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention  from  Ward  1, 


Miss  MARTHA  SMITH  KIMBALL 


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Nashua,  1918;  member  P.  of  H.,  K. 
of  P.,  and  the  Langdon  Club  of  Leb- 
anon; m.,  April  29,  1890,  Alice  J.  Al- 
drich;  children,  Gerald  F.,  b.  Dec.  19, 
1883  (Dartmouth,  1915,  admitted  to 
the  bar  June,  1917);  Neal  \V.,  b.  June 
9,  1901.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Kimball,  Martha  Smith 

Club-woman  and  social  service 
worker;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.;  dau. 
Edward  Payson  and  Martha  Jane 
(Thompson)  Kimball;  ed.  Portsmouth 
public  schools,  Smith  College,  1892; 
Congregationalist;  Equal  Suffragist; 
president,  N.  H.  Equal  Suffrage  Ass'n, 
since  1913;  incorporator,  Portsmouth 
Historical  Soc.;  trustee,  Portsmouth 
Public  Library,  1915 — ;  member, 
Graffort  (Woman's)  Club,  Equal  Suf- 
frage League,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Auxiliary, 
Country  Club,  Civic  Ass'n,  Ports- 
mouth; vice-president,  Woman's  Re- 
alty Co.;  director,  Army  and  Navy 
Ass'n;  Guardian  of  Sagamore  Camp 
Fire  and  Leader  of  Portsmouth  Guard- 
ians; member  of  County  Guardians; 
director,  League  of  Women  Workers; 
N.  H.  member,  Legislative  Committee, 
National  League  for  Women  Workers; 
member,  N.  H.  Smith  College  Club, 
Portsmouth  College  Club,  Smith 
Alumnae  Ass'n,  College  Club  of  Boston, 
Ass'n  of  Collegiate  Alumnae,  Smith 
Students'  Aid  Soc.,  N.  H.  Conference 
of  Chanties  and  Corrections,  Auto- 
mobile Ass'n  of  America;  chairman, 
Portsmouth  district,  Woman's  Com- 
mittee, Council  of  National  Defense. 
Residence,  Portsmouth  and  Wilmot, 
N.  H. 

Drake,  Nathaniel  Seavey 

Shoe  manufacturer,  real  estate  and 
agriculture;  b.,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
16,  1851 ;  s.  Col.  James  and  Betsey 
(Seavey)  Drake;  grandson  of  Major 
James  Drake,  one  of  the  earliest  set- 
tlers of  Pittsfield,  and  a  member  of  its 
first  board  of  selectmen,  in  1782;  ed. 
Pittsfield  public  schools  and  Academy; 
engaged  in  shoe  manufacturing,  1880- 
1902;  since  then  in  real  estate  and  farm- 
ing; Episcopalian;  Democrat;  member 


N.  H.  house.,  of  representatives  1911; 
senate,  1915;  delegate  in  N.  H.  consti- 
tutional convention,  1912;  many  years 
town  treasurer,  moderator,  auditor,  tree 
warden  and  member  of  school  board; 
director  and  clerk,  Pittsfield  Aqueduct 
Co.;  director  and  clerk,  Pittsfield  Gas 
Co. ;  member  Ex.  Com.  N.  H.  Old  Home 
Week  Ass'n;  vice-president  Merrimack 
Co.  Farmers  Ass'n;  delegate  to  Na- 
tional Rivers  and  Harbors  Congress, 
1911;  with  sister,  Mrs.  Georgia  B. 


Carpenter,  joint  donor  of  Drake  Ath- 
letic Field  to  town  of  Pittsfield,  1917; 
member  Catamount  Grange,  P.  of  H.; 
m.,  March  17,  1S73,  Mary  A.  R.  Green; 
children,  James  Frank,  b.  Sept.  1,  1880; 
Dartmouth,  1902;  Major  Ordnance  Re- 
serve Corps,  U.  S.  A.  (see  page  94); 
Agnes,  b.  April  2,  1SS3,  Lasell  Sem., 
1903.  Residence,  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Nims,  Harry  Dwight 

Lawyer;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  Jan.  9, 
1875;  s.  Marshall  W.  and  Ella  M. 
(Goodnow)  Nims;  ed.  Concord  public 


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schools,  high  school,  1894;  Williams 
College,  1898;  honorary,  A.M.,  1915; 
studied  law,  and  in  practice  of  same  in 
New  York  city  since  1900;  Dutch  Re- 
form Congregationalist ;  Republican ; 
counsel  for  U.  S.  Fuel  Administration, 
Aug.,  1917  to  May,  1918;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Bar  Ass'n,  of  New  York 
City,  University  Club,  St.  Andrews 
Golf  Club;  author  legal  treatise  on 
"Law  of  Unfair  Competition,"  and 
various  magazine  articles;  m.,  Jan.  8, 
1907,  Emma  Collier  Grant;  children, 
Marshall  Grant  Nims,  William  Grant 
Nims.  Residence,  Bronxville,  N.  Y. 

Trickey,  William  Henry 

Clergyman;  b.,  Exeter,  Me.,  Jan. 
22,  1841;  s.  William  and  Abigail  (Nudd) 
Trickey;  ed.  public  schools  of  Wolfe- 
boro,  N.  H.,  to  which  town  he  removed 
in  1856;  enlisted  as  a  private  in  3d 
N.  H.  VoLs.,  July  29,  1861;  promoted 
through  each  rank  to  that  of  major  in 
same  regiment;  commanded  his  com- 
pany in  assault  on  Ft.  Wagner,  and 
his  regiment  in  the  notable  assault  on 
Ft.  Fisher;  four  times  wounded  during 
the  war  and  mustered  out  Aug.  2, 
1865;  Universalist;  Republican;  re- 
moved to  Dover,  N.  H.,  in  1867,  and 
was  employed  in  the  manufacture  of 
shoes;  member  Dover  City  Council, 
1870-1,  and  served  same  years  in  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives;  entered  U.  S. 
Railway  Mail  Service  in  1874,  contin- 
uing several  years;  entered  Tufts  Col- 
lege Divinity  school  in  1887,  graduat- 
ing in  1889;  held  pastorates  in  the 
Universalist  parishes  in  Newfields, 
Claremont  and  Hinsdale,  N.  H.,  and 
Danvers,  Mass.  June  1,  1907,  he  was 
appointed  commandant  of  the  N.  H. 
Soldier  Home  at  Tilton,  which  position 
he  still  enjoys,  having  been  in  close 
affiliation  with  his  comrades  since  1801; 
religious  services  are  held  at  the  Home 
every  Sunday  afternoon,  in  conducting 
which  he  alternates  with  the  three 
other  clergymen  of  the  town.  Dele- 
gate from  Tilton  in  the  N.  II .  consti- 
tutional convention  of  1818,  and  in  re- 
sponse to  the  request  of  his  associates 
of  the  G.  A.  R.,  was  accorded  the  honor 


of  calling  the  convention  to  order. 
Mason,  32d  degree,  and  member  G. 
A.  R. ;  department  commander  for  New 
Hampshire,  1872;  commander  Mass. 
Commandery,  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
U.  S.,  1912;  m.,  Aug.  7,  1864,  Celestia 
C.,  dau.  William  Deland,  of  Wolfeboro, 
N.  H.,  d.  May  10,  1915;  children,  Wil- 
liam D.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1866;  John  H.,  b. 
Oct.  23,  1868,  d.  July  18,  1869.  Resi- 
dence, Tilton,  N.  H. 

Johnson,  Martha  Evelina 

Tax  collector;  b.,   Laconia,   N.  H., 
March  5,  1876,  dau.  Nathan,  Jr.  and 


Abbie  Dewey  (Wiley)  Johnson;  ed.  La- 
conia high  school,  1895;  employed  in 
various  city  offices,  1901-05;  ap- 
pointed collector  of  taxes,  1905,  and 
reappointed  thirteen  successive  times, 
holding  the  office  at  present;  member 
of  First  Church  of  Christ,  Scientist, 
Laconia  Woman's  Club,  Rebekah 
Lodge,  Laconia  Suffrage  League.  Miss 
Johnson  is  a  great-great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Capt.  Daniel  Henchman  of  Bos- 
ton who  served  in  the  Continental 


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Army.  His  daughter,  Dorothy  Hench- 
man, married  Thomas  Hancock, 
brother  of  John  Hancock.  Capt.  Dan- 
iel Henchman  commanded  the  troops 
who  ended  King  Philip's  War.  His 
son,  Daniel  Henchman,  Miss  Johnson's 
great-grandfather,  was  the  first  printer 
and  the  first  school-master  in  Boston. 
The  first  Bible  printed  in  this  country 
was  issued  from  his  office.  Residence, 
Laconia,  N.  H. 

Stearns,  George  Landon 

Sheriff  of  Hillsbo rough  County;  b. 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  June  4,   1864;   s. 


John  Edward  and  Sarah  (Woodbridge) 
Stearns;  ed.  public  schools;  Manchester 
high  school,  1882.  Baptist ; Republican; 
employed  by  P.  C.  Cheney  Paper  Co. 
eighteen  years,  gaining  business  educa- 
tion; twelve  years  clerk  of  Manchester 
Common  Council;  thirteen  years  dep- 
uty collector  I*.  S.  Internal  Revenue; 
sheriff  of  Hillsborough  County  since 
1914;  member  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  all  Ma- 
sonic bodies  including  Washington 


Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Mt.  Horeb 
Chapter,  R.  A.,  Adoniram  Council, 
Trinity  Commandery,  K.  T.;  N.  H. 
Consistory,  32d  deg.  and  Bektash  Tem- 
ple, M.  S.  Organist  at  Free  Baptist 
Church  eleven  years,  and  First  Baptist 
Church  the  last  twelve  years.  M.,  Dec. 
25,  1893,  Alice  Thompson;  children, 
Edith  Landon,  b.  April  29,  1895,  Man- 
chester high  school  and  Simmons  Col- 
lege, 1916,  and  now  teacher  of  Domestic 
Science  in  Manchester  high  school; 
Elinor  Eastman,  b.  August  9,  1900, 
student  in  Manchester  high  school. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Foster,  William  Albert 

Lawyer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
3,  1872;  s.  George  A.  and  Georgia  M. 
(Ladd)  Foster;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools,  high  school,  1891;  Dartmouth 
College,  1895;  Harvard  Law  School, 
1898;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1898, 
and  commenced  practice  in  the  office 
of  Hon.  John  M.  Mitchell,  with  whom 
he  was  associated  until  his  elevation  to 
the  bench,  when  he  continued,  with 
Harry  F.  Lake,  who  had  also  been  ad- 
mitted to  the  firm;  Unitarian;  Re- 
publican; member  N.  H.  Constitu- 
tional convention  of  1902;  member 
Wonolancet,  Bow  Brook  and  Beaver 
Meadow  Golf  Clubs;  trustee  and 
member  investment  committee,  Loan 
and  Trust  Savings  Bank;  director 
State  Dwelling  House  Ins.  Co.;  di- 
rector Stratton  &  Co.;  director  and 
clerk  Boston  Fruit  Co.;  director  and 
clerk  Contoocook  Valley  Paper  Co.; 
rn.,  June  28,  1904,  Ethel  Rollins  Rob- 
inson, Concord;  children,  Helen,  1). 
Oct.  27,  1905;  Katherine,  b.  Nov.  4, 
1910;  Robert  E.,  b.,  July  30,  1912. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Clough,  Joseph  Messer 

Machinist;  soldier;  mail  agent;  b., 
Sunapee,  X.  II.,  June  15,  1828;  s. 
Hugh  B.  and  Hannah  (Messer)  Clough; 
ed.  public  schools  and  Norwich  (Vt.) 
Univ.;  taught  school;  engaged  as  a 
machinist  and  mill  operative  in  Man- 
chester, Suncook  and  Lowell,  Mass.; 


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commander  of  City  Guards  in  Man- 
chester and  member  of  Lowell  City 
Guards,  commanded  by  Gen.  B.  F. 
Butter;  enlisted  in  1st  N.  H.  Vols. 
April  26,  1861,  and  made  first  lieut., 
Co.  H.;  reinlisted  in  4th  N.  H.  regi- 
ment, Sept.  10,  1861,  and  appointed 
captain  of  Co.  H.;  wounded  in  mine 
explosion  at  Petersburg,  July  30,  1864, 
and  discharged  Sept.  17;  appointed 
lieutenant  colonel,  18th  N.  H.  Vols., 
Sept.,  1864;  wounded  in  night  attack 
on  Ft.  Stedman,  March  29,  1865; 
brevetted  brigadier  general,  and  mus- 
tered out  July  29,  1865.  Returned  to 
New  London,  and  engaged  for  thirteen 
years  as  route  agent  in  U.  S.  railway 
mail  service;  commanded  First  Bri- 
gade, N.  H.  N.  G.,  for  seven  years 
prior  to  1884;  Republican;  member, 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1866, 
1897;  senate,  1881-2;  m.,  1st,  Abiah 
Bucklin,  d.  Dec.  17,  1873;  2d,  1874, 
Cornelia  Smith  (Chase).  Residence, 
New  London,  N.  H. 

Johnson,  Jesse 

Lawyer;  b.,  Bradford,  Vt.,  Feb.  2, 
1842;  's.  Elliot  and  Sarah  (Taylor) 
Johnson;  ed.  Dartmouth  College, 
1863;  read  law  and  engaged  in  prac- 
tice in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  U.  S.  District 
Attorney,  Eastern  District  of  New 
York,  1889-93;  member  New  York 
constitutional  convention,  1894  (chair- 
man committee  on  Cities);  justice  su- 
preme court  of  New  York,  1897-8. 
Author  "Testimony  of  the  Sonnets  as 
to  the  Authorship  of  the  Shakespearean 
Plays  and  Poems,"  1898;  "Glimpses  of 
Europe,"  1906;  in.,  1st,  Sarah  E.  Rus- 
sell, Brooklyn,  d.  1897;  2d,  1902,  Ada- 
line  Pritchard,  Worcester,  Mass.;  re- 
tired some  years  since.  Residence, 
"Brookside,"  Orford,  N.  II. 

Churchill,  Mabel  Harlakenden  Hall 

(Mrs.  Winston  Churchill);  b.,  New 
Haven,  Conn.;  dau.  George  B.  and 
Lucretia  (Allen)  Hall;  ed.  Mary  In- 
stitute, St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Miss  Comegys' 
School,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Episcopa- 
lian; Woman  Suffragist;  member 
N.  II.  Woman  Suffrage  Ass'n  (Vice- 


president),  National  Woman  Suffrage 
Ass'n,  Chilton  Club,  Boston,  Mass. ; 
m.,  Oct.  22,  1895,  Winston  Churchill; 
children,  Mabel  Harlakenden,  John 
Dwight,  James  Creighton.  Residences 
Cornish,  N.  H.,  Windsor,  Vt.,  P.  O. 

Woodbury,  Elmer  Ellsworth 

Farmer;  builder;  b.,  Woodstock, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  27,  1865;  s.  David  and  Ma- 
hitable  (Russell)  Woodbury;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Woodstock  and  Franconia; 


Republican;  selectman,  six  years,  town 
clerk  and  member  of  school  board 
several  years;  member  N.  II.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1902  (member 
committee  on  Legislative  Department); 
house  of  representatives,  1909  (chair- 
man committee  on  Elections');  state 
senate,  1915-6  (chairman  Forestry 
Committee  and  member  Finance1  com- 
mittee); constitutional  convention, 
1918;  member  K.  of  I'.,  P,  of  H.,  master 
home  Grange  three  years;  master  Po- 
mona Grange,  one  year;  deputy  State 
Grange  three  years;  writer  of  some 


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note,  under  pen  name  of  "Justus  Con- 
rad" for  various  periodicals;  a  leader  in 
the  movement  for  the  development  of 
the  Lost  River  region  and  securing  the 
construction  of  the  Kinsman  Notch 
State  road;  m.,  Sept.  4,  1885,  Florence 
E.  Chase  of  Concord;  children,  David 
Eugene,  b.  June  21,  1886;  Amos  Scott, 
Nov.  17,  1888;  Florence  Evelyn,  July 
17,  1905.  Residence,  Woodstock, 
N.  H. 

Keenan,  George  William 

Musician,  violinist  and  conductor; 
b.,  Penacook,  N.  H.,  July  11,  1890;  only 
s.  Peter  A.  and  Mary  (Nolan)  Keenan; 
od.,  Penacook  high  school,  1908. 
Began  study  of  the  violin  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years,  and  two  years  later  or- 
ganized Keenan's  Orchestra,  which  did 
much  successful  public  work  for  the 
next  six  years;  studied  for  two  years 
1908-10  in  Boston,  with  Joseph  Emile 
Daudelin  of  the  Paris  Conservatoire, 
at  the  same  time  acting  as  teacher  of 
violin  at  Colby  Academy,  New  Lon- 
don, N.  H.;  in  1910  went  to  Paris, 
France,  and  studied  for  two  years 
under  Professors  Charles  Huguenin  and 
Joseph  White,  and  with  M.  Bertheliet 
at  the  Conservatoire  Nationale  de 
Musique;  from  Paris  went  to  Brussels, 
Belgium  and  successfully  passed  the 
entrance  examinations  to  the  Royal 
Conservatory,  studying  there  for  two 
years,  1913-4,  under  Cesar  Thomson; 
returned  to  America  at  the  beginning 
of  the  war,  in  1914,  and  accepted  the 
position  of  leader  of  the  orchestra  at 
the  Odeon  Theatre,  Marshalltown, 
Iowa;  since  1915  has  been  at  the  head 
of  the  Violin  Department  at  the  Kansas 
State  Teachers'  College,  Emporia,  Kan- 
sas, and  during  the  time  has  conducted 
the  two  orchestras  of  the  college;  has 
received  favorable  press  notices  in 
Paris  and  Brussels  papers,  also  in 
American  papers  and  magazines,  in- 
cluding Musical  America,  New  York, 
and  has  flattering  recommendations 
and  testimonials  from  prominent  people 
of  Paris  and  Brussels,  including  the 
nobility  of  the  latter  city.  Catholic. 
Residence,  Kmporia.  Kan. 


Doyen,  Charles  Augustus 

Brigadier  General,  U.  S.  Marine 
Corps;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3, 
1859;  s.  Edward  Nevins  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  (Tucker)  Doyen;  ed.  Concord 
public  schools,  U.  S.  Naval  Academy, 
Annapolis,  Md.,  1881;  midshipman  U. 
S.  Marine  Corps,  two  years;  2d  lieuten- 
ant, July,  1883,  serving  several  years  in 
that  rank  and  then  promoted  1st  lieu- 
tenant; successively  promoted  to  cap- 
tain, major,  lieutenant  colonel  and 


colonel,  attaining  the  latter  rank  .in 
1898;  has  seen  service  in  all  parts  of  the 
world;  stationed  off  Cuba  and  Porto 
Rico  during  the  Spanish  War;  at  the 
Philippine  Islands  1904-t)  and  again  in 
1913-14;  in  command  of  F.  S.  Marine 
Barracks  at  Washington  at  the  outbreak 
of  war  with  Germany;  promoted  Briga- 
dier General  March  22,  1917;  left 
Washington  for  France,  in  command  of 
the  5th  regiment,  I".  S.  Marines,  June 
7,  1917,  and  saw  active  service  in  the 
front  line  trenches  in  the  Verdun  sector; 
invalided  home  in  Mav,  191S,  and  later 


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assigned  to  command  at  the  Marine 
training  camp,  Quantico,  Va.;  m.,  1st, 
Lura  Bell  Dennison,  d.;  2d,  Nov.  16, 
1892,  Claude  Fay,  Annapolis,  Md.;  two 
daughters,  Alice  Ruth,  b.  May  16, 
1894:  Fay  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  1,  1901. 
Residence,  Annapolis,  Md. 

Buss,  George  Washington 

Farmer  and  lumber  manufacturer;  b., 
Acworth,  N.  H.,  Feb.  22,  1856;  s.  Rod- 
ney and  Almena  (Huntley)  Buss;  ed. 


Acworth  town  and  high  schools;  resides 
on  the  old  homestead  and  is  engaged  in 
agriculture  and  the  manufacture  of 
lumber;  Republican;  prominent  in 
town  and  county  affairs,  having  served 
as  health  officer,  member  of  the  board 
of  education,  tax-collector,  selectman, 
moderator,  and  member  of  the  X.  H. 
house  of  representatives  in  1905-6 
when  lie  was  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  mileage;  also  member  of  the  board 
of  commissioners  for  Sullivan  county 
from  April  1.  1905  to  April  1,  1911;  post- 
master at  East  Acworth  from  1887  to 
1S96;  active  in  ''Old  Home  Day"  ob- 
servances, and  member  of  the  committee 


of  arrangements  for  the  celebration  of 
the  150th  anniversary  of  the  settlement 
of  the  town,  Aug.  21,  1918;  m.,  Oct.  28, 
1878,  Flora  E.  Bailey  of  Claremont; 
two  sons,  Roy  H.,  b.  Feb.  25,  1882  (m., 
Jessie  B.  Webster  of  Acworth,  Nov.  6, 
1906  and  has  two  sons,  Ezra  George  and 
Herman  Webster);  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  lumber  business;  Raymond, 
b.  Nov.  22,  18S4  (Brown  Univ.  1909, 
m.  Leah  H.  Holt  of  Providence,  R.  I.); 
cashier  of  the  Xarragansett  Electric 
Light  and  Power  Co.  Residence,  East 
Acworth,  X'.  H. 

Goodell,  Richard  Carter 

Manufacturer;  president  Goodell 
Co.;  b.,  Antrim,  X.  H.,  Aug.  10,  1868; 
s.  David  H.  and  Hannah  Jane 
(Plumer)  Goodell;  ed.  public  schools, 
and  Colby  Academy,  Xew  London, 
X".  H.;  Baptist  (treasurer  and  deacon 
Baptist  church,  Antrim);  Republican; 
member  staff  of  Gov.  Henry  B.  Quimby ; 
N.  H.  delegate  Alaska-Yukon  Exposi- 
tion, Seattle,  1909;  trustee  Colby 
Academy,  two  years;  chairman,  trus- 
tees James  A.  Tuttle  Library,  Antrim; 
treasurer  Cemetery  Ass'n;  president 
Goodell  Co.,  Antrim;  director  Hills- 
boro  Electric  Light  Co.,  Hillsboro; 
member  X.  H.  Manufacturers  Ass'n, 
and  American  Hardware  Manufactur- 
ers Ass'n;  vice-president  X.  PI.  Anti- 
Saloon  League;  manager,  for  twenty- 
five  years,  Maple  Grove  Stock  Farm, 
Antrim,  X.  H;  official  judge  for  Hol- 
stcin-Friesian  Ass'n;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  10, 
1892,  Una  White  of  Concord,  X.  H., 
at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  d.  April  5,  1895; 
2d,  Feb.  22,  1S99,  Amy  Clark  Martin, 
formerly  of  Concord.  Residence,  An- 
trim, X.  H. 

Wiggin,  Joseph 

Lawyer;  b.,  Exeter,  X.  H.,  March  7, 
1S71;  s.  Joseph  Furnald  and  Ruth 
Kurd  (Ilollis)  Wiggin;  ed.  Harvard 
Univ.,  A.B.  1893:  Harvard  Law  School, 
LL.B.  189(5;  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
commenced  practice  in  Boston  im- 
mediately after  graduation  and  has 
there  continued;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  City  Solicitor,  Maiden, 


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Mass.,  1899-1907;  member  school 
board,  1909-13;  vice-president  First 
National  Bank,  Maiden,  Mass. ;  trustee 
and  member  board  of  investments, 
Maiden  Savings  Bank;  trustee  and 
treasurer  Sanborn  Seminary,  Kingston, 
N.  H.;  trustee  Maiden  Public  library; 
member,  American,  Massachusetts  and 
Middlesex  Bar  Associations;  Boston 
Social  Law  Library;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  m., 
Jan.  2,  1901,  Grace  Parker  Corbett, 
Maiden.  Residence,  55  Clarendon  St., 
Maiden,  Mass.;  Office,  27  State  St., 
Boston. 

McCollester,  Sullivan  Holman 

Clergyman,  educator,  author;  b., 
Marlboro,  X.  H.,  Dec.  18,  1826;  s. 
Silas  and  Achsah  (Holman)  McColles- 
ter; ed.  Norwich  (Vt.)  Univ.,  A.B., 
1850,  A.M.,  1853;  student  Harvard 
Divinity  School,  1863;  D.D.,  St.  Law- 
rence Univ.,  Canton,  X.  Y.,  1873; 
Litt.D.,  Buchtel  College,  Ohio,  1908; 
Universalist ;  Republican;  principal 
Walpole  (X.  H.)  Academy,  1850-3; 
Mt.  Caesar  Seminary,  Swanzey,  X.  H., 
1850-8;  Valley  Seminary,  Westmore- 
land, X.  H.,  1858-62;  ordained  to  the 
Universalist  Ministry,  1853;  pastor  at 
Westmoreland  and  West  Chesterfield, 
1857-61;  principal  Westbrook  (Me.) 
Seminary,  1862-9;  pastor  Universalist 
Church,"  Nashua,  X.  H.,  1869-73; 
president  Buchtel  College,  Akron,  ()., 
1873-8;  pastor  Bellows  Falls,  Vt,,  and 
Dover,  X.  H.,  until  1885,  since  when 
his  attention  has  been  given  largely 
to  travel,  authorship,  missionary  labor 
and  school  supervision.  He  has  visited 
many  foreign  countries,  and  written 
much  for  the  press  and  published 
several  books;  member  X.  H.  house  of 
representatives  from  Marlboro,  1889- 
90;  several  years  president  X.  II.  Uni- 
versalist State  Convention  and  life 
member  board  of  trustees  of  same;  m., 
1st,  Xov.  23,  1852,  Sophia  Fanny 
Knight,  Durnmerston,  Vt.,  <!.;  2<i, 
Nov.  17,  1903,  Emma  Parker,  Xatick, 
Mass.,  d.;  3d,  Dec.  15,  1905,  Elizabeth 
E.  Randall,  Waltham,  Mass.;  one  son, 
Lee  Sullivan,  b.  Westmoreland,  X".  H., 
June  5,  1859.  Residence,  Marlboro, 
X.  H. 


Edgerly,  James  Bartlett 

Banker;  b.  Farmington,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
29,  1834;  s.  Josiah  Bartlett  and  Cor- 
delia (Waldron)  Edgerly;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Farmington,  Gilmanton 
Academy;  Congregationalist;  Republi- 
can; served  in  Union  Army  in  Civil 
War,  1861-2;  engaged  in  shoe  manu- 
facturing in  Farmington,  1863-79; 
cashier  Farmington  National  Bank 
since  latter  date;  trustee  Farmington 
Savings  Bank,  director  National  Bank; 


member  X .  H .  Soc.,  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  G.  A.  R.; 
m.,  1st,  April,  18(53,  Maria  T.  Fernald, 
d.;  2d,  Dec.  1884,  Martha  E.  Dodge; 
two  children,  Agnes  A.  and  Annie  M. 
(Mrs.  Elmer  F.  Thayer).  Residence, 
Farmington,  X.  H. 

f 

Lord,  John  King 

Educator;  b.,  Cincinnati,  ().,  Oct. 
21,  1848;  s.  John  King  and  Laura 
Esther  (Smith)  Lord;  cd.  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.,  186S:  A.M.,  1S71 ;  Ph.D., 
1893;  LL.D.,  Dartmouth  and  Univ.  of 
Maine,  190S:  teacher,  Appleton  Acad- 


Hox.  ALP-RED  FRANKLIN*   HOWARD 


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crriy,  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  1868-9; 
tutor  Latin,  1869-72,  associate  pro- 
fessor Latin  and  rhetoric,  1872-80, 
Evans  professor  oratory  and  belles 
lettres,  1880-2;  associate  professor 
Latin  language  and  literature,  1882- 
92;  Daniel  Webster  professor  since 
1892;  acting  president,  1892-3,  acting 
president  of  the  faculty,  1893-1909, 
Dartmouth  college;  m.,  Jan.  20,  1873, 
Emma  P'uller  Pomeroy.  Residence, 
Hanover,  N.  H. 

Howard,  Alfred  Franklin 

Lawyer,  secretary  Granite  State 
Fire  Ins.  Co.;  b.,  Marlow,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
16,  1842;  s.  Ervin  and  Philinda  (Sim- 
onds)  Howard;  ed.  Marlow  Academy, 
N.  H.  Conference  Seminary,  Tilton,  N. 
H.;  studied  law  with  Hon.  W.  H.  H. 
Allen  and  Hon.  Shepard  L.  Bowers  of 
Newport;  admitted  to  the  bar,  Sept., 
1868,  located  in  practice  at  Portsmouth 
where  he  has  since  resided;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  city  solicitor, 
Portsmouth,  1869-71,  deputy  collector 
U.  S.  Customs  1870-1;  collector  twelve 
years;  police  commissioner  twelve 
vears;  delegate  to  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1876.  1902,  1918;  secretary 
and  director  Granite  State  Fire  Ins. 
Co.,  since  organization  in  1885;  director 
N.  H.  National  Bank;  trustee  Ports- 
mouth Trust  and  Guarantee  Co.,  Pis- 
cataqua  Savings  Bank;  director  Ports- 
mouth Fire  Ass'n,  Piscataqua  Hre 
Ins.  Co.;  trustee  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.; 
Member  A.  F.  &.  A.  M.  (St.  Andrews 
Lodge,  Washington  Chaper,  De  Witt 
Clinton  Commandery,  Portsmouth); 
Warwick  Club;  m.,  1st,  Oct.,  1869,  Eliza 
Fiske,  Marlow,  N.  H.,  d.  Aug.,  1877; 
2d,  April,  1880,  Mabel  Young  Smith; 
one  son,  Arthur  Fiske  Howard,  b.  June, 
1874.  Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Stevens,  Edwin  Dearborn 

Physician;  b.,  Montgomery,  Mass., 
s.  Rev.  N.  Franklin  and  Mary  E. 
(Dearborn)  Stevens  (lineal  descendant, 
in  8th  generation,  of  Sir  Godfrey  Dear- 
born who  came  from  England  in  1637, 
and  of  Revolutionary  ancestry  on  both 
paternal  and  maternal  sides);  His  great 

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grandfather  Isaac  Stevens,  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  built  and  kept  the  old 
tavern  for  years  in  Hartland,  Vt.,and 
was  also  sheriff  in  Windsor  County;  ed. 
Powers  Institute,  Bernardstown,  Mass., 
Montpelier,  Vt.  Seminary,  Boston 
Univ.,  M.D.,  1895;  after  hospital  clin- 
ical work  commenced  practice  of  med- 
icine in  Francestown  in  Dec.  1895,  where 
he  has  contined,  with  success;  Republi- 
can; chairman  board  of  health,  fifteen 
years,  member  board  of  education  six 


years,  justice  of  the  peace  and  notary 
public;  member  N.  H.  house  of  Repre- 
sentatives, 1917-18  (member  committee 
on  public  health);  Sons  of  America 
Revolution,  A.  F.  &.  A.  M.,  Eastern 
Star,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  P.  of  H.;  Am- 
erican Institute,  Contoocook  Valley 
Medical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc., 
Mass.  Surgical  and  Gynecological  Soc., 
Mass.  Medical  Soc.;  in.,  Dec.  16,  1903, 
Anne  Elizabeth  Hulme,  daughter  of 
the  late  John  T.  Hulme,  journalist,  long 
prominently  connected  with  various 
New  Hampshire  newspapers.  Resi- 
dence, Francestown,  N.  H. 


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Townsend,  Manley  Bacon 

Minister,  secretary  N.  H.  Audubon 
Soc.,  lecturer  and  writer  on  nature 
topics;  b.,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  Oct.  8, 
1868,  8.  Charles  Henry  and  Laverna 
(Bacon)  Townsend;  ed.  New  Britain 
schools,  high  school,  1889,  Canton,  N. 
Y.  Theological  School;  ordained  to 
Universalist  ministry,  1892;  did  mis- 
sionary work  in  Maine,  organizing  and 
building  churches  at  Machias,  Dover, 
Deering  and  Dixfield ;  superintendent  of 


schools  at  Dixfield;  entered  the  Unitar- 
ian fellowship  in  1904,  becoming  pastor 
at  Randolph,  Mass.;  chairman  special 
committee  on  enforcement  of  liquor 
laws  at  Randolph ;  pastor,  Unity  church, 
Sioux  City,  Iowa,  1908-12;  First  Uni- 
tarian Congregational  church,  Nashua, 
N.  1 1.,  1912-;  trustee,  Proctor  Academy, 
Andover,  N.  II.,  1913-;  secretary  of  N. 
II.  Audubon  Soc.  since  its  organixation, 
1914;  member  A.  F.  <fe  A.  M.,  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  North  Middlesex  Min- 
isters' Ass'n,  Nashua  Ministers'  Ass'n, 
N.  II.  Unitarian  Ministers'  Ass'n,  Am. 
Unitarian  Ass'n  (life)  N.  II.  Humane 
Soc.,  Wilson  Ornithological  Club,  Soc. 


for  the  Protection  of  N.  H.  Forests,  N. 
H.  Anti-Saloon  League,  Nat.  Defense 
League,  Hillsborough  Co.  Game  and 
Protective  Ass'n,  Nashua  Good  Cheer 
Soc.,  Patrons  of  Husbandry;  has  lec- 
tured extensively  on  topics  like  "Get- 
ting Back  to  Nature"  and  "Friendly 
Visiting  with  the  Birds";  has  contrib- 
uted articles  on  bird  life  to  the  maga- 
zines and  has  a  book  in  preparation;  m., 
June  24,  1896,  Dora  Pennell,  Machias, 
Me.;  children,  Laverna  Bacon  and 
Alice.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Fellows,  Nellie  E.  Newton 

(Mrs.  Frank  Beldin  Fellows) ;  teacher; 
b.,  East  Fairfield,  Vt.,  dau.  Lyman  and 
Phoebe  (Foster)  Newton;  ed.  Bing- 
ham  Academy,  Bakersfield,  Vt.,  1884. 
Taught  school  ten  years  in  Vermont, 
and  Nashua,  N.  H.;  chairman,  school 
board,  Newbury,  N.  H.,  1914-;  presi- 
dent W.  R.  C.  Bradford,  N.  H.,  1912; 
president  N.  H.  Branch,  Order  of 
King's  Daughters,  1917- ;  member 
Sunapee  Lake  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Red 
Cross,  Woman's  Council  of  National 
Defense;  Methodist,  member  Main 
St.  M.  E.  Church,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  m., 
March  13,  1895,  Frank  Beldin  Fel- 
ows.  Resided  in  Nashua,  1895  to 
1907— since  then  in  Newbury. 

Mann,  William  Hazeltine  Gage 

Civil  engineer;  b.,  Boscawen  (Pena- 
cook),  N.  H.,  Dec.  22,  1871;  s.  Sam- 
uel R.  and  Mary  It.  (Gage)  Mann;  ed. 
public  schools,  Boscawen,  Concord 
high  school,  1889,  Dartmouth  College 
(C.  S.  D.),  B.S.,  1893,  M.S.,  1896;  en- 
gaged in  engineering  since  1893;  with 
Mississippi  River  Commission,  1893; 
Berlin  Iron  Bridge  Works,  1895;  New 
York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  R.  It., 
1896  Boston  &  Albany  It,  R.,  1897-8; 
Rutland  Canadian,  1899,  1900;  O'Brien 
&  Sheehan,  1901;  Rutland  R.  It., 
1902;  junior  member  firm  of  Lloyd  & 
Mann,  civil  engineer,  Concord,  N.  II., 
since  1903;  Congregationalist;  Demo- 
crat; member  Sigma  Chi  fraternity; 
Boston  Soc.  Civil  Engineers;  Thayer 
Soc  Civil  Engineers;  m.,  April  30,  1901, 
Marion  L.  Marvin,  New  York.  Resi- 
dence, Boscawen,  N.  H.,  Penacook, 
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Allen,  Fred  Hovey 

Clergyman;  b.,  Lyme,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
1,  1845;  s.  Philander  and  Rhoda 
(Lord)  Allen;  ed.  Boston  University, 
Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  1875; 
Berlin,  Vienna  and  Paris.  Engaged  in 
journalism  before  studying  for  the 
ministry;  ordained,  Congregational 
ministry,  1874;  acting  pastor,  North 
Brookfield,  Mass.,  1875-6;  pastor  E. 
Street  and  Olivet  churches,  Boston, 
1877-80;  Abington,  Mass.,  1894-5; 
Rockland,  Mass.,  1895-1902;  lecturer 
on  art  topics;  member  Society  of 
American  Authors,  National  Geo- 
graphic and  other  societies;  correspond- 
ing member  Brooklyn  Inst.  Arts  and 
Sciences.  Author,  "Glimpses  of 
Parisian  Art,"  1882;  "Masterpieces  of 
Modern  German  Art,"  1884;  "Mod- 
ern German  Masters,"  1885;  "Great 
Cathedrals  of  the  World,"  1886; 
"Famous  Paintings,"  1887,  and  vari- 
ous other  works,  and  editor  of  many 
pulications.  M.  April  26,  1881,  M. 
Cora  Bumpus,  Auburn,  Me.  Address, 
Hotel  Majestic,  New  York. 

Whittemore,  Arthur  Oilman 

Lawyer;  b.,  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  July 
26,  1856;  s.  Aaron  and  Ariannah 
(Barstow)  Whittemore;  descendant  on 
paternal  side  of  Thomas  Whittemore, 
who  settled  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in 
1642,  and  on  the  maternal  side  from 
Elder  William  Brewster;  ed.  Pem- 
broke Academy,  Harvard  Law  school, 
1879;  admitted  to  the  bar  and  com- 
menced practice  in  Dover,  continuing 
to  the  present  time;  Episcopalian 
(member  St.  Thomas'  church,  Dover); 
Republican;  water  commissioner  for 
Dover.  13  years;  mayor,  1901-2-3, 
when  ho  helped  establish  the  Public 
Library  in  a  new  building  secured  by 
gift  of  Andrew  Carnegie,  also  secured 
the  building  of  the  new  high  school 
house,  on  the  newly  acquired  grounds 
forming  Hale  Park,  where  the  library  is 
also  located;  presided  on  the  occasion 
of  the  visit  of  President  Roosevelt,  in 
1903;  member  N.  II.  board  of  railroad 
commissioners,  1903-11,  chairman  the 
last  three  years;  many  years  attorney 


and  vice-president,  Straffprd  Savings 
Bank;  several  years  president  of  the 
Dover  Board  of  Trade;  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Bellamy  Club  of  Dover; 
m.,  June  27,  1887,  Caroline  B.  Rund- 
lett  (Mrs.  Whittemore  is  a  past  presi- 
dent of  the  Dover  Woman's  Club); 
children,  Manuel  (Dartmouth  College, 
1911,  Harvard  Law  School,  1914), 
practicing  law  in  New  York;  Caroline 
(Radcliffe  College,  1919).  Residence, 
Dover,  N.  H. 

Wellman,  James  Albert 

Insurance;    N.  H.  Agent  Nat'l  Life; 
b.,  Cornish,  N.  H.,  May  4,  1867;    s. 


Albert  Erasmus  and  Emily  Dodge- 
(Hall)  Wellman;  descendant  in  tenth 
generation  from  Gov.  William  Brad- 
ford and  Elder  Brewster  of  the  Ply- 
mouth Colon}-;  ed.  public  schools, 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden, 
and  Dartmouth  College,  1889;  en- 
gaged as  special  agent  of  the  Connec- 
ticut Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.,  at  Burling- 
ton, Vt.,  till  1895,  when  he  accepted 
position  as  general  agent  for  New 


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Hampshire  of  the  National  Life  Ins. 
Co.,  of  Vermont,  locating  in  Manches- 
ter where  he  has  continued;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  director  Man- 
chester Nat'l  Bank,  Manchester  Safe 
Deposit  and  Trust  Co.,  Morris  Plan 
Ass'n,  Suncook  Valley  R.  R.,  Manches- 
ter Y.  M.  C.  A.;  president  Agents' 
Ass'n,  National  Life  Ins.  Co.;  member 
Manchester  Public  Safety  Com.; 
County  agent,  Northern  Hillsbprough, 
for  sale  of  War  Savings  Certificates; 
Mason,  32d  degree  and  K.  T.,  I.  O.  O.F., 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution., 
Soc.  of  Colonial  Wars,  Order  of  De- 
scendants of  Colonial  Governors;  m., 
June  23,  1898,  Florence  Vincent,  Bur- 
lington, Vt.;  two  daughters,  Harriet 
Vincent,  b.  Feb.  22,  1900;  Dorothy 
Hall,  b.  Oct.  30,  1901.  Residence, 
Manchester,  N.  H. 

Storrs,  John  Williams 

Civil  engineer  and  bridge  builder;  b. 
Montpelier,  Vt.,  Nov.  24,  1858;  s. 
William  W.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Roberts) 
Storrs;  moved  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  in 
childhood;  ed.  in  Concord  schools; 
studied  engineering  with  the  late 
Charles  C.  Lund;  with  the  B.  &  M. 
R.  R.,  1890-1911;  since  1906  has  C9n- 
ducted  a  private  bridge  engineering 
business;  chief  engineer  of  Public 
Service  Com.,  191 1-;  Republican; 
first  state  highway  engineer  for  New 
Hampshire,  appointed  by  Gov.  Bach- 
elder,  1903-5;  member,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Am.  Soc.  of  Civil  Engineers,  Boston 
Soc.  of  Civil  Engineers;  author  of 
"Storrs:  A  Handbook  for  the  Use  of 
Those  Interested  in  the  Construction 
of  Short  Span  Bridges,"  74  p.,  ill., 
1918;  m.,  Carrie  Etta  Dow  of  Con- 
cord, Apr.  29,  1885;  child,  Edward 
Dow  Storrs,  b.  Feb.  20,  1886,  Concord; 
m.  Ethel  May  Foster  of  Concord,  May 
4,  1909;  in  partnership  with  his  father. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Smalley,  Fred  Charles 

Granite  and  marble  manufacturer;  b., 
Shrewsbury,  Vt.,  November  18,  1866; 
s.  Christopher  and  Virginia  (Guard) 
Smalley;  ed.  Ludlow,  Vt.,  Albany, 


N.  Y.;  traveling  salesman,  Boston  firm, 
for  central  states,  headquarters  at  St. 
Louis,  1895-6;  president  S.  J.  Nason 
Co.,  m'f'rs.  of  granite  and  marble,  So. 
Berwick,  Me.,  1896-1902;  engaged  in 
same  line  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  1898-1903, 
with  partner,  under  firm  name  of 
Smalley  &  White;  sold  interest  in  the 
So.  Berwick  Co.,  in  1903  and  bought 
entire  interest  in  the  Dover  plant, 
which  he  has  retained  to  the  present 
time;  purchased  granite  and  marble 


works  in  Portsmouth  in  1906  and  also 
retains  the  same;  his  business  extends 
over  a  large  territory  and  he  is  noted 
for  fine  work;  liberal  supporter  of  all 
public  interests  in  Dover;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  member  Dover  city  coun- 
cil 1911-12,  alderman  1913-14;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives 
1915-16;  mayor  of  Dover  1918-; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  St.  Paul  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T.,  Olive  Branch  Lodge 
K.  of  P.;  Bellamy  Club.  Dover;  m., 
1st,  Aug.  9,  1899,  Grace  M.  Hanson, 
So.  Berwick,  Me.,  d.  March  26,  1916; 
2d,  Feb.  21,  1918,  Mabellc  Porter 


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Weeks,  Greenland,  N.  H.;  children, 
Virginia  G.,  b.  May  29,  1899  (Dover 
high  school,  1918);  Elizabeth  M.,  b. 
Sept.  18, 1904;  Frederick  C.,  b.  Aug.  22, 
1905;  Henry  R.,  b.  Oct.  27,  1913. 
Residence,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Sanders,  Charles  Henry 

Merchant;  b.,  Penacook  (Ward  One 
Concord),  N.  H.,  Sept.  12,  1851;  s. 
Jacob  P.  and  Sarah  Ann  (Dutton) 
Sanders;  ed.  public  schools,  Penacook 


Academy,  X.  II.  College  of  Agricul- 
ture and  Mechanic  Arts,  1871,  Thayer 
School  of  Engineering,  one  year,  Mass. 
Inst.  of  Technology,  one  year;  en- 
gaged as  an  architect  till  1876,  when 
entered  mercantile  life  with  his  father, 
in  Penacook,  and  has  since  continued 
the  business,  dealing  in  boots,  shoes, 
and  clothing;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; superintendent  Congrega- 
tional Sunday  School,  Penacook,  many 
years:  for  some  time  member  Pena- 
cook school  commit  tee;  alderman,  Ward 
1,  1X97:  trustee  Concord  public,  library 


for  thirty  years;  trustee  Loan  and 
Trust  Savings  Bank  and  member  invest- 
ment committee  many  years;  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Penacook  Electric 
Light  Co.,  serving  as  director,  treas- 
urer and  manager;  president  Wood- 
lawn  Cemetery  Ass'n;  trustee  N.  H. 
Orphans  Home,  Franklin;  member 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Appalachian 
Mountain  Club,  Boston  (life  member) ; 
Mason,  32d  degree  and  Knight  Tem- 
plar; m.,  May  24,  1876,  Sarah  Emme- 
line  Abbott.  Residence,  Penacook, 
N.  H. 

Niles,  Mary 

Registrar,  b.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  Sept. 
12,  1867,  dau.  Rt.  Rev.  William  Wood- 
ruff and  Bertha  (Olmsted)  Niles; 
moved  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  in  infancy; 
ed.  Concord  high  school,  1885;  studied 
five  years  at  St.  Mary's  School,  Con- 
cord, two  years  with  S.  B.  Whitney, 
organist  and  composer,  Boston;  taught 
at  St.  Mary's  School;  Episcopalian; 
supervisor  primary  dept.,  St.  Paul's 
Sunday  school;  corresponding  secretary 
and  treasurer,  St.  Mary's  Alumnae 
Ass'n,  1909-  (having  edited  two  Reg- 
isters of  the  Alumnae);  treasurer  and 
business  manager  of  the  Church  Fly- 
Leaf,  1903-;  registrar  of  the  Diocese 
of  New  Hampshire,  1913-;  member 
Concord  Fern.  Char.  Ass'n  (corres- 
ponding secretary,  1914-),  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Stratford  (Shakespeare) 
Club,  Outing  Club  (Camp  Weetamoo), 
Wild  Flower  Club,  Olmsted  Family 
Ass'n,  District  Nursing  Ass'n,  Friendly 
Club,  Red  Cross;  contributor  to  the 
press.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Niles,  Bertha 

Teacher  of  art;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Apr.  29,  1874,  dau.  Rt.  Rev.  William 
Woodruff  and  Bertha  (Olmsted)  Niles; 
ed.  St.  Mary's  School,  Concord,  N.  H., 
1891,  took  post-graduate  course  there 
two  years,  five  years  at  the  Art  Stu- 
dents' League,  Xew  York,  supplemented 
by  two  years  of  study  in  Paris  and 
Munich;  elected  member  Art  Stu- 
dents' League  (equivalent  to  a  de- 
gree), 1900;  taught  in  St.  Catherine's 


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Hall,  Augusta,  Me.,  1898-9;  teacher 
of  art,  St.  Mary's  School,  Concord, 
1900-;  Episcopalian;  warden,  St.  Anna 
Guild,  St.  Paul's  parish,  1915-16; 
teacher,  St.  Paul's  Sunday  school; 
member,  St.  Mary's  Alum.  Ass'n  (pres- 
ident, 1907-9),  Friendly  Club  (director, 
1914-16,  2d  vice-president,  1916-18), 
Hathaway  Outing  Club  (president  two 
years),  Hathaway  Shakespeare  Club, 
Concord  Oratorio  Soc.  (on  executive 
committee),  Wild  Flower  Club,  Equal 
Suffrage  League,  S.  P.  C.  A.,  Con- 
cord Fern.  Char.  Soc.,  Red  Cross; 
contributor  to  the  press;  has  pub- 
lished drawings  and  verse  for  Camp 
Wyonegonic,  Denmark,  Me.;  designer 
of  St.  Mary's  School  seal.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Leach,  Edward  Giles 

Lawyer,  b.,  Meredith,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
28,  1849 ;  s.  Levi  and  Susan  C.  (Sanborn) 
Leach;  ed.  Dartmouth  College,  A.B., 
1871;  studied  law  and  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1874;  in  practice  in  Franklin 
and  Concord;  member  firm  of  Leach 
&  Stevens,  later  Leach,  Stevens  & 
Couch;  Unitarian;  Republican;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1893-4;  senate,  1901-2;  executive 
council,  1905-6;  city  solicitor,  Frank- 
lin, 1894-1906;  solicitor  Merrimack 
county  many  years;  president  Man- 
ufacturers and  Merchants  Ins.  Co., 
since  organization  in  1884;  member 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  m.,  Dec.  24,  1874, 
Agnes  A.  Robinson;  two  sons.  Resi- 
dence, Franklin,  X.  H. 

Coburn,  Jesse  Milton 

Physician;  b.,  Pittsfiold,  X.  H., 
March  27,  1853;  s.  Rev.  Jesse  Milton 
and  Almira  (Morse)  Coburn;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Hahnemann  Medical  Col- 
lege, Philadelphia,  Pa.;  M.D.,  Boston 
Univ.  School  of  Medicine,  LS74.  Has 
practiced  in  South  Xorwalk,  Conn., 
.since  1893;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; mayor  South  Xorwalk, 
1889-1900;  chairman  board  of  educa- 
tion; secretary  and  treasurer  Mayor's 
Ass'n  of  Conn.;  member  Conn.  State 
Medical  Ass'n,  Xorwalk  Med.  Ass'n, 


Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
Conn.  Historical  Soc.;  m.,  Aug.  4, 
1879,  Abbie  M.  Cutler,  Shrewsbury, 
Mass.;  two  sons,  Harrie  C.  and  Aaron 
C.  Residence,  So.  Xorwalk,  Conn. 

Sawyer,  Enos  Kittredge 

Merchant,  b.,  Franklin,  X.  H.,  Aug. 
4,  1879;  s.  George  W.  and  Louise  C. 
(Barnes)  Sawyer;  ed.  public  schools, 
Phillips  (Andover)  Academy,  1878, 
Dartmouth  College;  engaged  with  his 


father  in  the  meat,  grocery  and  pro- 
vision trade  in  Franklin  and  has  con- 
tinued therein;  Democrat;  many 
years  chairman  Democratic  City  Com- 
mittee of  Franklin;  elected  mayor  of 
Franklin  in  1909  and  unanimously  re- 
elected  the  following  year;  member 
X.  H.  state  senate  from  Dist.  Xo.  6  in 
1913  and  president  of  the  senate:  can- 
didate for  congressional  nomination  in 
the  primary  in  1914  with  a  substantial 
support;  appointed  Federal  Director 


WILL  M.  CRESS Y 


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for  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  of 
United  States  Employment  Service. 
1918;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (lodge, 
chapter  and  council),  Elks,  and  For- 
esters; m.,  Feb.  28,  1911,  Mabel  E. 
White,  graduate  of  Mass.  Normal  Art 
School,  and  teacher  of  art  in  Franklin 
high  school.  Residence,  Franklin, 
N.  H. 

Cressy,  Will  Martin 

Actor  and  Playwright;  b.,  Bradford, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  29,  1863;  s.  Frank  and 
Annette  M.  (Ring)  Cressy;  ed.  public 
schools,  Concord,  N.  H.,  high  school; 
commenced  active  life  as  a  traveling 
salesman,  but  soon  relinquished  this 
vocation  for  the  stage,  having  been 
known  as  a  versatile  amateur  actor  in 
youth.  His  first  professional  engage- 
ment was  with  Frost  &  Fanshawe  in 
1889;  subsequently  for  six  years  with 
Denman  Thompson  in  his  "Old  Home- 
stead" company,  appearing  in  the 
well-remembered  part  of  "Cy  Prime," 
wherein  he  laid  the  foundation  for  the 
remarkable  popularity  he  has  since  en- 
joyed. Not  only  is  he  a  master  in  his 
line  as  an  actor  and  entertainer,  but 
he  undoubtedly  leads  the  world  as  an 
author  of  vaudeville  sketches,  or  one 
act  plays,  having  produced  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty,  and  is  credited  with 
having  written  about  half  of  all  the 
playlets  now  being  presented  in  vaude- 
ville. January  19,  1900,  Mr.  Cressy 
married  Blanche  Dayne  of  Troy,  N.  Y.. 
who  was  also  a  member  of  the  "Old 
Homestead"  company,  and  together, 
under  the  widely  familiar  name  of 
Cressy  &  Dayne,  they  have  since  been 
entertaining  the  amusement  loving 
public  of  this  and  other  lands,  hav- 
ing visited  England,  Ireland,  Scot- 
land, Wales,  Holland,  Belgium,  France, 
Japan,  China,  the  Philippines,  Hawaii, 
and  other  countries,  and  presented  their 
plays  in  most  of  them.  Much  time  has 
been  devoted  by  Mr.  Cressy  in  the  last 
three  years  to  giving  illustrated  free 
lectures  to  orphans  and  poor  children 
in  the  theatres  on  Saturday  mornings, 
free  transportation  being  given  them 
by  the  Rotary  Club.  Since  the  war 


broke  out  he  has  been  deeply  inter- 
ested in  all  the  "drives."  He  is  the 
author  of  about  twenty  popular  war 
poems  which  have  been  put  into  book 
form  and  sold,  the  proceeds  being  sent 
to  some  war  fund.  He  has  turned  over 
$5,000  to  the  Tobacco  fund  alone;  has 
earned  thousands  for  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Red  Cross,  and  War  Savings  Stamp 
drives,  and,  during  the  various  Liberty 
Loan  drives  was  instrumental  in  selling 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  worth 
of  bonds.  He  is  one  of  eight  "Four 
Minute  Men"  at  large,  appointed  by 
the  President  to  speak  on  patriotic 
subjects,  and  made  twenty-nine 
speeches  during  a  two  weeks  stay  in 
San  Francisco.  With  his  wife  he  en- 
listed in  the  summer  of  1918,  to  go  to 
France  for  five  months  for  free  service 
in  the  Theatrical  Over  Seas  League 
for  the  entertainment  of  the  American 
troops.  Mr.  Cressy  has  written  three 
books  that  have  had  wide  circulation, 
and  is  a  constant  correspondent  of 
various  newspapers  and  magazines; 
he  is  a  Christian  Scientist,  a  Republi- 
can and  a  member  of  the  B.  P.  O.  E. 
Permanent  residence,  Concord,  N.  H.; 
summer  home,  "Cressy  Point,"  Suna- 
pee  Lake,  Newbury,  X.  H. 

Emerson,  Henry  A. 

Paper  manufacturer;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  May  1,  1837;  s.  Fenner  H.  and 
Clarinda  Baker  Emerson;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Franklin  and  Penacook 
Academies;  entered  a  paper  mill  at 
Pepperell,  Mass.,  at  seventeen  years  of 
age  and  learned  the  business;  became 
a  member  of  the  Contoocook  Valley 
Co.,  at  West  Henniker,  N.  H.,  and  was 
president  and  manager  from  1880  till 
retirement  a  few  years  since;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Democrat  for  many  years, 
latterly  acting  with  the  Republicans; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives 
as  a  Democrat  in  1S7(>  and  1877,  and 
in  1905,  as  a  Republican ;  member  sen- 
ate in  1915;  member  I.  O.  ().  F.,  and 
Wonolancot  Club  of  Concord;  m.,  Jan. 
1,  1X64,  Louise  M.  Lydston  of  Litch- 
field,  d.,  Feb.  7,  1910.  Residence, 
Henniker,  N.  H. 


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Thome,  John  Calvin 

Shoe  merchant,  local  historian,  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Nov.  6,  1842,  s.  Calvin 
and  Cynthia  (Morgan)  Thome;  ed. 
Concord  schools,  K.  U.  A.,  Meriden, 
N.  H.,  1864;  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  father,  1864,  the  business  being 
established  1835,  now  the  oldest  in 
Concord  under  one  family  name;  upon 
his  father's  death,  1884,  became  sole 
owner;  when  the  business  was  incor- 
porated as  the  Thome  Shoe  Store  Co., 


1011,  became  president,  retiring  in 
1014;  Republican;  president  of  Con- 
cord common  Council,  1X77-8;  alder- 
man, 1883-4;  member  First  Congre- 
gational church,  serving  -s  deacon 
1S01-1913,  treasurer,  1870-1013,  clerk 
of  the  society  at  the  time  of  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  present  building,  187t'«; 
member  Merrimack  Valley  Congrega- 
tional Club  (president  two  years),  Con- 
cord Congregational  Union,  N.  H. 
Congregational  Ministers'  and  Widows' 
Fund  (treasurer  17  years  during  which 
the  fund  was  increased  from  §10,000  to 
sto.OOOi.  Prisoners'  Aid  Ass'n  -treas- 


urer 20  years),  N.  H.  Bible  Soc.  (di- 
rector 1881-1918,  also  vice-president, 
president  1918-),  N.  H.  Historical  Soc. 
(corresponding  secretary  1913-,  also 
member  of  standing  committee),  N.  H. 
Soc.  of  Colonial  Wars  (governor  1903- 
6);  deputy  governor-general  Nat.  Soc. 
of  Colonial  Wars,  1912-18;  trustee 
N.  H.  Savings  Bank  since  1880;  mem- 
ber Concord  Board  of  Education  (1882- 
8),  Soc.  for  Protection  of  N.  H.  Forests, 
Children's  Aid  and  Protec.  Soc.,  Char- 
ity Org.  Soc.,  N.  H.  Audubon  Soc.,  Red 
Cross,  Nat.  Security  League,  Nat. 
Geographic  Soc.  Contributor  to 
Granite  Monthly,  also  letters  from 
Europe,  Mexico,  the  West  and  South 
to  the  A.  H.  Statesman  and  Concord 
Monitor;  occasional  addresses  before 
societies  and  clubs.  Publications: 
Rev.  Israel  Evans  (1902),  Rev.  Enoch 
Coffin  (1902),  History  and  Manual  of 
the  First  Congl.  Church,  1730-1907 
(published  and  presented  600  copies), 
John  Calvin  (1909),  Thorne  Genealogy, 
1200-1900.  (1913),  Chronicle  of  N.  H. 
Soc.  of  Colonial  Wars,  1894-1914,  with 
Sketches  of  Deceased  Members  (1914); 
in.,  Mary  Gordon  Nichols,  July  8, 
1873.  (See  following  sketch.)  Resi- 
dence, 216  North  Main  St.,  Concord, 
and  Thornecroft  Lodge,  Pembroke, 
N.H. 

Thorne,  Mary  Gordon  (Nichols) 

(Mrs.  John  C.  Thorne),  club-woman; 
b.,  Tremont,  111.,  dau.  Nathaniel  Gor- 
don and  Lucia  Jane  (Lovejoy)  Nich- 
ols; ed.  Normal  University,  Blooming- 
ton,  111.;  has  livt  d  at  Concord,  N.  H., 
since  her  marriage  in  1873;  member 
First  Congregational  church;  presi- 
dent Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions several  years;  organized  Young 
People's  Missionary  Soc.  of  fifty  mem- 
bers, 1898;  pr  sident  Ladies'  Social 
Circle4  many  years;  has  taught  in 
Sunday  school  forty-four  years  and  still 
continues  with  a  class  of  35  women; 
organized  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Auxiliary  dur- 
ing administration  of  Walter  B.  Ab- 
bott (1XS7-90),  president  many  yearn, 
carrying  through  several  large  enter- 
tainments to  raise  monev  for  a  build- 


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ing;  president  Concord  Female  Chari- 
table Soc.,  1902-5;  life  member  and 
trustee  of  N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital  for 
Women  and  Children  and  a  liberal  con- 
tributor to  the  furnishings  and  repairs; 
vice-president  of  the  Hospital  Asso- 


ciates; president  of  Concord  Woman's 
Club,  1915-17,  having  previously  been 
vice-president  and  chairman  of  various 
committees.  (During  Mrs.  Thome's 
presidency  the  club  co-operated  with 
the  city  authorities  in  "Clean-up- 
Week,"  helped  establish  the  free 
dental  clinic  in  the  public  schools  and 
organized  the  Concord  Red  Cross,  the 
largest  chapter  in  the  state.  (Mrs. 
Thorne  represented  the  club  at  the 
Thirteenth  Biennial  Convention  of  the 
Xat'l  Federation  in  X'ewYork.)  Mem- 
ber Forestry  committee  of  X.  H. 
Federation;  member  Am.  Federation 
of  Arts,  X.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  X.  H. 
Soc.  of  Charities  and  Corrections,  Soc. 
for  Protection  of  X*.  H.  Forests,  Chil- 
dren's Aid  and  Protective  Soc.,  Con- 
conl  Filial  Suffrage  I.eauue,  Dist. 
Xursing  Ass'n,  Charity  Organization 


Soc.,  W.  C.  T.  U.,  Friendly  Club  (one 
of  the  organizers);  m.,  John  C.  Thorne 
(see  preceding),  July  8,  1873.  Adopted 
daughter,  Elsie  Chandler  Thorne,  b. 
Concord,  N.  H.;  (St.  Mary's  School, 
1908);  student  at  Gordon  Bible  Col- 
lege, Boston.  Residence,  Concord,  and 
Pembroke,  N.  H. 

Crosby,  Eva  May  (Emery) 

Hospital  superintendent,  b.,  Ossin- 
ing,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  5,  1877,  dau.  Asa  and 
Hattie  L.  (Currier)  Emery;  desc.  from 
John  Emery,  who  settled  in  Xewbury- 
port,  Mass.,  in  1635;  great  great  grand- 
daughter Noah  Emery,  who  fought  in 
Revolution;  Asa  Emery  served  in  both 
the  Army  and  Navy  during  Civil  War; 
ed.  Taunton,  Mass.,  and  Concord,  N-H. ; 
Concord  high  school  1896;  Training 


School  of  X".  II.  Mem.  Hospital  for 
Women  and  Children,  Oct.  23,  1900; 
Episcopalian :  member  Concord  Nurses' 
Club  (president,  1914-16),  C.radu- 
uate  Xurses'  Ass'n  of  XT.  H.  (pres- 
ident 1915-1(5),  Red  Cross  Nursing 


Hox.  HENRY  B.  QUINBY 


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301 


Service,  Newport  Woman's  Club;  m., 
Edgar  E.  Crosby,  Oct.  18, 1905;  superin- 
tendent of  N.  H.  Mem.  Hospital,  Con- 
cord, Mar.  1, 1903-Oct.  1,  1905;  nurse  at 
the  Infirmary,  St.  Paul's  School,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  Jan.  8,  1914-Oct.  12,  1917; 
superintendent  of  Carrie  F.  Wright  Hos- 
pital, Newport,  N.  H.,  Oct.  13,  1917-. 
Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 

Quinby,  Henry  Brewer 

Manufacturer;  Ex-governor;  b., 
Biddeford,  Me.,  June  10,  1846;  s. 
Thomas  and  Jane  E.  (Brewer)  Quinby 
(grandson  of  Moses  Quinby,  &  member 
of  the  first  graduating  class  of  Bowdoin 
College);  ed.  New  Hampton  Literary 
Institution,  Nichols  Latin  School, 
Lewiston,  Me.,  Bowdoin  College, 
Brunswick,  Me.,  A.B.  1869,  A.M. 
1872,  LL.D.,  1909;  M.D.  National 
Medical  College,  Washington,  D.  C., 
1880;  A.M.,  LL.D.,  Dartmouth  1909; 
served  for  some  time  as  a  special  agent 
of  the  Quartermaster's  department, 
U.  S.  A.,  in  Washington  and  the  West, 
and  took  the  course  in  medicine  while 
stationed  in  Washington;  connected 
with  the  Cole  Manufacturing  Co.  at 
Lakeport,  of  which  he  has  long  been 
president,  and  treasurer  for  more  than 
forty  years,  and  engaged  in  various 
other  industrial  enterprises;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  member  staff  of  Gov. 
Ezekiel  A.  Straw,  with  rank  of  colonel, 
1872-3;  member  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1887-8,  taking  an  active 
part  in  debate  and  committee  work; 
member  N.  H.  senate  1889-90;  execu- 
tive council,  1891-2  Ich.  state  prison 
com.);  Governor  of  New  Hampshire, 
1909-10,  the  important  work  of  the 
state  house  enlargement  being  carried 
out  during  his  administration,  also  the 
trunk  line  roads  located  and  partly 
built:  active  in  party  affairs,  serving 
many  years  as  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican state  committee;  delegate-at-Iarge 
in  the  Republican  national  convention 
in  1892;  president  Republican  state 
convention  1896,  delivering  a  notable 
address;  chairman  committee  on  reso- 
lutions. 1902  and  1908.  Trustee  N.  PL 
State  hospital.  1897-9;  president  La- 


conia  National  Bank,  City  Savings 
Bank,  Laconia  Hospital;  Masonic 
Temple  Ass'n.,  Laconia;  trustee  New 
Hampton  Institution,  member  board 
of  overseers,  Bowdoin  College,  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  (trustee),  Pepperell 
Ass'n,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion; Mason  of  the  33d  degree,  and 
past  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  New  Hampshire;  trustee  Masonic 
Home,  Manchester;  m.,  June  22,  1870, 
Octavia  M.  Cole  of  Lake  Village  (now 
Lakeport),  N.  H.,  dau.  Hon.  Benjamin 
J.  Cole;  children,  Henry  Cole,  b.  July  9, 
1872,  lawyer  in  New  York  City;  Can- 
dace  Ellen  (Mrs.  Hugh  N.  Camp),  New 
York.  Residence,  Lakeport,  N.  H. 

White,  Eliza  Orne 

Author;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  August  2 
1856;  dau.  William  Orne  and  Marga- 
ret Eliot  Harding  White  (her  father 
was  a  Unitarian  clergyman,  for  twenty- 
seven  years,  pastor  of  the  Unitarian 
church  in  Keene,  and  her  mother  a 
daughter  of  Chester  Harding  the  por- 
trait painter);  ed.  public  schools  of 
Keene  and  Miss  Hall's  school,  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.;  traveled  abroad  in  1876- 
7  and  again  in  1914,  having  been  in 
England  when  the  war  broke  out;  has 
lived  in  Brookline,  Mass.,  since  1881, 
where  her  family  located  after  the 
close  of  her  father's  Keene  pastorate; 
author  of  many  novels  and  stories, 
most  of  which  have  been  published  by 
Houghton  &  Mifflin,  Boston;  among 
the  novels  are:  "Miss  Brooks,"  "Win- 
terborough,"  "The  Coming  of  Theo- 
dora," "A  Browning  Courtship"  and 
"John  Forsythe's  Aunts,"  while  her 
children's  stories  include  "When  Molly 
was  Six,  ""Little  Girls  of  Long  Ago," 
"An  Only  Child"  and  "A  Borrowed 
Sister."  Some  of  her  books  have  been 
published  in  London  and  many  have 
had  a  wide  sale.  "William  Orne  White 
—A  Record  of  Ninety  Years"  (a  trib- 
ute to  her  father's  memory)  was  issued 
last  year.  "The  Blue  Aunt,"  a  patri- 
otic story  for  small  children,  is  now  in 
press;  Unitarian;  member  Boston  Au- 
thor's Club:  Woman's  Alliance.  Resi- 
dence, Brookline,  Mass. 


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Farmer,  James  Clifton 

Farmer;  deputy  commissioner  of 
agriculture;  b.,  Newbury,  N.H.,  April 
15,  1887;  s.  Charles  M.  and  Elizabeth 
(Catlow)  Farmer;  ed.  Providence,  R. 
I.,  grammar  school.  Colby  Academy, 
New  London,  N.  H.;  learned  machin- 
ist's trade  in  youth,  serving  three  years 
as  an  apprentice  with  the  Brown  & 
Sharpe  M'f'g  Co.,  Providence,  R.  I., 
from  1903  to  1906;  since  engaged  in 
agriculture  at  Newbury,  N.  H.,  making 


a  specialty  of  poultry  and  market  gar- 
dening, with  special  reference  to  the 
summer  business  at  Sunapee  Lake; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  member 
school  board,  town  of  Newbury,  1913- 
14,  library  trustee,  1915-17;  member 
advisory  board,  N.  H.  Department  of 
agriculture,  1915-17;  appointed  deputy 
commissioner  of  agriculture,  July  18, 
1917,  and  now  in  office;  Patron  of  Hus- 
bandry, including  state  and  national  de- 
grees; master  Sunapee  Lake  Grange, 
No.  112,  Newbury,  1910,  1911,  1913; 
deputy  N.  H.  State  Grange,  1912-13, 
assistant  steward  1914-17,  steward 
1917-;  superintendent  poultry  depart- 


ment, Rockingham  Fair,  Salem  Depot, 
N.  H.,  1912-15,  inclusive;  frequent  in- 
stitute speaker  on  poultry  and  market 
gardening  topics.  Residence,  Newbury 
N.  H. 

Edgerly,  Winfield  Scott 

Soldier;  brigadier-general,  U.  S.  A.; 
b.,  Farmington,  N.  H.,  May  29,  1846; 
s.  Josiah  Bartlett  and  Cordelia  Waldron 
Edgerly;  ed.  public  schools,  EfTingham 
Institute,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
U.  S.  Military  Academy,  West  Point, 
N.  Y.,  1870;  appointed  2d  lieutenant, 
7th  Cavalry,  June  15,  1870;  1st  lieu- 
tenant, June  25,  1876;  captain,  Sept. 
22,  1883;  major  6th  Cavalry,  July  9, 
1898;  transferred  to  7th  Cavalry,  Jan. 
5,  1899;  lieutenant  colonel  10th  Cav- 
alry, Feb.  19,  1901 ;  transferred  to  7th 
Cavalry,  March  20,  1901;  colonel  2d 
Cavalry,  Feb.  17,  1903;  brigadier-gen- 
eral, June  23,  1905;  retired,  Dec.  29, 
1909;  served  in  Indian  Wars,  Spanish 
American  War  and  the  Philippines; 
commanding  Dept.  of  the  Gulf,  1907; 
Republican;  member  of  S.  A.  R.,  Army 
and  Navy  Clubs,  Washington;  New 
York,  Manila;  Capital  City,  Atlanta, 
Ga.;  m.,  Oct.  27,  1875,  Grace  Colby 
Blum,  St  Paul,  Minn.  Residence, 
Farmington,  N.  H. 

McCollester,  Lee  Sullivan 

Clergyman;  b.,  Westmoreland,  N. 
H.,  June  5,  1859;  s.  Sullivan  Holrnan 
and  Sophia  Fanny  (Knight)  McColles- 
ter; ed.  Tufts  College,  A.B.,  1881,  B.D. 
1884,  D.D.,  1899;  ordained  to  the 
Universalist  ministry.  1884;  pastor 
Universalist  Church,  Claremont,  N.  H., 
1884-9,  Church  of  Our  Father,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  1889-1912;  Dean  of  Crane 
Divinity  School,  Tufts  College,  Mass., 
1912-;  president  Universalist  General 
Convention,  1915-;  trustee  Buchtel 
College,  Akron,  O.;  member  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  Soc.  of 
Colonial  Wars,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Mas- 
ons (32d  degree  and  K.  T.),  New  Eng- 
land, University,  Boston  City  and  Min- 
isters Clubs:  author, "Passing  of  the  Old 
Homestead,"  "A  New  Emphasis  on 
Four  American  Affirmations";  m.,  1st., 


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Aug.  21,  1884,  L.  A.  Wright,  Troy,  N. 
H.,  d.  Aug.  1,  1885;  2d,  May  1,  1889, 
Lizie  S.  Parker,  Claremont,  N.  H.;  one 
son,  Parker  McCollester.  Residence. 
Tufts  College,  Mass. 

Corey,  Francis  A. 

Magazine  and  newspaper  writer;  b., 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  Feb.  9,  1843;  s. 
Abram  and  Hannah  (Perkins)  Corey; 
went  West  while  a  lad;  graduated  from 
Adrian  College,  Adrian,  Mich.,  1867; 
began  writing  for  Ballou's  Monthly  mid 
True  Flag  while  a  boy  in  school;  taught 
for  a  short  time,  but  soon  after  graduat- 
ing devoted  his  entire  time  to  writing 
for  the  press;  wrote  for  most  of  the 
leading  story  papers  in  their  day,  gen- 
erally using  a  pseudonym,  more  fre- 
quently that  of  "Rett  Winwood";  a 
contributor  to  Chimney  Corner  and 
Frank  Leslie's  Illustrated  Newspaper; 
wrote  serials  for  Boston  Globe,  most  of 
which  were  syndicated;  has  written  for 
the  McClure  Newspaper  Syndicate; 
published  a  few  books;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  m.,  March  1,  1871, 
Rebecca  Elena  Douds  of  Canton,  Ohio, 
who  died  Jan.  1873;  one  son,  Leslie  D., 
supply  sergeant  in  Mississippi  regiment; 
2nd,  'Mrs.  Ellen  Medill  Dilley  of  Can- 
ton, Ohio,  sister  of  Hon.  Joseph  Medill 
of  the  Chicago  Tribune,  who  d.  Feb. 
1881;  3rd,  Mary  J.  Beckley  of  Keene, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  1885.  Residence,  Keene, 
N.  H. 

Frost,  Robert 

Educator;  author;  b.,  San  Francisco, 
Gal.,  March  26,  1875;  s.  William  Pres- 
cott  and  Belle  (Moody)  Frost;  ed. 
Dartmouth  College,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity; engaged  in  Agriculture  at  Deny, 
N.  H.,  1900-1905;  teacher  of  English, 
Pinkerton  Academy,  Derry,  1905-11; 
teacher  of  psychology,  X.  H.  State 
Normal  School,  Plymouth,  1911-12; 
studied  in  England,  1912-15;  now  pro- 
fessor of  English,  Ainherst  College; 
author,  "A  Boy's  \Vill"  (poems),  1913; 
"North  of  Boston,"  1914;  "Mountain 
Interval,"  191(5;  in.,  Dec.  28,  1895, 
Elinor  M.  White,  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Residence,  Franconia,  N.  II. 


Jones,  Seth  Warner 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b., -Canter- 
bury, N.  H.,  June  23,  1864;  s.  Charles 
and  Sarah  (Pickard)  Jones;  ed.  Lowell, 
Mass.,  high  school,  University  of 
Maryland  Med.  School  1894.  In 
practice  at  Franklin,  N.  H.,  many 
years;  Unitarian;  Democrat;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1903, 
1913  (chairman  Democratic  caucus 
latter  year);  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1912;  mayor  of  Franklin, 


1911-12;  U.  S.  Collector  Internal 
Revenue  since  Jan.  1,  1914;  Mason — 
lodge,  commandery  and  shrine;  in., 
July  19,  1892,  Susan  Ann  French, 
Chichester,  N.  H.;  children,  Compton 
Wilson,  b.  Sept.  23,  1895  (ed.  Tilt  on 
Seminary),  income  tax  inspector,  U.  S. 
Internal  Revenue  service;  Warner 
Edrick,  b.  June  17,  1897  (studied  at 
Phillips  Exeter  and  Harvard),  entered 
U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  Annapolis,. 
June,  191(5.  Residence,  Franklin,. 
N.  H.  Address,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 


(!EX.  HARRY  H.  DUDLEY 


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Dudley,  Harry  Hubbard 

Banker;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  June  11, 
1859;  s.  Hubbard  T.  and  Antoinette 
(Gordon)  Dudley;  ed.  Concord  public 
schools,  high  school,  1878;  private 
study  with  Amos  Hadley  one  year;  in 
employ  of  Concord  R.  R.  one  year  as 
clerk  in  freight  department;  clerk  in 
First  National  Bank  several  years; 
subsequently  for  some  time  with  E.  H. 
Rollins  &  Sons,  bankers,  becoming 
treasurer  of  the  corporation;  chosen 
cashier  of  Mechanicks  National  Bank, 
Concord,  in  February  1894,  since  con- 
tinuing; Episcopalian;  treasurer  and 
junior  Warden,  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
church,  Concord;  senior  Warden,  St. 
Andrew's  church,  Hopkinton;  trustee 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  in 
N.  H.;  treasurer  board  of  managers  for 
missions,  diocese  of  N.  H.;  Republican; 
member  Concord  board  of  aldermen 
two  years;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1901-2;  N.  H.  senate, 
1903-4;  Commissary  General  on  Staff 
of  Gov.  Frank  W.  Rollins,  1899-1900; 
now,  and  for  many  years,  member 
Concord  board  of  education,  also 
board  of  water  commissioners;  presi- 
dent, trustees  N.  H.  Centennial  Home 
for  the  Aged;  trustee,  Merrimack  Co. 
Savings  Bank;  director.  Concord  Gas 
Light  Co.  and  Concord  Light  &  Power 
Co.;  treasurer,  N.  H.  Public  Safety 
Com.;  treasurer,  N.  H.  War  Relief 
Com.;  treasurer,  Beecher's  Falls  Co., 
of  Vermont,  N.  H.  Spinning  Mills, 
Penacook,  Home  Realty  Co.,  Concord; 
trustee,  trust  funds,  City  of  Concord; 
president  Board  of  Trade  Building  Co., 
Concord;  treasurer  Minot  Cemetery 
Ass'n,  Concord;  member  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.;  Capital  Grange,  P.  of  H.; 
Wonolancet  Club  (president  when 
club  house  was  built,  now  treasurer) ; 
Snow  Shoe  Club;  Beaver  Meadow  Golf 
Club;  Beech  Hill  Golf  Club,  Derry- 
field  Club,  Manchester;  m.,  Oct.  30, 
1883,  Anne  Bartlett  Minot,  Concord; 
children,  Dorothea  M.,  b.  March  7, 
1889,  d.  Dec.  13,  1902;  Charles  H.,  b. 
June  26,  1892  (Dartmouth,  A.B.  1916; 
sergeant  Medical  Corps,  II.  S.  A.); 
Thomas  M.,  b.  Nov.  29,  1899;  Concord 
21 


High  School  1916,  now  in  Dartmouth 
Med.  School.  Residence,  Concord,  N. 
H.;  summer  home,  Hopkinton. 

Jewell,  John  Woodman 

Merchant;  insurance  agent;  b., 
Strafford,  N.  H.,  July  26,  1831;  s.  John 
Milton  and  Nancy  (Colley)  Jewell; 
eighth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Jewell 
who  settled  in  Braintree,  Mass.,  in 
1639;  ed.  public  schools,  Strafford  and 
Gilmanton  Academies;  clerk  in  general 


store,  Bow  Lake,  Strafford,  1854-64; 
bought  the  store,  and  continued  trade, 
1864-91;  engaged  in  insurance  at  Dover 
since  1891,  as  general  agent  of  the 
Massachusetts  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co., 
and  continues  actively  in  the  business; 
Democrat,  and  prominent  in  party 
affairs  in  county  and  state  for  fifty 
years;  postmaster  at  Strafford,  1857^67; 
member  X.  II .  house  of  representatives 
from  Strafford,  1862,  and  representa- 
tive jrom  Dover  in  1902, — forty  years 
later,  also  in  1905;  sheriff  of  Strafford 
County,  1874-76;  member  N.  H.  exec- 
utive council,  1885-7;  State  senator, 
1911-12  (elected  in  a  Republican  dis- 
trict by  339  majority);  justice  of  the 


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peace  and  quorum  for  60  years;  m.f 
Oct.  9,  1853,  Sarah  Folsom  Gale,  dau. 
of  Bartholomew  and  Abigail  (Morrison) 
Gale  of  Gilmanton;  children,  Abby  S. 
(m.  Rev.  W.  W.  Brown,  Evansville, 
Wis.);  John  Herbert,  b.  Sept.  10,  1859 
(m.  Elona  G.  Manning,  Nottingham); 
Mertie  Folsom,  b.  Sept.  10,  1863  (m. 
Herbert  Waldron,  Strafford),  who  re- 
sides with  her  father,  being  the  only 
surviving  child.  Residence,  Dover, 
N.  H. 

Sherry,  George  Henry 

Pharmacist;  postmaster  of  Dover;  b., 
Dover,  N.  H.,  June  29,  1871;  s.  John 


and  Julia  (Scully,)  Sherry;  ed.  Dover 
public  schools;  parochial  schools  of 
Dover,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  and  New 
York  City;  became  a  registered  phar- 
macist in  Dover  and  pursued  that  busi- 
ness until  1916;  Catholic;  Democrat, 
member  board  of  aldermen  of  the  city 
of  Dover,  1907,  1908,  1909;  Democratic 
candidate  for  State  Senator,  1908; 
Democratic,  candidate  for  Mayor,  1910; 
member  X.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1911-12,  taking  an  active  part  in  the 


proceedings,  on  the  Democratic  side; 
delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1912;  member  house  of  repre- 
sentatives again  in  1913,  during  which 
session,  after  protracted  ballotting, 
Henry  F.  Hollis,  the  Democratic  nomi- 
nee, was  chosen  United  States  Senator. 
Mr.  Sherry  was  secretary  of  the  Demo- 
cratic legislative  caucus,  and  manager 
of  pairs  and  quorum  on  the  Democratic 
side,  and  by  his  alertness  and  sagacity 
contributed  largely  to  the  election  of 
Mr.  Hollis;  received  a  recess  appoint- 
ment as  postmaster  of  Dover  in  1915 
and  his  regular  commission  in  March, 
1916;  member  Holy  Name  Soc.,  and 
the  A.  O.  H.,  of  Dover;  m.,  Jennie 
Cecelia  Earlv;  children,  Malona,  Marie 
G.,  George  H.,  Jr.,  and  Mildred  V., 
the  latter  died  in  1913.  Residence, 
Dover,  N.  H. 

Cochran,  John  Milton 

Lawyer;  b.,  Pembroke,  X.  H.,  April 
11,  1849;  s.  Martin  H.  and  Miriam 
(Rowoll)  Cochran;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Pembroke  Academy;  studied  law 
with  Hon.  Ira  A.  Eastman  of  Concord, 
X.  H.;  admitted  to  Massachusetts  bar 
in  1871  and  has  practiced  in  South- 
bridge,  Mass.,  since  1872;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  town  solicitor; 
special  justice  first  District  Court,  South- 
ern Worcester  District  since  1899; 
vice-president  and  attorney,  South- 
bridge  Savings  Bank,  and  attorney  for 
various  other  corporations;  member 
Mass,  house  of  representatives,  1880; 
Capt.  Co.  K,  Mass.  Volunteer  Militia; 
president,  Quinabaug  Historical  Soc.; 
prominent  in  Masonry  and  past  master 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts;  mem- 
ber and  ex-president  Southbridge 
Club;  m.,  May  12,  1875,  Lizzie  White- 
house,  Pembroke,  X.  H.;  one  son, 
Charles  M.  Residence,  Southbridge, 
Mass. 

Dearborn,  George  Vann  Ness 

Psychologist,  educator,  author;  b., 
Nashua,  N.  H.,  Aug.  15,  1869;  s. 
Cornelius  Vann  Ness  and  Louie  Fran- 
ces (Eaton)  Dearborn  (9th  generation 
from  Godfrey  Dearborn;  8th  genera- 


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tion  from  Thomas  Eaton  of  Haverhill, 
Mass.) ;  ed.  Dartmouth  College,  Litt.B. 
1890;  Columbia,  M.D.  1893;  Harvard, 
A.M.  1896;  Columbia,  Ph.D.  1899; 
assistant  in  philosophy,  Harvard, 
1896;  assistant  in  physiology,  Harvard 
Med.  School,  1899;  assistant  professor 
and  director  of  laboratory  of  physiol- 
ogy, 1900;  professor,  physiology,  1901- 
16,  Tufts  College;  professor,  philos- 
ophy of  physical  education,  Sargent 
Normal  School,  Cambridge,  1906-; 
instructor  psychology,  School  of  Eugen- 
ics, Boston,  1912-15,  consulting  phys- 
iologist, Forsyth  Dental  Infirmary, 
Boston,  1913-;  member  Medical 
Reserve  Corps,  U.  S.  A.,  1918;  Staff 
of  the  Forsyth  Infirmary  for  Children, 
Boston,  Theta  Delta  Chi,  Founders 
and  Patriots  of  America,  Boston 
Authors  Club,  American  Philosophical 
Ass'n,  American  Psychological  Ass'n, 
Mass.  Medical  Soc.,  etc.;  correspond- 
ing member,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Institut  Solvay,  Brussels.  Author, 
"A  Text  Book  of  Human  Physiology," 
"The  Influence  of  Joy,"  "Motor- 
Sensory  Development,"  "How  to 
Learn  Easily,"  "The  Psychology  of 
Clothing,"  "The  Physiology  of  Exer- 
cise" (with  F.  H.  G.  Miner),  "The 
Sense  of  Feeling,"  and  of  about  150 
scientific  articles;  editor  of  "The  Life  of 
the  Child  Library,"  and  "Our  Senses 
Series;"  associate  editor  of  "Medi- 
cine and  Surgery"  and  "The  Journal 
of  Abnormal  Psychology,"  m.,  June 
18,  1893,  Blanche  Velina  Brown, 
Bloomington,  111.;  one  daughter,  Lucia 
Eaton,  now  a  junior  at  Wellesley 
College.  Residence,  Mason  St.,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

Preston,  George  Cutler 

Cleneral  merchant,  lumberman  and 
probate  business;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
August  17,  1848;  s.  Luke  AVoodbury 
and  Mary  Frances  (Fairbanks)  Preston, 
ed.,  public  schools,  Francestown  Acad- 
emy, 1868;  has  been  engaged  in  general 
mercantile  business  in  Henniker  for 
the  last  fifty  years;  also  quite  exten- 
sively in  the  lumber  business,  and  has 
given  much  attention  to  the  settlement 


of  estates;  one  of  five  owners  of  the 
Henniker  Inn  and  president  of  the 
company;  Congregationalist;  Republi- 
can; postmaster  of  Henniker  1872-84; 
town  clerk  several  years;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1891-2, 
State  Senate,  1893-4;  trustee  Loan  & 
Trust  Savings  Bank,  Concord;  trustee 
Henniker  town  funds;  trustee  and  treas- 
urer. Tucker  Free  Library,  Henniker; 
president  Preston  Bros.  Co.,  Henniker; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F., 


Good  Templars,  Bear  Hill  Grange, 
P.  of  H.,  N.  PI.  Historical  Soc.,  Red 
Cross;  m.,  Nov.  6,  1871,  Emma  Jane 
Boynton,  Francestown,  N.  H.;  one 
son,  Harry  Boynton,  b.  Dec.  3,  1882 
(Dartmouth  1905,  Phi  Beta  Kappa), 
sub  master  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden.  Residence,  Henniker,  N.  H. 

Burgum,  Edwin  Berry 

Educator;  b.,  Concord,  X.  H., 
March  11,  1S94;  s.  Edwin  Gannell 
and  Addie  M.  (Berry)  Burgum;  ed. 
Concord  high  school,  1911;  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.  (Phi  Beta  Kappa) 


MRS.  LARZ  AXOKKSON 


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309 


1915;  Harvard  A.M.,  1916;  Instructor 
in  English  and  Lecturer  in  American 
Literature,  University  of  Pittsburgh 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Unitarian;  Demo- 
crat; member  Modern  Language  Ass'n, 
Dartmouth  Club  of  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania, Harvard  Club  of  Pittsburgh, 
American  Historical  Ass'n.  Home, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

^Anderson,  Isabel  Weld  (Perkins) 

(Mrs.  Larz  Anderson),  writer;  b., 
Boston,  Mass.,  March  29,  1876,  only 
child  of  Commodore  George  Hamilton 
(U.  S.  N.)  and  Anna  Minot  (Weld) 
Perkins;  ed.  Miss  Winsor's  School, 
Boston;  m.,  June  10, 1897,  Larz  Ander- 
son, who  was  minister  to  Belgium,  1911 
-12;  ambassador  to  Japan,  1912-13; 
Unitarian;  member  of  N.  H.  Soc., 
Colonial  Dames  of  America  and  many 
clubs  and  philanthropic  organizations; 
deeply  interested  in  her  father's  native 
state,  in  which  she  has  two  summer 
homes,  and  to  which  she  presented, 
April  25,  1902,  the  bronze  statue  of 
Commodore  Perkins,  by  Daniel  Chester 
French,  adjacent  to  the  western  front  of 
the  State  House  in  Concord;  has  traveled 
extensively  and  resided  abroad  with  her 
husband;  first  Commandant,  D.  C.  Red 
Cross  Refreshment  Corps;  inspector  of 
Canteens,  American  Red  Cross  in 
France1;  received  Japanese  Red  Cross 
Medal,  Japanese  Red  Cross  Order  of 
Merit ;  Order  of  Merit  of  Japan  with  3d 
Class  Order  of  the  Crown.  Author  of 
"The  Great  Sea  Horse,"  1909;  "Captain 
Ginger's  Fairy,"  1910;  "Captain  Gin- 
ger's Playmates,"  1911;  "Captain  Gin- 
ger Aboard  the  Gee  Whiz,"  1911; 
"Captain  Ginger  Goes  Traveling," 
1911;  "Captain  Ginger's  Eater  of 
Dreams,"  1911;  "Captain  Ginger's 
Sun  Boy,"  1911 ;  "every  Boy  and  Other 
Children's  Plays,"  1914;  "The  Spell 
of  Japan,"  L914;  "The  Spell  of  Bel- 
gium," 1915;  "The  Spell  of  the  Hawai- 
ian Islands  and  the  Philippines,"  1916; 
"Odd  Corners,"  1917.  George  Wash- 
ington University,  Washington,  D.  C., 
in  recognition  of  her  literary  work,  con- 
ferred upon  her  in  191S,  the  honorary 
degree  of  Litt.I).  Residence,  "Weld,'1 


Brookline,  Mass.;  2118  Massachusetts 
Ave.,  Washington,  D.  C.;  "The  Box," 
Webster,  N.  H.,  and  the  Perkins  Home- 
stead, Contoocook,  N.  H. 

Weaver,  George  Albert 

Physician;  b.,    Manchester,    N.   H., 
Aug.    5,    1868;  s.    George   and    Mary 


Elizabeth  (Spencer)  Weaver;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Manchester,  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  1892;  Medical  Dept.,  Yale 
Univ.,  M.D.  1897;  commenced  prac- 
tice in  Warren,  N.  H.,  in  189S,  contin- 
uing to  1915;  removed  to  Bradford,  Vt., 
in  1916,  where  he  continues  in  practice; 
Episcopalian;  no  political  affiliation — 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Pro- 
gressive party  in  New  Hampshire  and 
a  member  to  the  last,  unchanged  and 
unrepentant,  each  succeeding  year 
strengthening  his  belief  that  the  course 
taken  by  the  Progressives  will  have  the 
approval  of  impartial  history;  member 
Federal  Board  of  Examining  Surgeons 
for  Grafton  Co.,  1912  to  1916;  candi- 
date of  the  Progressive  party  for  Con- 
gress in  2d  N.  H.  District,  1914;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  Grafton  Co.  Medical 
Soc.,  thirteen  years,  1904  to  1916  in- 
clusive; in.,  May  4,  1904,  Etta  Emily 


:UO 


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Harrington;  children,  Constance,  b. 
Aug.  20,  1905,  Sherman,  b.  July,  16, 
1907;  Residence,  Bradford,  Vt, 

O'Leary,  Thomas  Mary 

Vicar  General  of  the  Catholic  dio- 
cese; b.,  Dover,  X.  H.,  Aug.  16,  1875, 


s.  Michael  and  Margaret  (Holden) 
O'Leary;  ed.  public  and  parochial 
schools'.  Dover;  B.A.  1892,  Mungret 
College,  Limerick,  Ireland;  Grand 
Seminary,  Montreal,  Canada,  1S97; 
ordained  priest  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church,  1897;  assistant  priest,  St. 
Anne's  church,  Manchester,  1897-$; 
assistant  priest,  St.  John's  church, 
Concord,  X.  H. ,  1898-1904;  chancellor 
of  the  diocese  and  secretary  to  Bishop 
Delany,  1904-15;  rector  of  the  cathe- 
dral, Manchester,  1910-15;  vicar  gen- 
eral of  the  diocese,  Dec.  1914-;  per- 
manent, rector  of  St.  John's  church, 
Concord.  Jan.,  1915-;  editor  of  Tin- 
(!ui<liin,  1904-'-:  rontributor  to  the 
Catholic  Encyclopedia:  state  chaj)lain 
of  Kniutits  of  Columbus;  on  executive 


committee  War  Savings  Stamps;  mem- 
ber of  Bishop's  Council,  1914-;  dio- 
cesan examiner  of  the  clergy,  1914-. 
Residence,  Concord,  X.  H. 

Demers,  George  Arthur 

Priest,  b.,  Quebec  City,  Canada, 
Feb.  10,  1876,  s.  Edward  and  Alma 
(Couture)  Demers;  ed.  Levis  College, 
Quebec,  University  of  St.  Joseph,  X.  B., 
Grand  Seminary  of  the  Sulpician  Fa- 
thers, Montreal,  1901;  ordained  priest 
by  Bishop  Bradley,  1901,  Somersworth, 
X.  H.;  assistant,  Berlin,  X.  H.,  three 
months;  assistant,  church  of  St. 
Francis  Xavier,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  1901- 
4;  assistant,  St.  Martin's  Church,  Som- 
ersworth, N.  H.,  1904-6;  adminis- 
trator, St.  Mary's  Church,  Newmarket, 
N.  H.,  1906;  pastor  of  St.  Anthony's 


church,  Sanbornville,  XT.  II.,  building 
the  first  church  and  rectory,  1907-1914; 
pastor,  Sacred  Heart  church,  Concord, 
X.  II.,  1914-  ;  state  chaplain  for 
X.  II.,  Order  of  Catholic  Foresters  of 
America.  Residence,  Pleasant  Street, 
Concord,  X.  1 1. 


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Nealley,  John  Haven 

Dry  goods  merchant;  b.,  So.  Ber- 
wick, Me.,  August  4,  1853;  s.  Benjamin 
Mason  and  Mary  (Pray)  Nealley 
(descended  from  William  Nealley,  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Nottingham, 


about  1719);  ed.  public  schools  of 
Biddeford,  Me.,  and  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Commercial.  College,  Boston;  clerk  for 
some  years  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  his 
brother,  the  late  Hon.  B.  Frank  Neal- 
ley; when  the  latter  became  Mayor  of 
Dover  he  bought  the  establishment  and 
continued  the  extensive  business  until 
1913,  when  sixty  years  of  age,  having 
been  successful  throughout,  then  re- 
tired from  active  management,  though 
retaining  an  interest;  Congregational- 
ist;  Republican;  member  Dover  board 
of  aldermen,  1902,  1903;  mayor  1904, 
1905;  member  N.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives 1889-90;  delegate  in  N.  II. 
constitutional  convention,  1902;  state 
senator,  1907-8;  Mason,  prominent  in 
all  branches  of  the  order,  and  for 
twenty-seven  vears  recorder  of  St.  Paul 


Commandery,  K.  T.;  m.,  Sept.  12  1877, 
Emma  C.,  dau.  Thomas  Hanson  and 
Caroline  (Torr)  Gushing.  Residence, 
Dover,  N.  H. 

Anderson,  George  Weston 

Lawyer;  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
missioner; b.,  Ac  worth,  N.  H.,  Sept.  1, 
1861;  s.  David  Campbell  and  Martha 
Lucinda  (Brigham)  Anderson;  de- 
scendant in  the  seventh  generation 
from  James  Anderson,  one  of  the  first 
sixteen  settlers  of  the  town  of  London- 
derry, N.  H.;  ed.  public  schools,  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  Gushing  Aca- 
demy, Ashburnham,  Mass.,  1882  (vale- 
dictorian); Williams  College,  A.B.  1886 
Boston  University  Law  School,  LL.B. 
(Summa  cum  laude)  1900;  taught  school 
at  intervals  while  obtaining  his  educa- 


tion, including  two  years  as  principal 
of  the  Mt.  Pleasant  Grammar  School, 
Nashua;  commenced  law  practice  in 
Boston,  where  he  was  for  six  years 
partner  with  George  Fred  Williams; 
counsel  for  the  Citv  of  Boston  in  the 


FREDERICK  ROY  MARTIN 


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313 


celebrated  Bay  State  gas  investigation 
in  1893;  Unitarian;  Democrat;  member 
of  the  School  Committee,  City  of  Bos- 
ton, 1895-1900;  Democratic  candi- 
date, Attorney-General,  Mass.,  1911- 
12;  Mass.  Public  Service  Commission 
for  term  of  four  years,  July  1,  1913 
(resigned);  appointed  U.  S.  District 
Attorney,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  1914- 
Oct.  1917;  member  U.  S.  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission,  Oct.,  1917-; 
Mason,  Phi  Beta  Kappa;  member 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Amer- 
ican Bar  Ass'n,  Mass.,  Bar  Ass'n, 
Boston  Bar  Ass'n,  American  Statis- 
tical Ass'n,  American  Economic  Ass'n; 
American  Association  for  Labor 
Legislation,  American  Academy  of 
Political  and  Social  Science;  trustee  of 
World  Peace  Foundation,  Charles- 
bank  Homes,  Gushing  Academy;  mem- 
ber Boston  City,  Algonquin,  Twen- 
tieth Century,  Brae  Burn  Country 
Clubs,  Boston,  Cosmos  Club,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.;  m.,  1st,  1897,  Minnie  E. 
Mitchell,  Mason,  N.  H.,  d.  1906;  2d, 
Jan.  25,  1908,  Addie  Earle  Kennerson, 
Boston;  children,  Clare  Mitchell,  b. 
June  24,  1898;  Robert  Duncan,  b. 
April  18,  1900;  Richard  Brigham,  Nov. 
23,  1901.  Residence,  219  Fisher  Ave., 
Brookline,  Mass.;  business  address, 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Martin,  Frederick  Roy 

Journalist;  assistant  general  mana- 
ger of  The  Associated  Press;  b.,  North 
Stratford,  N.  H.  Nov.  17,  1871;  s. 
John  Douglas  and  Caroline  (Thompson) 
Martin;  ed.  in  public  schools,  Lowell, 
Mass.,  and  Harvard  College,  A.B. 
1893;  A.M.,  honorary,  Brown  Univer- 
sity, 1902;  on  staff  of  the  Boston  Jour- 
nal, 1893-1898;  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  Providence  Journal,  1898-1912; 
director  of  The  Associated  Press,  of 
which  he  became  assistant  general 
manager  in  1912;  member  of  Sons  of 
American  Revolution  and  Soc.  of 
Colonial  Wars,  m.,  Anna  Frances 
Wayne,  Sept.  9,  1909;  one  dau.  Nancy, 
b.  Jan.  31, 1911.  Residence,  Now  York 
City. 


Ranney,  William  Bradford 

Printer  and  publisher;  b.,  Lynn, 
Mass.,  June  23,  1875;  s.  Charles  Free- 
man and  Caroline  D.  (Pratt)  Ranney; 
ed.  Newport,  Vt.,  public  schools  and  St. 
Johnsbury  Academy;  engaged  for  a 
time  with  his  father  in  the  printing 
business  at  Newport,  Vt.;  bought  the 
Penacook  News  plant,  at  Penacook, 
in  November,  1904,  and  has  greatly 
enlarged  and  improved  the  same,  carry- 
ing on,  in  connection  with  the  paper 


an  extensive  job  printing  business; 
Congregationalist;  clerk  of  the  society 
and  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Penacook;  Republican; 
treasurer  of  the  town  of  Boscawen 
since  March,  1907.  Mason,  member 
lodge,  chapter,  council  and  command- 
ery,  Past  Patron  Eastern  Star;  Patron 
of  Husbandry,  past  master  Halloween 
Grange,  Penacook  and  of  Merrimack 
County  Pomona  Grange;  president 
X.  H.  Weekly  Publishers'  Association, 
1918;  m.,  Oct.  28,  1898,  Alice  M.  Bur- 
bank  of  Webster;  children,  Dorothy, 
b.  Sept.  3,  1901;  Katharine,  b.  Sept. 
30,  1906.  Residence,  Boscawen,  N.  H., 
Penacook  P.  O. 


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Sulloway,  Frank  Jones 

Lawyer;  b.,  Franklin,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
11,  1883;  s.  Hon.  Alvah  W.  and  Susan 
K.  (Daniell)  Sulloway;  ed.  Franklin 
high  school,  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord, 
1901;  Harvard  University,  1905;  Har- 


vard Law  School,  1907;  admitted  to 
Massachusetts  bar,  1906,  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1907;  practiced  law  in  Boston 
with  Hill,  Barlow  &  Homans  from 
1907  till  1911;  member  firm  Strecter, 
Demond,  Woodworth  &  Sulloway,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.  since  1911;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  N.  II.  ballot  law  commis- 
sioner, 1915-;  director  Concord  <fc 
Claremont  R.  R.;  chairman  Concord 
Chapter,  American  Red  Cross;  mem- 
ber B.  P.  ().  K.;  Wonokncet,  Passa- 
conway.  Bow  Brook  clubs.  Concord; 
Harvard  Club,  Boston  Athletic  Ass'n, 
Intervale  Country  Club,  Boston; 
Spee,  D.  K.  K.  and  Hasty  Pudding 
clubs  (Harvard),  Phi  Delta'  Phi  (Har- 
vard Law);  m.,  Sept.  24,  1913,  Mar- 
garet Thayer,  Concord,  N.  H.;  children, 
Gretchen,  b.,  Oct.  10,  1914;  d.  Feb. 
0,  19U>:  Alvah  W.  Sulloway,  2d,  b.  Nov. 
25,  19Hi.  Residence.  Concord,  N.  H. 


Harris,  Almon  Greene 

Woolen  manufacturer;  b.,  Boscawen, 
N.  H.,  Jan.  24,  1870;  s.  Ezra  Sheldon 
and  Sarah  (Greene)  Harris;  ed.  public 
schools,  Boscawen;  Concord  high  school, 
1888;  Comer's  Commercial  College, 
Boston,  Mass.;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; selectman,  Boscawen,  seven 
years  (chairman  three  years);  member 
board  of  education  fifteen  years,  present 
chairman ;  many  years  member  board  of 
water  commissioners;  treasurer  Harris- 
Emery  Company,  woolen  manufac- 
turers, Boscawen,  N.  H.;  director 
Agawan  Co.,  Agawan,  Mass.;  Mason, 
32d  degree  and  Knight  Templar;  has 
served  as  District  Deputy  Grand  Lec- 
turer, and  District  Deputy  Grand 


Master,  4th  Masonic  District  of  N.  H.; 
m.,  Oct.  3,  1912,  Margaret  Carroll, 
Boscawen;  children,  Carol,  b.  Dec.  6, 
1913;  Almon  Greene,  Jr.,  b.  April  1, 
1917.  Residence,  Boscawen,  N.  H., 
Penacook  P.  O. 


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Tripp,  Walter  Henry 

Farmer;  General  Merchant,  Insur- 
ance Agent;  b.,  Epsom,  N.  H.,  April 
24,  1875;  s.  James  H.  and  Sarah  L. 
(Moses)  Tripp;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Pembroke  Academy;  Congregational- 


ist;  Democrat;  selectman,  Epsom,  180S 
to  1903  (chairman  the  last  year);  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1903^1,  being  the  first  Democrat 
elected  in  the  town  for  twenty-five 
years,  serving  as  clerk  of  committee 
on  Labor  and  as  clerk  of  the  Merrimack 
County  delegation;  member  Epsom 
board 'of  education,  1901  to  1910. 
1911  to  present  time;  postmaster  at 
Short  Falls  since  1905;  express  agent, 
B.  it  M.  R.  H.,  since  1905;  trustee  Loan 
it  Trust  Savings  Bank,  Concord; 
trustee  Pembroke  Academy;  treasurer, 
I! range  Mutual  Fire  Ins.  Co.  of  N.  II.; 
member  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  Past 
Master  Suncook  Valley  Pomona 
(irange,  and  for  ten  years  an  elective 
officer  in  the  N.  II.  State  (irange; 
member  I.  ().  O.  F;  drand  Master 


Grand  Lodge  of  N.  H.,  1914-1915, 
Representative  to  Sovereign  Grand 
Lodge  1916;  m.,  Oct.  12,  1898,  Alice 
Maud  Fowler,  Epsom ;  children,  Harold 
James,  b.  March  5,  1900;  Russell 
Fowler,  Oct.  20,  1904;  Robert  Moses, 
March  9,  1912.  Residence,  Epsom, 
N.  H.;  Short  Falls  P.  O. 

Lamprey,  Maitland  Charles 

Educator;  b.,  Groton,  X.  H.,  Sept. 
30,  1838;  s.  Ephraim  and  Bridget 
(Phelps)  Lamprey;  ed.  New  Hampton 
Institution,  Dartmouth  College,  1863, 
A.B.  1865,  A.M.,  later.  Enlisted 
while  in  college,  Oct.  1862  in  the  16th 
N.  H.  Regiment  for  service  in  the 
civil  war;  discharged,  August  20,  1863; 
teacher,  Marshalltown,  la.,  1867-70; 
professor  of  languages,  Kansas  State 


Normal  School,  1870-71 ;  principal 
Berwick  Academy,  Me.,  1873— 1;  prin- 
cipal high  school,  Ellsworth,  Me., 
1874-5;  Rochester,  N.  II.,  high  school, 
1876-7;  Easton,  Mass.,  high  school, 
1877-1901;  Unitarian:  Republican; 


iLLiAM  ROCKWELL  CLOUCJII 


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delegate  from  Ward  7,  Concord,  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1902;  mem- 
ber Psi  Upsilon  college  fraternity, 
S.  A.  R.,  Eastondale  Post,  G.  A.  R., 
Mass.;  delegate  in  National  Encamp- 
ment, 1898;  member  Council  of  Ad- 
ministration, Dept.  of  Mass.;  m., 
July  12,  1869,  Abbie  Colburn  Davis, 
Yarmouth,  Me.;  children,  Mary 
Layinia,  b.  April  29,  1870  (Boston 
University,  1891),  librarian  Ames  Free 
Library,  Easton,  Mass.;  Charles  Mait- 
land,  b.  Feb.  15,  1872  (Dartmouth, 
1892),  principal  General  Martin 
school,  Boston,  Mass.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Clough,  William  Rockwell 

Mechanical  engineer,  inventor  and 
manufacturer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Nov.  8,  1844;  s.  John  Chesley  and 
Lydia  Jones  (Treddick)  Clough:  (Mr. 
Clough  naturally  regards  Alton,  his 
father's  home  and  birthplace,  as  his 
own  native  town,  however,  as  his  par- 
ents were  only  stopping  temporarily  in 
Manchester  at  the  time  of  his  birth); 
ed.  Alton  public  and  high  schools, 
Franklin  Academy,  Dover,  Eastman 
Business  College,  Poughkecpsie,  N.  Y., 
1864;  went  to  the  front  as  a  member  of 
the  Fiftieth  Massachusetts  regiment  in 
the  Civil  War,  serving  in  the  Mississippi 
Valley  from  New  Orleans  to  Vicksburg 
and  at  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson;  return- 
ing home  engaged  as  an  expert  account- 
ant in  Boston,  and  subsequently  in  the 
IT.  S.  Internal  Revenue  Service  under 
William  Plumer,  collector  of  Internal 
Revenue,  meanwhile  working  on  va- 
rious mechanical  inventions,  one  of 
which,  the  Gem  paper  clip,  now  in 
universal  use,  he  patented  and  sold; 
and  another  the  miniature  or  wire  cork- 
screw he  retained  and  developed,  in- 
venting later,  also,  the  automatic 
machinery  for  its  production.  Remov- 
ing to  New  York  he  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  these  corkscrews, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Clough  & 
Williamson,  with  factory  at  Newark, 
N.  J.  Called  home  by  his  father's 
death,  he  there  established  a  branch 
manufactory-  at  South  Alton,  the  entire 


business  being  subsequently  removed 
there,  and  later  to  Alton  village  where 
has  been  developed  the  present  exten- 
sive business,  supplying  the  world  in 
large  part  with  its  product,  through 
this  and  branch  plants  in  various  for- 
eign countries,  in  which  he  has  traveled 
extensively;  Non-Sectarian;  Republi- 
can; for  some  time  member  of  Alton 
board  of  education  and  justice  of  the 
police  court;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  in  1897-8  and  1899- 
1900,  and  again  in  1917-18,  serving  at 
each  session  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  National  Affairs,  and  being 
instrumental,  at  the  last  session,  in 
securing  Ambassador  Naon  of  Argen- 
tina to  address  the  House  on  the  Ex- 
pansion of  Trade  Relations  with  South 
America;  President  Rockwell  Clough 
Co.  (inc.),  Alton;  former  president 
Clough  &  Williamson  Co.,  Newark, 
N.  J.;  Mason,  32d  degree;  past  master, 
K.  T.  and  Shriner;  past  patron,  O.  E.  S., 
member  G.  A.  R.,  Ancient  &  Honorable 
Artillery  Co.,  and  Algonquin  Club, 
Boston;  past  commander  Co.  H,  9th 
Reg't.  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.;  m.,  April  28, 
1904,  Nellie  Sophia  Place,  Alton; 
children:  Rockwell,  Jr.,  b.,  Apr.  5,  1908; 
Gertrude,  daughter  by  a  former  mar- 
riage. Residence,  Alton,  N.  H. 

Bailey,  Solon  Irving 

Astronomer;  b.,  Lisbon,  N.  H., 
Dec.  29,  1854;  s.  Israel  C.  and  Jane 
(Sutherland)  Bailey;  ed.  Tilton  Semi- 
nary; Boston  University,  A.B.  1881, 
A.M.  1884;  A.M.,  Harvard,  1888; 
sent  to  Peru,  South  America,  in  1889, 
to  determine  location  for  Harvard  Col- 
lege observatory,  Arequipa  being  de- 
cided upon,  whore  a  Southern  observa- 
tory was  established,  and  where  lie  had 
charge  of  the  work  for  cloven  years; 
established,  in  1893,  a  meteorological 
station  on  the  summit  of  El  Misti, 
19,000  feet  above  the  sea,  where  obser- 
vations were  carried  on  for  ten  years; 
assistant  professor  of  astronomy,  Har- 
vard University,  1893-8;  associate  pro- 
fessor,  1898-1913;  Phillips  professor, 
1913-;  member  American  Academy 
Arts  and  Sciences,  Geographical  Soc. 


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of  Lima,  Peru;  m.,  1883,  Ruth  Poulter, 
Concord,  N.  H.  Residence,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.;  Address,  Harvard  Ob- 
servatory. 

Wright,  Robert  Morrill 

Lawyer;  b.,  Sanbornton,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
31, 1877;  s.  Rev.  Elisha  H.  and  Ambro- 
sia R.  (Morrill)  Wright;  born  on  the 
farm  owned  in  the  Morrill  family  for 
more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  years,  and  which  is  still  his 


homo;  lineal  descendant  on  his 
father's  side  of  Henry  Wright,  who 
came  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  about  1634, 
removing  thence  to  Providence,  R.  I., 
and  related  on  his  mother's  side  to 
Abraham  Morrill,  who  lived  in  Cam- 
bridge and  Salisbury,  Mass.,  and  died 
in  the  latter  place  in  1662,  and  Henry 
Morrill,  early  settler  of  llawke,  now 
Danville,  N.  H.;  ed.  public  schools; 
Franklin  high  school,  1896,  X.  H.  Col- 
lego,  1900,  Boston  University  School  of 


Law;  taught  school  for  some  time  after 
leaving  college,  in  Hill  and  Belmont, 
and  was  afterward  an  instructor  in  the 
Stearns  School  for  Boys,  Hartford, 
Conn.;  was  in  business  four  years  in  the 
town  of  Hill  and  then  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  the  office  of  Streeter  &  Hollis 
in  Concord;  attended  the  Boston  Uni- 
versity Law  School  in  1910,  and,  after 
the  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Hollis  from  the 
firm  continued  his  studies  with  him  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1912,  and 
engaged  in  practice  in  Concord,  remov- 
ing to  Franklin  in  1916,  where  he  con- 
tinues, but  always  held  his  legal  resi- 
dence in  Sanbornton;  Protestant;  Repu- 
blican; selectman  in  Sanbornton  five 
years  (two  years  chairman);  chairman 
Republican  club  since  1910;  member  N. 
H.  constitutional  convention,  1912, 
1918;  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1915-16  (chairman  committee  on  in- 
corporations and  member  committee 
on  revision  of  the  statutes),  1917-18, 
member  judiciary  committee;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  P.  of  H. ;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  30, 
1911,  Nettie  G.  Straw,  d.  Sept.  14,  1916 
2d,  Oct.,  1917,  Mildred  H.  Stearns;  one 
son,  Robert  Morrill,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  2, 
1913.  Residence,  Sanbornton,  N.  H.; 
P.  O.  address,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Plimpton,  George  Lincoln 

Educator;  b.,  Sturbridge,  Mass., 
July  8,  1865;  s.  James  Hervey  and 
Elizabeth  (Fairbank)  Plimpton;  ed. 
Hitchcock  PVee  Academy,  Brimfield, 
Mass.,  1887;  Wesleyan  Univ.,  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  A.B.  1891;  instructor, 
1891-6,  Tilton  Seminary,  Tilton, 
N.  H.;  principal  since  1906;  member 
N.  H.  Ass'n  Classical  Teachers,  Head 
Masters'  Ass'n,  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
Delta  Kappa  l^psilon,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Methodist;  m.,  Aug.  10,  1892,  Etta 
lone  Ferrv,  Palmer,  Mass.  Residence, 
Tilton,  X"  H. 

Dillingham,  Thomas  Manley 

Physician  and  surgeon;  farmer ;  b., 
Dover,  Me.,  1850;  s.  William  Addison 
Pitt  and  Caroline  Price  (Townsend) 
Dillingham;  ed.  Waterville,  Me., 
Classical  Inst.,  Dartmouth  College, 


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Boston  Univ.  School  of  Medicine,  1874, 
and  European  study;  commenced 
practice  in  Augusta,  Me.,  removed  to 
New  York  City  in  1889,  and  there 
continued  till,  after  35  years  of  medical 
practice,  he  bought  a  farm  in  Roxbury, 


X.  H.,  upon  which  he  now  resides;  Swo- 
denborgian ;  past  president  Swedenborg- 
ian  Soc.  of  N.  Y.  ;!Independcnt  Republi- 
can; member  N.  II.  house  of  represen- 
tatives from  Roxbury,  1915-10;  mem- 
ber of  N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1918;  X.  Y.,  Mass,  and  Me.  Medical 
Societies;  American  Inst.  of  Home- 
opathy; ex-president  International 
Hahnemannian  Association;  Dart- 
mouth Chapter  Theta  Beta  Phi;  New 
York  City  and  Republican  Clubs; 
m.,  Harriet  Ashy  Carleton.  Residence, 
Roxbury,  X.  H.,  Marlborough  P.  O. 

Tracy,  Charles  Alden 

Educator;  head -master  Kimball 
Union  Academy;  b.,  Cornish,  X.  H., 
Nov.  16, 1872 ;  s.  Stephen  Alden  and 
Agnes  (Bailey)  Tracy;  ed.  Kimball 


Union  Academy,  1893,  Dartmouth 
College,  B.L.,  1897;  principal  high 
school,  Middletown  Springs,  Vt., 
1897-9;  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  1899- 
1901;  superintendent  of  schools,  Clare- 
mpnt,  N.  H.,  1901-5;  head-master 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  1905-; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  dele- 
gate N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1912;  treasurer  board  of  trustees, 
Kimball  Union  Academy;  president 
Meriden  Electric  Light  and  Power  Co.; 
clerk  Meriden  Water  Co.;  member 
P.  of  H.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  N.  H.  Histori- 
cal Soc.;  m.,  January,  1902,  Grace 


Powell;  children,  Elizabeth  Alden, 
Stephen  Powell,  Charles  Alden,  Jr. 
Residence,  Meriden,  X.  H. 

Bassett,  Whitman  Sears 

Clergyman,  Chaplain  X.  II.  State 
Prison;  b.,  South  Chatham,  Mass., 
Xov.  1,  1S72;  s.  Charles  and  Martha 
(Sears)  Bassett;  ed.  Xichols  Latin 
School,  Lewiston,  Me.,  1S95;  Bates 
College,  1W9;  Xewton  Theolotiiral 


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Seminary,  Newton  Center,  Mass., 
1904;  Baptist;  Republican;  pastor 
Baptist  Church,  Penacook,  N.  H.,  1904- 
1912;  Chaplain  N.  H.  State  Prison, 
1912-;  member  Bates  College  Club; 
Bates  Chapter  Delta  Sigma  Rho;  m., 
Jan.  4,  1906,  Mabel  T.  Jordan,  Lewis- 
ton,  Me.,  d.  June  28,1910;  children: 
Martha  T.,  b.  Nov.  9,  1906;  Calvin  J., 
b.  June  27,  1908.  Residence,  Pena- 
cook, N.  H. 

Verrette,  Moise 

Merchant;  mayor  of  Manchester; 
b.,  Stanfold,  Canada,  March  1,  1857; 
s.  Moise  and  Elizabeth  (Bourgoin) 
Verrette;  ed.  public  schools;  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Manchester,  N.  H., 
in  childhood,  where  he  has  since  lived; 
engaged  in  grocery  and  provision  busi- 
ness in  1885,  in  which  he  has  contin- 
ued, building  up  an  extensive  trade, 
wholesale  and  retail;  Catholic;  Demo- 
crat; delegate-at-large  to  National 
Democratic  Convention  at  St.  Louis, 
1916;  member  N.  H.  executive  council, 
1917-18  (first  man  of  French  Canadian 
birth  to  hold  the  office);  mayor  of 
Manchester,  1918-19;  member  Canado- 
American  Ass'n,  St.  John  Baptist  Soc., 
Club  Jqliet,  Manchester;  m.,  July  12, 
1886,  Virginie  Pigeon;  children:  Virgile 
M.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1889  (Mount  St.  Louis 
College,  Montreal,  1908),  now  mayor's 
secretary;  Lionel  G.,  b.  Sept.  15,  1890, 
manager  of  store;  Avite  J.,  b.  July  30, 
1892,  now  in  U.  S.  Army  serv- 
ice; Adrien,  b.  July  18,  1897,  now  in 
St.  Mary's  Seminary,  Baltimore,  study- 
ing for  the  priesthood;  Armand  L.,  b. 
Aug.  20,  1898  (Class  of  1919,  Assump- 
tion College,  Worcester,  Mass.).  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H. 

Paul,  Amasa  Copp 

Lawyer;  1).,  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
12,  1857,  s.  Hiram  and  Mary  Porter 
(Copp)  Paul,  dose,  from  Daniel  Paul 
who  settled  at  Kittery,  Me.,  before 
1640  and  from  William  Copp,  who 
came  over  in  1(535,  from  whom  Copp'a 
Hill,  Boston,  is  named;  great  great 
grandson  of  Capt.  David  Copp,  a  Rev- 
olutionary soldier,  one  of  the  original 


settlers  of  Wakefield;  ed.  in  New 
Hampshire  public  schools  and  was  for 
two  years  a  member  of  class  of  '78, 
Dartmouth  College;  taught  in  public 
schools  of  Washington  four  years; 
LL.B.,  National  Univ.  Law  School, 
1880;  LL.M.,  Columbian  Univ.  (now 
George  Washington  Univ.),  1882;  as- 
sistant examiner  U.  S.  Patent  Office, 
1881-4;  in  June,  1884,  removed  to 
Minneapolis  where  he  has  specialized  in 
the  law  of  patents  and  trade-marks 


and  is  recognized  as  a  leading  authority 
in  these  branches  of  the  law;  author 
of  "Paul  on  Trade-Marks''  (1903), 
which  has  had  a  wide  circulation;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  life  mem- 
ber Minneapolis  Soc.  of  Fine  Arts  and 
Minn.  Hist.  Soc.;  member,  Minneap- 
olis Athletic  (president,  1901-2), 
Minikahda  and  Automobile  Clubs, 
Masons  (32d  degree),  Shriners,  B.  P. 
O.  E.;  actively  interested  in  civic  af- 
fairs; m.,  May  11,  1881,  Ella  Morti- 
mer, dau.  Dr.  Mortimer  Williams  of 
Moorefield,  \V.  Va.,  d.,  Dec.  20,  1908. 
Residence,  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  office, 
854  Securitv  Building. 


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Bickford,  John  Calvin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Brown's  Ridge,  Wolfe- 
boro,  N.  H.,  Dec.  18,  1842;  s.  John 
Wilmot  and  Abra  Wentworth  (Lord) 
Bickford;  ed.  public  schools  and  Wolfe- 
boro  and  Tuftonboro  Academy; 
worked  on  father's  farm  in  youth; 
entered  brother's  store  in  Ossipee  as  a 
clerk  at  twenty  years  of  age,  becoming 
proprietor  on  brother's  death,  July 
1863,  and  continued  business  four 
years,  then  engaged  three  years  in 


insurance  business,  meanwhile  remov- 
ing to  Dover,  N.  H.;  removed  to  Man- 
chester, Sept.  2X,  1S71,  where  he  has 
since  resided;  entered  law  offices  of 
Sulloway  &  Topliff  in  1X71,  and  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  May  1S74,  since 
when  he  has  been  in  practice;  Congre- 
gationalist ;  Republican;  postmaster  at 
Ossipee  two  years;  V.  S.  revenue 
ganger,  two  years,  while  studying  law, 
moderator  of  his  ward  several  years; 
appointed  clerk  of  the  Manchester 


Police  Court  in  1877,  and  served  over 
thirty-six  years;  member  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives  in  1881,  1901  and 
1915;  N.  H.  senate,  1903;  Mason  since 
1864  and  treasurer  of  Washington 
Lodge,  Manchester,  with  which  he  is 
now  affiliated,  over  thirty  years;  mem- 
ber K.  of  P.,  Golden  Cross  and  A.  O. 
U.  W.;  was  Supreme  Master  Workman 
of  the  latter  organization  from  June, 
1899  to  June,  1900,  during  which  time 
over  35,000  new  members  were  ad- 
mitted to  the  order;  director  and  ad- 
visory counsel  of  the  Home  Benefit 
Ass'n,  of  Boston;  m.,  1st,  Jan.  1864, 
Pamela  S  Thurston,  Ossipee,  d.  Nov. 
1878;  2d,  March,  1880,  Emma  S. 
Fitts,  Manchester;  one  son,  Charles 
Wilmot  Bickford,  b.  Dec.  20,  1865, 
superintendent  of  schools,  Lewiston, 
Me.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Batchelder,  Ernest  Allen 

Art  instructor  and  designer;  b., 
Nashua,  N.  H.,  Jan.  22,  1876;  s. 
Charles  and  Mary  (Sleeper)  Batchelder; 
ed.  Mass.  Normal  Art  School,  Boston, 
Mass.;  School  of  Arts  and  Crafts, 
Birmingham,  Eng.;  director  of  art, 
Throop  Polytechnic  Institute,  Pasa- 
dena, Cal.,  1901-  ;  director  Handi- 
craft Guild,  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
1903-8;  manufacturer  interior  fur- 
nishing in  tile,  metal  and  enamel, 
Pasadena,  Cal.,  1910-  ;  member 
International  Jury  of  Awards,  St. 
Louis  exposition,  1904;  American 
Commission,  International  Congress 
of  Art,  Dresden,  Germany,  1911; 
author  "Principles  of  Design,"  1901; 
"Design  in  Theory  and  Practice," 
1910.  Residence,  62(5  Arroyo  Drive, 
Pasadena,  Cal. 

Barton,  Ralph  Martin 

Educator;  b.,  Newport,  N.  H.,  July 
21,  187f);  s.  Charles  W.  and  Ida 
E.  (Walker)  Barton;  ed.  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1904;  student  in  math- 
ematics, Harvard,  1907-8;  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  1912;  superintendent 
of  schools,  Sunapee  and  Goffstown, 
N.  H.,  1898-1902;  instructor  in  math- 
ematics, Dartmouth,  1903-8,  assistant 


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professor,  1908-12;  professor  and 
head  of  department  of  mathematics, 
University  of  New  Mexico,  1912-3;  pro- 
fessor and  head  of  department  of  math- 
ematics and  physics,  Lombard  College, 
1914-5,  dean  and  acting  president, 
1915-6;  instructor  in  mathematics, 
University  of  Minnesota,  1916-  ; 
member  American  Mathematical  Soc., 
Dartmouth  Alumni  Ass'n  (secretary, 
1908-1 1 ) ;  Congregationalist ;  Repub- 
lican; m.,  1st,  Sept.  12,  1899,  Verna 
C.  Gate,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  d.  1906; 
2d,  Dec.  31,  1913,  Clara  Belle  Porter, 
Duluth,  Minn.  Residence,  1092  15th 
Ave.,  S.  E.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Beede,  Joshua  William 

Geologist;  b.,  Raymond,  N.  H., 
Sept.  14,  1871;  s.  Hiram  Pratt  and 
Lydia  M .  (Brown)  Beede ;  ed.  Washburn 
College,  Kan.,  B.S.  1896,  A.M.  1897, 
University  of  Kansas,  Ph.D.  1899; 
leacher  of  science,  Atchison  County 
high  school,  Effingham,  Kan.,  1899- 
1901;  instructor  in  geology,  Indiana 
University,  1901-6,  assistant  profes- 
sor, 1906-9,  associate  professor,  1909- 
17;  geologist,  department  of  economic 
geology  and  technology,  University  of 
Texas,  1917-  ;  served  as  a  member  of 
the  geological  surveys  of  Kansas  and 
Oklahoma,  and  as  an  aid  in  the  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey  in  1901-2;  author  of 
various  scientific  treatises;  member 
Geological  Soc.  of  America,  Pale- 
ontplogical  Soc.  of  America,  and 
various  other  scientific  organizations; 
m.,  Dec.  25,  1899,  Frances  McKee, 
Narka,  Kan.  Residence,  404  W.  38th 
St.,  Austin,  Tex. 

Madigan,  Thomas  Henry,  Jr. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Westfield,  Mass.,  June 
29,  1872;  s.  Thomas  Henry  and 
Johanna  (Bahen)  Madigan;  ed. 
Mechanicsville  (N.  Y.)  academy, 
Troy  (N.  Y.)  Business  College  and  by 
private  tutors;  studied  law  with  Sar- 
gent, Hollis  &  Niles,  Concord,  and  was 
Admitted  to  the  New  Hampshire  bar 
in  1899;  practiced  in  Concord  till 
1907,  when  he  removed  to  Manchester 
;,nd  has  there  continued;  Catholic; 


Democrat;  secretary  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1902;  secretary 
Democratic  state  committee,  1900-4, 
chairman,  1904-8;  judge  advocate, 
N.  H.  National  Guard,  with  rank  of 
major,  1899-1907;  chairman  Demo- 
cratic city  committee  of  Manchester, 
1914-17;  city  solicitor  of  Manchester, 
1918-;  chairman  local  draft  board, 
Division  No.  2,  city  of  Manchester, 


„ 


1918;  member  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n,  Ameri- 
can Bar  Ass'n,  Knights  of  Columbus. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Lougee,  Arthur  Jewett 

Physician  and  oculist;  b.,  Rochester, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  1,  1S70;  s.  Isaac  W. 
Lougee,  M.D.,  and  Ellen  (Wheeler) 
Lougee;  ed.  public  schools  of  Roches- 
ter, Dartmouth  College,  A.B  1893, 
and  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York  City,  M.D. 
1896;  engaged  in  medical  practice  in 
New  York  City  and  state;  for  several 
years  and  for  the  past  fifteen  years  at 
Fryeburg,  Me.,  with  several  periods 
of  post-graduate  study  and  hospital 


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work  in  the  lines  of  his  specialty,  the 
eye  and  ear;  Congregationalist ;  Repub- 
lican; member  Me.  Medical  Ass'n, 
American  Medical  Ass'n,  Masonic 
order,  Psi  Upsilon  national  college 
fraternity,  member  of  selective  service 
local  board;  m.,  Jan.  8,  1906,  Lucia 
Morrill,  Conway,  N.  H.  (Wellesley 
College,  A.B.  1890,  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, A.M.  1898).  Residence,  Frye- 
burg,  Me. 

Grattan,  Lawrence 

Actor;  playwright;  b.,  Penacook, 
N.  H.,  August  17,  1870;  s.  Peter  and 
Ann  (Keenan)  Gahagan;  ed.  Pena- 
cook public  schools.  Began  stage 
career  in  1890;  starred  in  repertoire; 
managed  several  stock  enterprises; 
created  Parsifal  in  dramatic  version; 
played  "Justice  Prentiss"  in  Augustus 
Thomas's  "The  Witching  Hour,"  a 
season's  run  in  Chicago;  author  of 
many  successful  one  act  farces;  now 
co-starring  with  his  wife  in  vaudeville; 
Christian  Scientist;  member  National 
Vaudeville  Artists  Ass'n;  m.,  April  30, 
1907,  Eva  Taylor,  one  step-daughter. 
Address,  care  Joseph  Hart,  N.  Y. 
Theatre  Bldg.,  New  York  City. 

Peaslee,  Robert  James 

Juris' ;  !>.,  Weare,  N.  H.  Sept,  23, 
1864;  s.  Robert  and  Persis  B.  (Dodge) 
Peaslee,  ed.,  public  schools,  Gushing 
Academy,  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  Bos- 
ton University  Law  School,  1886;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1886,  and  com- 
menced practice  in  Manchester;  mem- 
ber firm  of  Drury  (William  H.)  & 
Peaslee,  1888-98;  Episcopalian;  Demo- 
crat; associate  justice  N.  H.  supreme 
court,  1898-1901,  X.  H.  superior  court, 
1901-8,  N.  H.  supreme  court,  1908-  ; 
member  Washington  Lodge,  A.  F  & 
A.  M.,  Intervale  Country  club,  Man- 
chester; director  Amoskeag  National 
Bank,  Manchester;  lecturer  on  Munic- 
ipal and  Constitutional  Law,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1887-9;  on  Domestic 
Relations,  Boston  University  Law 
School,  1911-  ;  hon.  A.M.,  Dartmouth, 
1898;  revised  Manchester  City  laws 
and  ordinances,  1892;  m.,  1st  Sept.  12, 
1893,  Nellie  D.  Kiinball,  d.  July  16, 
1915;  2d,  Sarah  Congdon  Hazard, 


Feb.   15,   1917.    Residence,   Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 

Blunt,  Harry  Harmon 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H., 
Aug.  28,  1875;  s.  Edward  O.  and 
Lucette  (Harmon)  Blunt;  ed.  Nashua 
high  school,  1893,  and  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1897;  Alpha  Delta  Phi, 
Sphinx;  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation of  the  City  of  Nashua  from  1907 
to  1913  (president,  1909  to  1913); 


Republican;  Christian  Scientist;  mem- 
ber Nashua  Country  Club,  Vesper 
Country  Club,  Lowell,  Mass.,  Ex- 
change Club,  Boston,  Mass.;  treas- 
urer, Wonalancet  Co.,  Nashua.  Boston 
office,  10  High  St.;  director,  Vacuum 
Co.,  Boston;  member  executive  com- 
mittee, American  Cotton  Waste  Ex- 
change; Nat'l  Ass'n  of  Cotton  Manu- 
facturers; m.,  July  21,  1910,  Irene 
Marion  Bradbury;  children;  Renee 
Lucette,  b.  Feb.  20,  1913,  and  Nancy, 
b.  Aug.  11,  1917.  Residence,  110 
Concord  St.,  Nashua,  N.  H.  (summer); 
and  469  Walnut  St.,  Brookline,  Mass. 
(winter). 


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Willis,  John  Richard 

Postmaster  of  Manchester;  b.,  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1862;  s. 
Thomas  and  Bridget  (O'Shaughnessy) 
Willis;  ed.,  parochial  schools  of  Man- 
chester; Catholic;  Democrat;  clerk  for 
eleven  years  in  wholesale  grocery  busi- 
ness; employed  about  three  years  as 
clerk  in  the  Commonwealth  and  Second 
National  Banks,  Manchester;  engaged 
in  the  coal  trade  from  1897  to  1914; 
assistant  postmaster  of  Manchester, 


under  Ex-Mayor  E.  .1.  Knowlton, 
1S94-1897;  postmaster  by  appoint- 
ment of  President  Wilson,  since  1914; 
in.,  Nov.  6,  1889,  Lizzie  M.  Sullivan, 
Manchester;  children:  John  S.,  b.  Jan. 
5,  1894;  Russell  L.,  b.  April  18,  1895 
(draftsman  Atlantic  Ship  Corporation) ; 
Florence  L.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1897;  Richard 
T.,  1).  Dec.  3,  1901;  Sylvester  E.,  b. 
Feb.  27,  1905;  Alice  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug. 
1,  1907.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 


Drake,  George  Robert 

Farmer,  secretary  N.  H.  State 
Grange;  b.,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  May  9, 
1848;  s.  Noah  W.  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Batchelder)  Drake;  descendant 
of  Robert  Drake  who  settled  in  Exeter 
previous  to  1640  and  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Hampton;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Pittsfield  Academy;  engaged  in 
agriculture  in  Pittsfield,  but  taught 
school  winters  for  some  years  in  early 
life;  removed  to  Manchester  in  1891, 
where  he  has  since  resided;  Baptist; 
Democrat ;  member  board  of  education 
in  Pittsfield;  member  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry and  first  master  of  Cata- 
mount Grange,  Pittsfield  and  of  Eastern 
N.  H.  Pomona  Grange,  deputy  N.  H. 
State  Grange,  treasurer  Amoskeag 
Grange,  Manchester,  for  some  years 
past  and  secretary  N.  H.  State  Grange 
since  1903;  member  executive  com- 
mittee, Hillsborough  County  Farm 
Bureau,  Manchester  Food  Committee, 
supervisor  Manchester  war  gardens 
and  manager  Manchester  public  mar- 
ket; m.,  April  14,  1875,  Jane  Graham 
Clark,  Auburn,  N.  H.,  d.  Dec.  2, 
1895;  children,  Ralph  Allen,  b.  May 
15,  1882  (now  in  Springfield,  Mass.); 
Ruth  Wheeler,  b.  July  10,  1884 
(Mrs.  Charles  G.  Goodrich,  Trenton, 
N.  J.).  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Shedd,  John  Graves 

Merchant;  b.,  ALstead,  N.  H., 
July  20,  1850;  s.  William  and  Abi- 
gail (Wallace)  Shedd;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Alstead  and  Langdon; 
employed  as  clerk  in  stores  in  Alstead, 
N.  H.,  and  Bellows  Falls  and  Rut- 
land, Vt.,  1867-72;  entered  employ 
of  Field,  Leiter  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111., 
Aug.  7,  1872,  since  continuing  with 
that  firm  and  its  successor,  Marshall 
Field  &  Co.,  of  which  he  is  now  presi- 
dent; director  Merchants  Loan  & 
Trust  Co.,  Commonwealth  Edison 
Co.,  Illinois  Trust  &  Savings  Bank, 
Chicago;  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  Illinois 
Central,  Chicago,  Rock  Island  & 
Pacific  railroads;  National  Bank  of 
Commerce,  New  York,  Baldwin  Loco- 
motive Works,  Philadelphia,  and  vari- 


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ous  other  corporations  and  societies; 
Republican;  member  Union  League, 
University,  Commercial  and  many 
other  clubs;  m.,  May  15,  1878,  Mary 
R.  Porter,  Walpole,  N.  H.  Residence, 
4515  Drexel  Boulevard;  office,  219 
West  Adams  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Shepard,  Ida  Frances 

Trained  nurse;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Dec.  10,  1864;  dau.  Emery  Nathaniel 
and  Caroline  (Simonds)  Shepard;  ed. 
Concord  public  schools;  Boston  City 
Hospital  Training  School,  1900;  Episco- 
palian; superintendent  Mary  Hitch- 
cock Memorial  Hospital,  Hanover, 
N.  H.,  since  June,  1901;  member  N.  H. 
State  Board  of  Nurses  Registration 
for  seven  years.  Residence,  Hanover, 
N.  H. 

Woodbury,  Charles  Edward 

Physician,  alienist,  retired;  b.,  Ac- 
worth,  N.  H.,  Nov.  1,  1845;  s.  Charles 
Milon  and  Louise  (Graham)  Wood- 
bury;  ed.  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  1866,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1870;  Medical  Dept.,  Univ.  of 
New  York,  M.D.,  1873;  assistant 
physician  N.  H.  Asylum  for  Insane, 
Concord,  1873;  McLean  Hospital, 
Waverley,  Mass.,  1873-8;  Bloomington 
Asylum,  New  York,  1881-3;  super- 
intendent R.  I.  state  hospital,  1882- 
9;  inspector  of  institutions,  Mass. 
State  Board  of  Lunacy  and  Charity, 
1891-9;  superintendent  Foxborough, 
Mass.,  state  hospital,  1899-1908;  Epis- 
copalian; Democrat;  member  Boston 
Soc.  of  Psychiatry  and  Neurology, 
American  Medico-Psychological  Ass'n, 
R.  I.  Med.  Soc.,  Mason,  Knight 
Templar;  m.,  Oct.  13,  1880,  Ella 
Diana  Ordway,  Chelsea,  Vt.  Resi- 
dence, Acworth,  N.  H. 

Adams,  Charles  Darwin 

Educator;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
21,  1856;  s.  Daniel  Emerson  and  Ellen 
Frances  (Kingsbury)  Adams;  ed. 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1877,  A.M. 
1880;  Andovcr  Theological  Seminary, 
1879-81;  University  of  Kiel,  Ph.D., 
1891;  instructor  in  Greek,  dishing 
Academy,  Ashburnham,  Mass.,  18S1-S; 


professor  of  Greek,  Drury  College 
(Mo.),  1884-93;  professor  Greek  lan- 
guage and  literature,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, since  1893;  editor  The  Classical 
Journal,  1908-13;  president  Classical 
Ass'n  of  New  England,  1906-7;  editor 
Lysias'  Selected  Speeches,  1906;  m., 
Aug.  24,  1881,  Julia  A.  Stevens,  Wil- 
ton, N.  H.  Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Whitford,  George  Langdon 

Lawyer    and    farmer;  b.,    Concord, 
N.  H.,  July,  24,  1881;  s.  Edward  L. 


and  Mabel  (Ordway)  Whitford;  ed. 
public  schools,  Waterloo,  N.  H.,  and 
Washington,  D.  C.,  University  of 
Minnesota,  Columbian  University, 
Columbian  University  Law  School, 
1905;  Unitarian;  Republican;  dele- 
gate from  Warner  in  Republican  state 
conventions,  candidate  in  Republican 
Second  District  primary  for  Congres- 
sional nomination  in  1914;  vice-presi- 
dent National  River  and  Harbor 
Commission;  vice-president  National 
Republican  Club,  Washington,  D  C.; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.M.,  Delta  Tau  Delta 


HON.   FRANK  NESMITH  PARSONS 


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Greek  letter  Fraternity,  Chevy  Chase 
Club,  Washington,  D.  C.;  m.,  Oct. 
25,  1905,  Florence  Evans;  children: 
Harriet  Stearns,  b.  Sept.  13,  1906; 
Ordway,  b.  Oct.  4,  1914.  Mr.  Whit- 
ford  is  a  grandson  of  the  late  Hon. 
Nehemiah  G.  Ordway,  once  sergeant- 
at-arms  of  the  National  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, and  later  Governor  of 
Dakota,  and  a  nephew  of  the  late 
Governor  Onslow  Stearns.  He  re- 
sides at  the  old  Ordway  home,  Water- 
loo (Warner),  N.  H. 

Parsons,  Frank  Nesmith 

Jurist;  chief  justice,  N.  H.  Supreme 
Court;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  Sept.  3,  1853; 
s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Mary  A.  (Nesmith) 
Parsons;  ed.  Pinkerton  Academy, 
Derry,  N.  H.,  1870;  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1874;  LL.D.  1904;  read 
law  with  Greenleaf  C.  Bartlett  of  Derry, 
Daniel  Barnard  and  Austin  F.  Pike 
of  Franklin;  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1879  and  commenced  practice  in 
Franklin,  where  he  continued,  being  in 
partnership  with  the  late  Hon.  Austin 
F.  Pike  till  1886;  Republican;  for  sev- 
eral years  member  Franklin  school 
board;  delegate  from  Franklin  in 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1889; 
State  law  reporter,  1891-5;  member 
N.  H.  executive  council,  1893-4;  first 
mayor  of  Franklin,  1895;  associate 
justice,  N.  H.  supreme  court,  1895- 
1902;  chief  justice,  1902  and  since; 
director  Franklin  National  Bank; 
trustee  Franklin  Savings  Bank,  for- 
merly director  and  president  Citizens 
National  Bank,  Tilton;  trustee  Pinker- 
ton  Academy  (president  of  the  board) ; 
trustee  and  president  Franklin  Hospi- 
tal; member  Franklin  board  of  Water 
Commissioners  since  1901 ;  vice-presi- 
dent N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  1911-17; 
president  1917-  ;  member  N.  H.  Bar 
Ass'n;  (president  1912-14);  American 
Bar  Ass'n;  in.,  Oct.  26,  1880,  Helen  F., 
dau.  Hon.  Austin  F.  Pike,  d.  March  6, 
1914.  Residence,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Duffy,  George  Ernest 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Franklin,  N.  II., 
Sept.  5,  1870;  s.  Michael  and  Mary 


(Fawdrey)  Duffy;  ed.  Franklin  high 
school,  class  of  1888,  Tilton  Seminary, 
and  Dartmouth  College,  B.L.  1894; 
editor  college  paper  and  winner  ora- 
torical prizes;  after  leaving  college 
entered  the  employ  of  the  M.  T. 
Stevens  Sons  Co.,  becoming  superin- 
tendent of  their  North  Andover,  Mass., 
mill;  in  1900  became  general  manager 
of  the  Charles  River  Woolen  Co.,  with 
mills  at  Franklin,  Mass.,  and  North 
Bellingham,  Mass.;  in  1909  became 


manager  of  the  E.  D.  Thayer  woolen 
mill  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  in  1910 
took  over  the  controlling  interest  in 
the  property  and  formed  the  George 
E.  Duffy  MTg  Co.,  of  which  he  is  the 
president  and  treasurer;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  Mason,  blue  lodge, 
chapter,  Knight  Templar,  iShriner; 
member  Worcester  Country  Club, 
Commonwealth  Club,  Worcester  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  Alpha  Delta  Phi 
national  college  fraternity  and  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  scholarship  soc.;  vice-president 
Park  Trust  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.;  m., 


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Oct.  16,  1896,  Grace  Mary  Whipple; 
children:  Eunice  M.,  Ralph  E.,  Gladys 
I.  Residence,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Woodbury,  Frank  Taylor 

Physician  (specialty,  obstetrics);  b., 
North  Weare,  N.  H.,  Dec.  4,  1871;  s. 
Daniel  Peterson  and  Mary  Abbie 
(Taylor)  Woodbury,  his  ancestry  on 
both  sides  going  back  to  the  arrivals 
on  the  Mayflower,  and  including  nu- 
merous soldiers  of  the  French  and  In- 


dian and  Colonial  Wars,  as  well  a  ethe 
Revolution  and  later  wars;  ed.  district 
schools  of  Weare,  Manchester  high 
school,  class  of  1889,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, and  Harvard  Medical  School, 
M.D.  1896;  has  practiced  his  profession 
in  Wakefield,  Mass.,  since  1897; 
selectman  of  that  town  in  1905  and 
1906,  trustee  of  its  public  library 
since  1900  and  tree  warden  sine*;  1906; 
follow  of  the  Mass.  Medical  Hoc., 
member  of  the  Golden  Rule  Masonic 
lodge,  American  Medical  Soc.  and 
Kappa  Kappa  Kappa  college  frater- 
nity; in.,  Oct.  20,  1S97,  Mary  Hodgdon 


Whittle,  Weare,  N.  H.;  children: 
Ruth  Amelia,  b.  June  17,  1902,  and 
Dorcas  Lydia,  b.  Sept.  19,  1907. 
Residence,  21  Chestnut  St.,  Wakefield, 
Mass. 

Moulton,  Warren  Joseph 

Educator;  clergyman;  b.,  Sand- 
wich, N.  H.,  Aug.  30,  1865;  s.  Gilman 
and  Lydia  Ann  (Dearborn)  Moulton; 
ed.  Boston  Univ.,  Amherst  College, 
B.A.,  1888,  M.A.  1893;  B.D.,  Yale, 
1893;  University  of  Gottingen,  Ger- 
many, 1895-8;  Ph.D.,  1898;  teacher 
Semitic  and  Biblical  department,  Yale, 
1898-1902;  ordained  to  the  Congre- 
gational ministry,  1899;  traveled 
abroad,  1902-3;  pastor  Athol,  Mass. 
1903-5;  professor  in  Bangor  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  since  1905;  director 
American  School  of  Research  in  Jeru- 
salem, 1912-3;  member  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Theta  Delta  Chi,  Religious 
Educational  Ass'n,  etc.;  contributor 
to  various  religious  works;  m.,  June 
21,  1900,  Helen  Winifred  Shute  of 
Boston.  Residence,  331  Hammond 
St.,  Bangor,  Me. 

Leonard,  Charles  Hall 

Clergyman  and  theologian;  b., 
Northwood,  N.  H.,  Sept.  16,  1822;  s. 
Lemuel  and  Cynthia  (Claggett)  Leon- 
ard; ed.  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Academy, 
Atkinson,  N.  H.,  Academy  and  Brad- 
ford, Mass.,  Seminary;  Theological 
Seminary,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  1848; 
(D.D.,  St.  Lawrence  Univ.,  1871; 
LL.D.,  Tufts,  1905);  ordained  to  the 
Universalist  ministry  and  became 
pastor  of  the  Universalist  church  at 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  1848,  continuing  till 
1871;  established  Children's  Sunday 
while  in  this  pastorate,  which  became 
a  recognized  institution  for  the  second 
Sunday  in  June  throughout  the  coun- 
try; became  Goddard  professor  of 
Homiletics  and  Pastoral  Theology  in 
Crane  Divinity  School,  Tufts  College, 
in  1869  and  devoted  his  attention  ex- 
clusively to  the  work  after  1871; 
made  dean  of  the  school  in  1884, 
continuing  30  years.  Honorary  mem- 
ber Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  member 


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Whittier  Club,  Haverhill,  Mass.; 
m.,  1846,  Phoebe  Ann  Bassett,  New 
York,  d.  1872;  Author,  "Book  of 
Prayer  for  Church  and  Home,"  1865; 
''Steps  in  the  Religious  Life,"  1868. 
Address,  Tufts  College,  Mass. 

Dewey,  Henry  Sweetser 

Lawyer;  b.,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
9,  1856;  s.  Israel  Otis  and  Susan 
Augusta  (Sweetser)  Dewey;  ed.  vari- 
ous schools  and  academies;  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.  1878,  A.M.  1881 ; 
Boston  University,  LL.B.  1882;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  entered  practice 
in  Boston;  Congregationalist ;  Re- 
publican; member  Republican  Ward 
and  City  Committees,  Boston,  1884-8; 
Boston  Common  Council,  1885-7; 
Mass,  home  of  representatives,  1889-91 
(Chairman  committee  on  judiciary, 
and  floor  leader  of  the  house,  1890-1); 
private,  corporal  and  sergeant,  Mass. 
First  Corps  Cadets  1880-9;  judge  ad- 
vocate of  First  Brigade,  Mass.  Militia, 
with  rank  of  captain,  1889-1900;  judge- 
advocate-general  with  rank  of  Colonel 
in  1900;  brigadier-general,  1900-05; 
brigadier-general  on  the  retired  list 
since  1911;  master  in  chancery,  1903- 
12;  member  county  board  of  bar  exami- 
ners, 1891-7  (chairman,  1895-7);  first 
chairman  Mass,  state  board  of  bar 
examiners,  1897-1903;  special  justice 
municipal  court  of  Boston,  1896-9; 
associate-justice,  1899-1902;  member 
Boston  Bar  Ass'n  American  Bar  Ass'n, 
International  Law  Ass'n,  Alpha  Delta 
Phi,  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  Soc.  of 
Colonial  Wars,  Athletic  and  Univer- 
sity clubs,  Boston,  Alpha  Delta  Phi 
Club,  New  York  City,  Wissenschaft- 
lichen  Club,  Vienna,  Austria. 

Morrill,  Harley  Winslow 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Penacook,  N.  H., 
March  25,  1872;  s.  George  S.,  many 
years  chief  engineer  of  the  Old  Colony 
Railroad,  and  Clara  (Moody)  Morrill; 
ed.  schools  of  Penacook  and  Mass. 
Inst.  of  Tech.;  employed  as  an  engi- 
neer by  the  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  1892- 

3,  by  the  city  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  1893- 

4,  by  the  New  York,   New  Haven  <i 


Hartford  R.  R.,  1894-1901;  since  1901 
employed  by  the  Ludlow  (Mass.) 
M'f'g  Associates  as  superintendent, 
general  superintendent  and  agent 
(since  January,  1916)  of  their  extensive 
plant;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
chairman  local  exemption  board  for 
Division  Number  Seven,  State  of 
Massachusetts;  member  of  Horace 
Chase  lodge  of  Masons,  Penacook, 
N.  H.,  and  of  Springfield  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  Springfield,  Mass.;  member 


American  Soc.  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers; trustee  Ludlow  Savings  Bank 
and  Springfield  Co-operative  Bank; 
m.,  June  5,  1895,  Lillian  L.  Sargent,  of 
Penacook;  daughter,  Mildred  S.,  b. 
Dec.  9,  1896.  At  the  time  of  writing 
this  sketch  (August,  1918)  Mr.  Morrill 
was  on  his  way  to  India  on  an  impor- 
tant business  mission  for  his  company. 
Residence,  Ludlow,  Ma^s. 

Clark,  Allan  Chester 

Journalist,  lawyer;    b.,  Center  Har- 
bor, N.  H.,  July  4,  1877;  s.  Malpheno 


II ox.  A.  CHESTER  CLARK 


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C.  and  Sarah  Libby  (Bartlett)  Clark 
(kinsman,  on  maternal  side,  of  Josiah 
Bartlett,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence);  ed.  public  schools  of 
Center  Harbor,  Meredith  high  school; 
New  Hampton  Literary  Institution, 
1901,  Dartmouth  College  one  year; 
engaged  on  staff  of  Kennebec  Journal, 
Lewiston,  Augusta,  Me.,  1901;  en- 
gaged in  real  estate  business  and  the 
study  of  law  in  Meredith,  1903-5; 
removed  to  Concord  and  engaged  in 
newspaper  work,  as  correspondent  of 
the  Boston  American  and  other  papers, 
and  pursued  his  legal  studies  as  time 
permitted,  till  admission  to  the  bar, 
June  27,  1913,  after  which  he  was  in 
practice  in  Concord;  Unitarian;  Dem- 
ocrat; delegate  from  his  native  town 
in  the  N.  H.  constitutional  convention 
of  1902;  clerk  of  the  constitutional 
convention  of  1912;  appointed  Judge 
of  the  Concord  District  Court  by 
Gov.  Samuel  D.  Felker,  Aug.  8,  1913; 
Judge  of  the  Concord  Municipal 
Court  by  appointment  of  Gov.  Hol- 
land H.  Spaulding,  March  10,  1915; 
made  a  notable  record  in  criminal 
administration,  especially  in  the  en- 
forcement of  the  law  regulating  the 
operation  of  automobiles,  establish- 
ing precedents  recognized  throughout 
the  country;  elected  clerk  of  the  con- 
stitutional convention  of  1918;  mem- 
ber and  secretary  of  the  N.  H.  Bar 
Ass'n,  American  Institute  of  Crim- 
inal Law  and  Criminology,  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (lodge, 
chapter,  council  and  commandery), 
K.  of  P.  (past  chancellor  of  Concord 
Lodge  and  past  deputy  grand  chan- 
cellor, N.  H.  Grand  Lodge),  Capital 
Grange,  P.  of  II.,  Wonolancet,  Uni- 
tarian and  Beaver  Meadow  Golf 
clubs,  Concord.  Aside  from  news- 
paper work  Judge  Clark  has  written 
many  magazine  articles,  and  is  also 
known  as  an  occasional  orator  of  more 
than  ordinary  ability;  m.,  June  12, 
1917,  Jennie  A.  Ross  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

McHugh,  Bartholomew  Franklin 

Traveling    salesman;     b.,     Gorham, 
X.  II.,  June  6,  I860;   s.  John  and  Janet 


(O'Malley)  McHugh;  ed.  public 
schools;  studied  law  for  a  tune  in 
youth  with  M.  A.  Hastings,  now  clerk 
of  Court  for  Coos  County;  changing 
his  plans  he  learned  the  machinist's 
trade,  and  was  for  a  time  in  charge  of 
a  machine  shop  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and 
later  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  but  re- 
linquished the  business  and  engaged 
in  general  insurance  in  the  latter  city 
for  five  years,  after  which  he  again 
changed  and  entered  upon  the  life  of 


a  commercial  traveler,  which  he  has 
since  followed  with  great  success; 
sold  tea  and  coffee  for  C.  A.  Cross  & 
Co.  for  several  years,  putting  the 
''Red  Cross,"  to  which  he  gave  the 
name,  upon  the  market;  for  the  last 
six  years  or  more  has  been  with  Martin 
L.  Hall  &  Co.  of  Boston,  the  oldest  cof- 
fee house  in  the  country,  winning  wide 
popularity  for  himself  and  his  firm; 
Catholic;  Democrat;  member  X.  II. 
house  of  representatives,  1917,  and 
carried  through  the  bill  providing  for 
the  re-survey  of  the  boundary  line 
between  New  Hampshire  and  Maine; 
reflected  to  the  legislature,  Xov.  1918; 
member  X'.  E.  Fat  Men's  Club;  noted 


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among  his  associates  as  a  conversa- 
tionalist and  story-teller.  Residence, 
Gorham,  N.  H. 

Abbott,  Frederick  Wallace 

Physician,  teacher,  medico-legal  ex- 
pert, orator;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  March 
5,  1861;  s.  Sylvester  and  Elizabeth 
Graves  (Wortman)  Abbott;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools  of  Dover,  and  Berwick  and 
So.  Berwick,  Me.,  Berwick  Academy 
and  private  schools  of  Olive  Raynes, 


So.  Berwick;  taught  public  schools, 
Berwick,  Eliot,  and  Kennebunk,  Me., 
four  years,  while  preparing  for  voca- 
tion; A.B.,  University  of  America, 
1883;  at  medical  department  Bow- 
doin  College,  1884-5;  M.D.,  Eclectic 
Medical  College  of  Me.,  1886;  H.F.  B.S. 
(Now  York  City),  1895:  A.M.,  Taylor 
University  and  Ph.D..  National  Nor- 
mal University,  1901;F.S.Sc.  C London), 
1908;  F.S.P.  (England),  1914;  F.B.P. 
(England',  1915;  F.P.C.  (London), 
1916;  D.P.H.,  Eclectic  Medical  Uni- 
versity, 1917;  D.C.L.,  Potomac  Uni- 


versity, 19 18;  academician  of  Toulouse, 
France;  life-member,  Institut  du  Midi, 
Toulouse;  life-member,  and  medalist  of 
1st  class  (gold),  Italian  Academy  of 
Physics  and  Chemistry,  Palermo,  Sicily; 
censor  Eclectic  Medical  College 
of  City  of  New  York,  1892-  ;  pro- 
fessor eugenics  in  Eclectic  Med- 
ical University,  1913-  ;  professor 
medical  ethics  in  Middlesex  College 
of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  and  forensic 
medicine  in  Middlesex  College  of 
Chiropody,  University  of  Massachu- 
setts, 1916-  ;  consulting  physician  to 
Middlesex  Hospital,  1916-  ;  associ- 
ate editor,  Massachusetts  Medical 
Journal,  1894-1904;  secretary-treas- 
urer alumnae  soc.  of  Potomac  Uni- 
versity, 1900-  ;  president  Mass.  Ec- 
lectic Medical  Soc.,  1894,  New  Eng- 
land Eclectic  Medical  Ass'n,  1900, 
Am.  Eclectic  Materia  Medica  Ass'n, 
1905-7,  Boston  District  Eclectic  Med- 
ical Soc.,  1910;  honorary  member 
fifteen  State  Eclectic  bodies  and  five 
others;  active  member  twelve  medical 
societies;  member  Authors'  Club, 
London;  member  and  examiner  many 
secret  fraternities;  Free  Thinker; 
Democrat;  m.,  Sept.  2,  1886,  Sylvina 
Apphia  Emery,  Kennebunk,  Me.; 
children:  Susan  Elizabeth  (Abbott) 
Tubman,  b.  March  18,  1890,  John 
Frederick,  b.  Aug.  4,  1893;  nationally 
known  as  an  orator,  especially  in  fra- 
ternal, academic,  and  patriotic  circles, 
and  as  a  medico-legal  adviser  and  wit- 
ness; practiced  at  Taunton,  Mass., 
since  May  5,  1886. 

Taylor,  Maria  Sanborn 

(Mrs.  John  A.  Taylor)  teacher; 
home-maker,  club-woman;  b.,  Frank- 
lin, N.  H.,  Nov.  20,  1860;  dau.  George 
Low  and  Martha  Jane  (Lane)  San- 
born;  father  noted  in  musical  circles 
and  cornetist  in  band  of  1st  N.  H. 
Reg't,  1861;  mother  daughter  of  Dr. 
John  S.  Lan,e  ajid  from  a  prominent 
Sanhornton,  N.  H.,  family;  direct 
descendant  on  paternal  side  of  John 
Sandborn  (or  Sanborn),  first  of  the 
grantees  of  the  town  of  Sanbornton, 
for  whom  the  town  was  named;  direct 


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, 


descendant  on  maternal  side  of  Thomas 
Dudley,  second  Governor  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony;  also  descended 
from  Henry  Herrick  who  settled  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  in  1629,  and  who  traced 
his  ancestry  to  Ericke,  a  Danish  chief- 
tain, who  invaded  Britain  in  the  reign 
of  Alfred;  ed.  Franklin  High  school, 
1879,  Franklin  Academy,  McGaw 
Normal  Institute,  N.  H.  Normal 
School,  Plymouth;  taught  school  three 
and  a  half  years  in  Hooksett,  Salis- 
bury, and  Franklin,  N.  H.;  Congre- 
gationalist,  member  O.  E.  S.  (past 
officer),  U.  O.  G.  C.  (past  officer), 
Georgetown  Literary  Club,  Melrose 
Woman's  Club,  American  Red  Cross; 
trustee,  vice-president,  and  chairman 
house  com.  Carleton  Home,  George- 
town, Mass.,  July,  1913  to  Oct.,  1916; 
vice-president  Maplewood  New  Cen- 
tury Club,  Maiden,  Mass.,  1900-3, 
president  1903-5,  honorary  member 
since  1910;  secretary  Woman's  Club, 
Georgetown,  Mass.,  1912-13,  vice- 
president,  1913-14,  president,  1914-16; 
m.,  Nov.  26,  1885,  John  Alvah  Taylor; 
one  daughter,  Agnes  Dudley,  b.  Jan. 
8,  1888,  ed.  Maiden  schools,  Miss 
Kimball's  school  for  Girls,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  Tilton  Seminary,  1908.  Resi- 
dence, 32  Poplar  St.,  Melrose,  Mass. 

Keyes,  Frances  Parkinson  Wheeler 

(Mrs.  Henry  W.  Keyes),  b.,  Char- 
lottesville,  Va.,  July  21,  1885;  dau. 
John  Henry  and  Louise  Fuller  (John- 
son) Wheeler;  ed.  Miss  Winsor's 
school,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  in  Europe; 
passed  examination  for  Bryn  Mawr 
College,  but  did  not  enter,  having  be- 
come engaged  to  Henry  W.  Keyes, 
whom  she  married,  June  4,  1904 
(See  sketch,  p.  211.)  Primarily  a 
home-maker  and  the  worthy  mistress  of 
"Pine  Grove  Farm"  on  the  banks  of  the 
Connecticut  at  No.  Haverhill,  known 
as  the  seat  of  a  generous  hospitality 
in  all  the  north  country,  Mrs.  Keyes 
is  a  fine  linguist,  a  great  reader,  "an 
entertaining  conversationalist,  and  h:is 
travelled  extensively,  both  in  this 
country  and  Europe;  Episcopalian; 


member  and  past  president  St.  Cath- 
erine's Guild,  No.  Haverhill,  N.  H., 
member  N.  H.  Soc.,  D.  A.  R.,  and 
Colonial  Dames  (admitted  to  the 
former  on  records  of  four  officers,  and 
latter  on  seven),  N.  H.  Civic  Federa- 
tion, Woman's  Committee,  N.  H. 
Council  of  National  Defense  (vice- 
president),  American  Red  Cross  (holds 
instructor's  certificate  in  Surgical 
Dressing  Work);  worked  extensively 
in  pushing  the  several  Liberty  Loans; 
member  executive  committee  and  book 


committee  of  No.  Haverhill  public 
library  since  marriage.  Of  late  Mrs. 
Keyes  has  developed  decided  talent  as 
a  writer,  her  contributions  finding 
place  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  and 
other  prominent  publications,  and 
receiving  warm  commendation.  Her 
poem — "To  the  Haverhill",  given  at 
the  launching  of  the  ship  named  in 
honor  of  her  homo  town,  at  Newing- 
ton,  Aug.  24,  for  which  she  was  sponsor, 
was  given  wide  publication  and  was 
much  admired.  Residence,  No.  Haver- 
hill, N.  H. 


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Sanborn,  Mary  Farley 

Author;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
May  8,  1853;  dau.,  Alden  W.  and 
Elizabeth  Hazeltine,  (Abbott)  San- 
born;  ed.  Doctor  Gannett's  school, 
Boston;  afterwards  studied  vocal 
music,  for  the  concert  stage,  with 
Madame  Erminie  Rudersdorff;  has 
done  much  literary  work  in  short  ar- 
ticles, reviewing,  etc.;  author  "Sweet 
and  Twenty,"  1890;  "It  Came  to 
Pass,"  1891;  "Paula  Ferris,"  1892; 
"The  Revelation  of  Herself,"  1904; 
"Lafayette  and  the  Congressman," 
1905;  "The  Canvas  Door,"  1909; 
m.,  Oct.  18,  1876,  Fred  C.  Sanborn, 
Manchester,  N.  H.  Residence,  30 
Williston  Rd.,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Snow,  Leslie  Perkins 

Lawyer;  b.,  Eaton,  N.  H.,  Oct.  19, 
1862;  s.  Edwin  and  Helen  M.  Perkins 
Snow  (descendant  of  Nicholas  Snow, 
who  came  from  England  to  Plymouth, 
Mass.,  in  1623);  his  father,  Edwin 
Snow  was  a  prominent  business  man 
and  leading  Democrat  of  Carroll 
county  for  many  years;  ed.  Bridgton 
Academy,  No.  Bridgton,  Me.,  1881; 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1886;  Co- 
lumbian Law  School  (now  George 
Washington  Univ.),  LL.B.  1890;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  served  as 
moderator  in  Eaton  and  as  a  member 
of  N.  H.  house  of  representatives  from 
that  town  in  1887-88;  special  pension 
examiner  for  U.  S.  government,  1887- 
90,  serving  in  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Col- 
orado and  Washington,  D.  C.;  ad- 
mitted to  the  Maryland  bar  in  1890, 
and  the  New  Hampshire  bar  in  1891, 
since  when  he  has  been  in  practice  in 
Rochester,  at  first  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Worcester,  Gafney  &  Snow, 
subsequently  alone;  now  senior  mem- 
ber of  Snow,  Snow  <fe  Cooper;  member 
Rochester  school  board,  1899-1904; 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1918; 
Odd  Fellow,  32d  'degree  Mason, 
Knight  Templar  and  Shriner,  Theta 
Delta  Chi  College  fraternity  (Pres. 
N.  E.  Ass'n  1886);  president  Roches- 
tor  Nat'l  Bank  since  1902;  vice-presi- 
23 


dent  Rochester  Trust  Co.;  president 
Gafney  Home  for  the  Aged  president 
Rochester  Public  Safety  Com.;  Chair- 
man Liberty  Loan  Com. ;  County  chair- 
man War  Savings  Com.,  and  various 
State  and  New  England  committees  in 
war  activities;  m.,  1st,  Nov.  28,  1888, 
Susan  E.  Currier,  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  d. 
June  6,  1892;  2d  June  27,  1894,  Norma 
C.  Currier;  children,  Conrad  Edwin,  b. 
August  6, 1889  (A.B.  Dartmouth,  1912; 
Magdalen  College,  Oxford,  Eng.,  1914; 
LL.B.  Harvard  Law  School,  1917); 
Lieutenant  and  Aide-de-Camp  to  Gen. 
Babbitt  in  American  Expeditionary 
forces  in  France;  Leslie  Whitmore, 
b.  Dec.  9,  1890  (A.B.  Dartmouth, 
1912,  B.S.  Mass.  Inst.  of  Tech.,  1914), 
Captain  in  American  Expeditionary 
forces  in  France.  Residence,  Roches- 
ter, N.  H. 

Snow,  Norma  Cutter  Currier 

(Mrs.  Leslie  P.  Snow),  b.,  July  3, 
1863;  dau.  Franklin  Pettingill  and 
Missouri  Eliza  (Whitmore)  Currier; 
ed.,  Haverhill  Academy,  Haverhill, 
N.  H.,  and  Montebello  Institute,  New- 
bury,  Vt.;  after  leaving  school  served 
from  1883  to  1892  as  cashier  and  book- 
keeper for  the  wholesale  and  retail 
house  of  Carter  &  Churchill,  Lebanon, 
N.  H.;  m.  June  27,  1894,  Leslie  P. 
Snow,  Rochester,  N.  H;  organized  and 
conducted  a  kindergarten  at  Rochester, 
from  1896  to  1900;  Congregationalist 
and  active  in  religious  and  social  work ; 
member  (by  several  lines)  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  regent 
Mary  Tarr  Chapter,  Rochester, 
1912-14,  State  secretary,  N.  H.  Chap- 
ter, 1915-17;  president  Rochester 
Woman's  Club,  1903-5, 1912-14,  secre- 
tary N.  H.  Federation  Women's  Clubs, 
1913-15,  Chairman  Reciprocity  Com- 
mittee; member  Rochester  School 
Board,  1914  to  the  present  time;  chair- 
man board  of  managers,  Gafney  Home 
for  the  Aged,  Rochester,  from  organiza- 
tion in  1904  to  the  present  time;  organ- 
izer and  vice-president  Rochester  Dis- 
trict Nurse  Ass'n;  director  N.  H.  Ass'n 
for  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis;  and 
N.  II .  Parent  and  Teachers'  Ass'n; 


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chairman  Rochester  Surgical  Dressings 
Committee;  chairman  Garment  and 
Surgical  Dressings  Committee,  Roches- 
ter Chapter  Red  Cross;  member 
National  Committee  for  Preservation 
of  the  Flag,  and  National  Committee 
of  Children  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion; member  Rochester  Country  Club, 
president  of  Monday  Club  (two  years). 
Primarily  a  housekeeper  and  home- 
maker,  Mrs.  Snow  has  manifested  a 
high  order  of  ability  in  the  initiation 
and  direction  of  organized  activities. 

Sanborn,  Alice  Evelyn 

Educator;  librarian;  b.,  Franklin, 
N.  H.,  Jan.  9,  1864;  dau.  George 
Low  and  Martha  Jane  (Lane)  San- 
born  (for  further  ancestral  facts  see 
sketch  of  Maria  Sanborn  Taylor); 
ed.  Franklin  public  schools,  high 
school,  1881;  N.  H.  State  Normal 
School,  1885;  Pratt  Institute  School 
of  Library  Science,  1898;  Chau- 
tauqua  Literary  and  Scientific  Circle, 
1914;  teacher  in  Franklin,  N.  .H., 
1882,  18S5-t5;  West  Quincy,  Mass., 
1886-8;  State  Normal  School,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  1888-96;  Newton  Cen- 
ter, Mass.,  1896-7;  cataloguer  in  a 
N.  Y.  branch  library  (8  mos.)  1898-9; 
in  Princeton  Univ.  library  (2  yrs., 

5  mos.)     1899-1901;  librarian    Wells 
College  library,  Aurora,  N.  Y.,   1901 
to    date;  teacher    Chautauqua    Sum- 
mer   Library   School    (five   summers), 
1908-12;  member  Presbyterian  Church, 
Aurora,     N.     Y.;    American     Library 
Ass'n;    N.    Y.    State    Library   Ass'n, 
Graduate  Ass'n,  Pratt  Institute  School 
of     Library    Science,    American     Red 
Cross,  Thursday  Club,  Aurora.  Resi- 
dence, Aurora,  N.  Y. 

Varney,    Charles   Wesley 

Insurance;  b.,  Lebanon,  Me.,  June 
4,  1884;  s.  David  W.  and  Abbie  (Tib- 
betts)  Varney;  ed.,  public  schools, 
West  Lebanon,  Me.,  Academy,  Bryant 

6  Stratton's  Business  College,  Boston, 
Mass.;  engaged  for  a  time  in  insurance 
in  Boston,  but  soon  removed  to  Roch- 
ester, N.  H.,  where  he  has  established 
a  large  business,  representing  over  60 


companies;  Methodist;  Republican; 
actively  interested  in  political  life; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1913-14;  State  senate,  1915-16  (young- 
est man  ever  elected) ;  executive  coun- 
cil, 1917-18  (youngest  man,  also, 
ever  chosen  councilor);  Mason,  Knight 
Templar,  32d  degree,  and  Eastern 
Star;  Odd  Fellow;  Patron  of  Husban- 
dry, Lecturer  N.  H.  State  Grange, 
1913  to  1917;  President  N.  H.  Grange 
Fire  Ins.  Co.;  member  N.  H.  constitu- 


tional convention,  1918,  introducing 
and  carrying  through  resolution  for 
adjournment  until  after  close  of  the 
war;  member  Rochester  City  Club, 
Waquoit  Club;  in.  Oct.  13,  1906, 
Matilda  Webster  Shepherd;  children: 
Charles  W.,  Jr.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1912; 
Barbara  Shepherd,  b.  May  1,  1915. 
Residence,  Rochester,  N.  II. 

Pettee,  Charles  Holmes 

Educator;  dean  N.  II.  College;  b., 
Manchester,  N.  II.,  Feb.  2,  1853;  ed. 
Manchester  public  .schools  —  high 
school,  1S70;  Dartmouth  College, 


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A.B.  1874;  Thayer  School,  C.E.  1876; 
instructor  in  Thayer  School  and  N.H. 
College  (then  a  department  of  Dart- 
mouth), 1876-7;  professor  of  Mathe- 
matics, N.  H.  College,  1877-1917;  ap- 
pointed dean  in  1888  and  still  con- 
tinues; received  honorary  degree 
LL.D.  from  N.  H.  College  in  1913; 
member  American  Ass'n  for  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  Soc.  for  Promotion 
of  Engineering  Education,  Nat'l  Geo- 
graphic Soc.,  Patrons  of  Husbandry 


(Master  Graf  ton  Star  Grange,  Han- 
over, N.  H.,  six  years,  ex-committee 
N.  H.  State  Grange,  two  years),  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Soc.,  Kappa  Kappa 
Kappa  fraternity;  Congregationalist 
(senior  deacon  Durham  Congrega- 
tional church);  Republican;  town 
auditor  in  Durham  several  years; 
delegate  in  X.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention 1918.  While  living  in  Han- 
over Professor  Pettec  initiated  the 
movement  resulting  in  the  establish- 
ment of  the  town  water  works;  he 
was  an  early  advocate  of  highway  im- 
irovement,  and  of  state  aid  to  towns 


for  such  purpose;  since  removal  to 
Durham,  with  the  college  in  1893, 
has  been  there  interested  in  public 
as  well  as  college  affairs.  He  served 
as  acting  president  of  the  college  for 
several  months  each,  between  the 
administrations  of  Presidents  Murkland 
and  Gibbs,  Gibbs  and  Fairchild  and 
Fairchild  and  Hetzel;  m.,  1877,  Lu- 
ella  Elizabeth  Swett,  at  Hanover 
(a  native  of  Canaan);  children;  Al- 
vena,  b.  1881,  (m.  1905,  Edward  E. 
Nelson,  mechanical  engineer,  Garfield, 
Utah);  Horace  James,  b.  1883,  me- 
chanical engineer  with  the  Decatur 
Bridge  Co.,  Decatur,  111.;  Sarah  Eliz- 
abeth, b.  1886,  dietetian,  Roosevelt 
Hospital  War  Unit,  Base  Hospital  15, 
A.  E.  F.,  France;  Charles  Swett,  b. 
1895,  first  lieutenant,  U.  S.  regular 
army,  3d  division  headquarters,  A 
E.  F.,  France.  All  his  children  are 
graduates  of  N.  H.  College.  Resi- 
dence, Durham,  N.  H. 

Shpntell,  Frederick  William 

Investment  banker;  b.,  Montpelier, 
Vt.,  June  11,  1862;  s.  Frederick  and 
Emilie  (Amiel)  Shontell;  removed  to 
Penacook,  N.  H.,  in  boyhood  (his 
father  having  been  killed  in  the  Civil 
War),  and  commenced  work  at  eleven 
years  of  age  in  the  old  John  Brown 
woolen  mill;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Montpelier  and  Penacook;  entered 
employ  of  Amoskeag  Mf'g  Co.,  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  April  1,  1876,  continu- 
ing two  years;  afterwards  employed 
by  Plummer  &  *Holton,  merchant 
tailors,  Manchester;  was  with  A.  D. 
Smith,  druggist,  of  Nashua,  two  years, 
returning  to  Manchester  in  1895  in 
service  of  the  Manchester  Traction 
Light  &  Power  Co.,  continuing  till  1910 
when  he  engaged  in  investment  bank- 
ing (head  of  the  firm  of  Shontell  & 
Varick);  Unitarian;  Independent  Re- 
publican; Moderator  Ward  4;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  state  senate,  1901,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  32d  degree  and  Knight  Templar, 
Derryfield  and  Joliet  clubs,  Sons  of 
Veterans;  m.,  Oct.  20,  1903,  Edith 
Davis,  Manchester.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, X.  H. 


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Odell,  Willis  Patterson 

Clergyman;  b.,  Lake  Village  (now  a 
part  of  Laconia),  N.  H.,  Dec.  14, 1855; 
s.  Joseph  L.  and  Abbie  (Swain)  Odell; 
ed.,  public  schools,  Tilton  Seminary, 
Boston  University,  A.B.  1880,  A.M. 


1890,  Ph.D.  1890;  D.D.,  Allegheny 
College,  1895;  entered  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  1880;  pas- 
tor, Cliftondale,  Mass.,  1880-2;  Wesley 
Church,  Salem,  1883-5;  Center  Church, 
Maiden,  1886-9;  Delaware  Ave.,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  1890-4;  Richmond  Ave., 
Buffalo,  1895-7;  Calvary,  New  York- 
City,  1898-1903;  Germantown  First, 
Phi'ladelphia,  Pa.,  1904-6;  supplied  at 
Congregational  Church,  Meredith,  N. 
H.,  1909-10;  Pastor  St.  Marks  Church, 
Brookline,  Mass.,  1911-16;  appointee! 
Superintendent,  Boston  District,  M.E. 
Churches,  1917,  still  holding  such 
position.  The  churches  named  arc 
among  the  best  in  the  denomination, 
and  Dr.  Odell  has  had  special  success 
in  financing  church  enterprises,  build- 
ing edifices  for  several  and  paying 
debts  for  others;  member  Theta  Delta 
Chi  Soc.  in  College  and  admitted  to 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  after  graduation;  A.  F. 


&  A.  M.«;  Incorporator  of  Meredith, 
N.  H.,  Savings  Bank;  director  and  vice- 
president  Lakeport  Nat'l  Bank;  direc- 
tor Citizens  Telephone  Co.,  Laconia; 
trustee  Tilton  Seminary,  Boston  Uni- 
versity, Boston  School  of  Expression, 
New  England  Methodist  Conference, 
Wesley  Foundation,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity. Author  "Ministries  of  Hope." 
1904,  and  various  pamphlets  on  reli- 
gious topics;  m.,  1st,  June  30,  1881, 
Mary  F.  French,  d.  March  26,  1904; 
2d,  Nov.  21,  1906,  Eva  J.  Beede, 
Meredith,  N.  H.  Dr.  Odell  has  trav- 
eled widely  in  his  own  and  foreign 
countries  and  lectured  much  on  what 
he  has  seen.  Residence,  84  Prescott 
St.,  Cambridge,  Mass.;  summer  home, 
Sandown,  N.  H. 

Odell,  Eva  Beede 

(Mrs.  Willis  P.  Odell) ;  teacher  and  writ- 
er; b.,  Meredith,  N.  H.,  Nov.  28.  1852; 


dan.  John  Way  and  Caroline  Frances 
(Fogg)  Beede;  ed.  public  schools,  Mere- 
dith, Tilton  Seminary,  Wellesley  Col- 
lege; engaged  in  teaching  several  years 
in  Methodist  institutions,  including 
the  seminaries  at  Tilton,  X.  II.,  Mont- 


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pelier  and  Poultney,  Vt.,  Kent's  Hill, 
Me.,  and  the  Centenary  Collegiate 
Institute  at  Hackettstown,  N.  J., 
where  she  was  preceptress  for  six  years. 
She  has  traveled  extensively  in  the 
United  States  and  Europe  and  lectured 
much  on  the  places  visited;  actively 
engaged  in  Woman's  Club  work  while 
a  resident  of  New  Hampshire;  now  a 
member  of  the  Soc.  of  New  Hamp- 
shire's Daughters  in  Boston;  Author  of 
two  volumes  of  folk  lore  stories,  en- 
titled "Roxy's  Good  Angel  and  Other 
New  England  Tales,"  and  "Miss  Pris- 
sy's  Diamond  Rings,"  also  a  volume  of 
poems  entitled  "Winnipesaukee  and 
Other  Poems";  frequent  writer  of 
short  articles  for  newspapers  and 
magazines,  including  the  Granite 
Monthly;  frequently  furnishes  enter- 
tainment for  societies  and  private 
parties  by  reading  her  own  stories  and 
sketches;  m.,  Nov.  21,  1906,  Rev. 
Willis  P.  Odell,  D.D.  (See  preceding 
sketch.) 

Lewis,  Samuel  De  Wolf 

Banker;  b.,  Newport,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
3,  1867;  s.  Frederick  W.  and  Mary 
J.  (Travis)  Lewis;  ed.  Newport  high 
school,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy;  Epis- 
copalian; Republican;  selectman,  town 
of  Newport,  four  years;  aid-de- 
camp, staff  of  Gov.  Frank  W.  Rol- 
lins, 1899-1901;  cashier  First  Nat'l 
Bank  of  Newport,  since  1890,  and 
present  vice-president;  trustee  New- 
port Savings  Bank  since  1893;  pres- 
ident Brampton  Woolen  Co.,  Newport 
and  Sunapee,  N.  H.;  member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Newport  Board  of  Trade, 
Boston  Athletic  Ass'n;  m.,  June  4, 
1890,  Maude  1.  Bibby,  Providence, 
R.  I.  (member  Colonial  Dames  and 
Order  of  the  Crown) ;  one  daughter, 
Goldina  De  Wolf,  b.  April  30,  1894; 
educated  at  St.  Mary's  School,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  and  Paris,  France;  now  a 
pupil  of  Mme.  Marcella  iSembrich. 
Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 

Ball,  Sumner  Nehemiah 

Farmer  and  hotel-keeper;  b.,  Wash- 
ington, X.  II..  June  3,  1854;  s.  Doxter 


and  Hannah  (Jefts)  Ball;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Tubbs  Union  Academy, 
Washington;  resided  some  years  in 
Antrim  where  he  founded  and  published 
the  Antrim  Reporter;  returning  to  his 
native  town  he  has  been  extensively 
engaged  in  agriculture,  is  an  exten- 
sive real  estate  owner  and  proprietor  of 
the  famous  Lovewell  Hotel;  Baptist; 
Republican;  moderator,  member  of  the 
town  board  of  selectmen  nineteen 
years;  member  school  board  twelve 


years;  commissioner  for  Sullivan  Coun- 
ty six  years;  prominent  in  public  affairs 
in  town  and  county;  Patron  of  Husban- 
dry and  for  eight  years  Master  of  Lov- 
ell  Grange,  Washington;  m.,  Nov.  26, 
1884,  Carrie  B.  Brooks;  children: 
John  S.,  b.  Aug.  30,  1880 ;  Nina  M.,  b. 
Feb.  27,  1889;  Phillips  B.,  b.  Oct.  11, 
1900.  Residence,  Washington,  N.  H. 

Tripp,  Warren 

Farmer  and  lumberman;  b.,  Short 
Falls  (Epsom),  N.  H.,  Oct.  16,  1839; 
s.  Jeremiah  and  Chloe  P.  (Prescott) 


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Tripp;  great  grandson  of  Richard  and 
Ann  McClary  Tripp,  early  settlers  of 
Epsom,  and  born  and  since  residing 
upon  the  old  family  homestead;  en- 
gaged in  agriculture  from  boyhood, 
but  for  many  years  bought  and  sold 
cattle  extensively,  and  has  since  been 
largely  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  lumber,  for  some  years  in 
company  with  the  late  James  B.  Ten- 
nant;  Democrat  and  active  in  political 
affairs  for  many  years,  serving  as  se- 


lectman, collector  and  town  treasurer; 
party  candidate  for  state  senator  in 
1894;  Patron  of  Husbandry,  first 
Master  of  McClary  Grange  of  Epsom; 
member  Suncook  Valley  Pomona 
Grange;  president  N.  II.  Clrange, 
State  Fair  Ass'n,  1802-3,  and  later 
general  superintendent;  member  Jewell 
Lodge.  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Hiram  Chapter, 
Mr.  Horeb  Commandery,  and  the 
Mystic  .Shrine;  Evergreen  Lodge, 
I.  '( ).  ().  F.,  Wonolaneet  Club;  director 
Suncook  Bank  and  Mt.  Washington 
R.  ]{.;  ID.,  June  X,  18(12,  Katie  M. 
Bickford,  d.  Sept.  4,  1910;  children: 


Florus  W.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1864,  d.  March 
29,  1894;  Annie  M.,  b.  March  11;  1868, 
m.  Blanchard  Fowler.  Residence. 
Short  Falls  (Epsom),  N.  H. 

Cottle,  Marion  Weston 

Lawyer;  b.,  Buffalo  N.  Y.;  dau. 
Octavius  O.  and  Fannie  (Petrie)  Cottle; 
ed.  St.  Margaret's  School,  Buffalo; 
Wellesley  College  (special  student); 
New  York  University,  LL.B.  1904; 
Boston  University,  LL.M.  1913;  Re- 
publican; in  practice  of  law  since  1905; 
member  of  the  bars  of  New  York, 
New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts  and 
Maine,  and  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States;  lecturer  on  law  for 
the  Redpath  Chautauqua  System, 
Washington  College  of  Law,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  and  the  Brooklyn  Institute 
of  Arts  and  Sciences;  member  N.  H. 
Bar  Ass'n;  N.  Y.  County  Lawyers' 
Ass'n;  Women  Lawyers'  Ass'n; 
Mass.  Ass'n  of  Women  Lawyers; 
Tau  Zeta  Epsilon  Soc.,  Wellesley  Col- 
lege; director  Carter-Crane  Co.  (Inc); 
Associate  editor  Women  Lawyers' 
Journal;  public  lecturer  on  law  and 
suffrage;  law  offices,  No.  Conway,  N. 
H.,  New  York  City  and  Tremont 
Building,  Boston,  Mass.  Residence, 
New  York  City;  country  home,  Sylva- 
of-the-Pines,  Intervale,  N.  H. 

Hoyt-Stevens,  Jane  Elizabeth 

Physician;  b.,  Concord,  N.  II., 
Sept.  23,  1860;  dau.,  Sewel  and  Han- 
nah Elizabeth  (Nichols)  Hoit;  ed. 
Concord  public  schools,  Wellesley 
College,  Woman's  Med.  Col.,  N.  Y. 
Infirmary,  1890;  University  of  Leipzig, 
Germany;  assistant  N.  Y.  Infant 
Asylum  '(10th  Ave.  and  61st  St.),  1889- 
90;  resident  physician,  Lasell  Sem- 
inary, Auburndale,  Mass.,  1890-1; 
interne  N.  E.  Hospital,  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  1891-2;  commenced  medical 
practice  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  June,  1893, 
continuing  since  except  for  absence  in 
foreign  travel  and  study,  having  made 
four  trips  abroad,  one  of  which  covered 
two  and  a  half  years,  in  which  she 
traveled  extensively  in  iMirope  and 
Northern  Africa,  studying  a  year  and 


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a  half  at  the  University  of  Leipzig, 
and  visiting  hospitals  in  many  of  the 
great  cities;  Episcopalian;  suffragist; 
candidate  for  city  physician  of  Con- 
cord against  several  male  doctors  in 
1897,  and  coming  within  three  votes 
of  election;  consulting  physician  on 
staff  of  Margaret  Pillsbury  Hospital, 
Concord,  1896-7-8;  member  Amer. 
Med.  Ass'n;  N.  H.  Med.  Spc.;  Mer- 
rimack  Co.  and  Center  Dist.  Med. 
Socs.,  Woman's  Med.  Ass'n,  N.  Y. 
City  (life);  delegate  from  N.  H.  Med. 
Soc.  to  International  Med.  Congress, 
Lisbon,  Portugal,  1906;  member  N. 
H.  Historical  Soc.  (Necrologist);  Con- 
cord Seaman's  Friend  Sec.  (life,  ex- 
president)  ;  N.  H.  Bible  Soc.  (life) ;  Con- 
cord Female  Charitable  Soc.  (life); 
Equal  Suffrage  Ass'n;  m.,  June  26, 
1907,  George  Washington  Stevens, 
Claremont,  d.  April  28,  1916.  Resi- 
dence, 83  No.  State  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Bailey,  Marshall  Henry 

Physician;  b.,  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
24,  1859;  s.  Israel  C.  and  Jane  S.  Hunt 
Bailey;  M.D.,  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Baltimore,  Md.,  1893; 
commenced  practice  in  Boston,  1896; 
Medical  Adviser  Harvard  Univ.;  phy- 
sician in  charge  Stillman  Infirmary; 
Republican;  Congregationalist;  mem- 
ber Mass.  Medical  Soc.,  Cambridge 
Medical  Improvement  Soc.,  Boston 
Medical.  Library,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  m., 
June  13,  1894,  Emma  A.  Jones,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.  Residence,  1569  Massachu- 
setts Ave.,  Cambridge,  Muss. 

Parker,  George  Amos 

Superintendent  of  Parks;  b.,  Fitz- 
william,  X.  H.,  April  28,  1853;  s. 
George  W.  and  Julia  A.  (Depth) 
Parker;  ed.  public  schools,  Mass.  Ag- 
ricultural College,  1876,  Boston  Uni- 
versity, Harvard  Univ.;  headgar- 
dener,  Vassal'  College,  1876-9;  super- 
intendent, Cliffdale  (Judge  Board- 
man's  estate),  Ophir  Farm  (John 
Roach's  estate),  supervisor  station 
grounds  and  approaches  N.  \  .,  X.  H. 
A:  H.  K.  H.;  now  director  Keney  Park 
and  superintendent  public  parks, 


Hartford,  Conn.;  Congregationalist; 
Republican  ("born  and  bred");  mem- 
ber Conn.  State  Park  Commission, 
Public  Market  Commission,  Hart- 
ford, Israel  Putnam  Memorial  Camp 
commission,  Conn.  Soc.,  Civil  Engin- 
eers, National  Municipal  League, 
American  Civic  Ass'n,  American  Soc. 
Municipal  Improvement,  S.  A.  R., 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Phi  Sigma  Kappa; 
University  Club,  Hartford,  Harvard 
Club  of  Conn.;  m.,  Dec.  6,  1876, 


Jennie  Waterman  Richmond,  Halifax, 
Mass.,  d.  1894;  children:  Arthur  V., 
A.  Richmond,  Robert  L.,  Priscilla. 
Residence,  100  Blue  Hill  Ave.;  office, 
Municipal  Building,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Sanborn,  Walter  Henry 

Jurist;  b.,  Epsom,  X.  II.,  Oct.  10, 
1S45,  s.  Henry  F.  and  Eunice  (Davis) 
Sanborn.  (Henry  F.  Sanborn  was  a 
state  senator  and  long  prominent  in 
public  life;  Eunice  Davis  was  a 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  Davis  who 
fought  under  Prescott  at  Bunker  Hill, 
served  through  Ilie  Revolution  and  was 


Hox.  WALTER  H.  SANBOUN 


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347 


one  of  the  veterans  present  addressed 
by  Webster  as  "Venerable  Men"  at 
the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the 
Bunker  Hill  Monument  in  1825); 
ed.  Pittsfield  Academy,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1867  (valedictorian), 
A.M.  1870,  LL.D.  1893;  principal 
Milford,  N.  H.,  high  school  and  student 
at  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Bain- 
bridge  Wadleigh,  Feb.  1867  to  Feb. 
1870;  removed  to  St.  Paul,  Minn,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Su- 
preme Court,  Feb.  1871;  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  uncle,  Gen.  John 
B.  Sanborn  and  practiced  with  him 
until  commissioned  U.  S.  Circuit 
Judge  for  the  8th  Judicial  Circuit, 
March  17,  1892,  in  which  position  he 
has  continued,  having  been  made  pre- 
siding judge  of  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court 
of  Appeals  for  the  8th  Circuit,  June  4, 
1903.  In  his  long  period  of  judicial 
service  Judge  Sanborn  has  delivered 
more  than  one  thousand  opinions, 
many  of  them  involving  important 
and  intricate  questions  of  law,  which 
have  commanded  wide  attention,  and 
are  cited  as  authority  in  all  parts  of 
the  country;  Congregationalist ;  Re- 
publican; member  St.  Paul  City 
Council,  1878-80,  1885-92;  receiver 
Union  Pacific  R.  R.,  1893-8;  Chicago 
&  Great  Western,  1908-9;  St.  Louis 
<fe  San  Francisco,  1913-15;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  E.  C.  Damascus  Com- 
mandery  No.  1,  K.  T.,  St.  Paul, 
1886-8;  E.  G.  C.  Grand Commandery, 
Minnesota,  1889-90;  president  Union 
League,  1890,  St.  Paul  Bar  Ass'n 
1890-1;  treasurer  Minn.  Bar  Ass'n., 
1885-92;  member  S.  A.  R.,  Minnesota 
Historical  Soc.,  Minnesota  Club;  m., 
Nov.  10,  1874,  Emily  F.  Bruce,  Mil- 
ford;  children:  Grace  (Mrs.  Charles 
G.  Hartin),  b.  Oct.  1,  1875;  Marian 
(Mrs.  Grant  Van  Sant),  b.  July  6,  1879 
(Vassar  College) ;  Bruce  W.,  b.  July  11, 
1882  (Dartmouth,  1904),  (lawyer  in  St. 
Paul);  Henry  F.,  b.  Nov.  11, 1888  (R.  R. 
official,  St.  Louis,  Mo.).  Residence, 
143  Virginia  Ave.,  St.  Paul,  Minn.; 
office,  P.  O.  Building,  St.  Paul;  sum- 
mer home,  Epsom,  X.  II.,  at  the  old 
homestead,  held  in  the  family  since 
1752. 


Scammon,  John 

Lawyer;  b.,  Stratham,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
3,  1865;  s.  John  James  and  Rachel 
(Jewell)  Scammon;  ed.  Exeter  high 
school,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Bos- 
ton University  Law  School;  engaged 
for  a  time  in  mercantile  business,  and 
subsequently  in  railway  service,  but 
later  resumed  the  study  of  law,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1898,  en- 
tering the  office  of  Eastman  &  Young 
in  Exeter;  on  appointment  of  John 


E.  Young  to  the  Supreme  Court  bench 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  East- 
man, Scammon  &  Gardiner,  and  has 
since  continued,  the  firm,  since  the 
death  of  Gen.  Eastman,  being  Scam- 
mon &  Gardiner;  Congregutionalist; 
Republican;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1903  and  1905,  serving 
on  judiciary  committee  each  session; 
member  and  president  N.  II.  senate, 
1907;  director  and  president  Hampton 
Water  Works  Co.;  director  Union 
Pub.  Co.,  Manchester;  Mason,  32d 
degree;  m.,  Nov.  27,  1890,  Mary  G. 
Dixie,  Lynn,  Mass.;  children:  Oscar 


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Jewell,  b.  March  27,  1892;  John 
James,  June  22,  1893;  Mariana,  March 
17,  1895  (grad.  Wheelock  School); 
Henry  Glover,  May  16,  1897;  George 
Albert,  Aug.  20,  1899,  sons  all  in  U.  S. 
government  service.  Residence,  Ex- 
eter, N.  H. 

Ryder,  Herbert  Daniel 

Teacher,  lawyer,  manufacturer;  b., 
Acworth,  N.  H.,  Nov.  12,  1850;  s. 
Daniel  A.  and  Elizabeth  A.  (Brigham) 


Ryder;   ed.    public    schools,     Oberlin, 
O.,    Colby    Academy,    New    London, 
N.  H.;   Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1876, 
A.M.  1X79;  principal  Springfield,  Vt., 
high  school,  three  years;   studied  law 
with  Hon.  David  Cross  and  Henry  E. 
Burnhain   of  Manchester,   X.    H.,  and 
J.   W.    Pierce  of  Springfield,   Vt.;   ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in    1XXO   and  com- 
lenced    practice    in    Springfield,     re- 
loving  to  Bellows  Falls  a  year  later 
here  he  became  principal  of  the  high 
•liool,  continuing  until  1XX7  when  he 
ecame  connected  with  the  manufact- 
uring firm  of  Derby  and  Ball  for  three 


years;  resumed  the  practice  of  law  in 
1890  and  since  1907  has  been  the  senior 
member  of  the  law  firm  of  Ryder  and 
Graham;  in  1907  became  manager  of 
the  business  conducted  under  the  name 
of  Derby  and  Ball  and  has  continued 
the  connection  ever  since;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  chairman  Bel- 
lows Falls  board  of  bailiffs,  1893-5; 
president  of  Bellows  Falls  Village 
corporation,  1918;  deputy  collector 
internal  revenue,  1897-1904;  state's 
attorney,  Windham  County,  1904-6; 
presidential  elector,  1908;  member  Vt. 
house  of  representatives  and  chairman 
judiciary  committee,  1913;  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  Bellows  Falls, 
1890-7;  chairman  school  board,  town 
of  Rockingham,  1889-1914;  examiner 
of  schools  for  Windham  county  about 
twenty  years;  member  Vt.  State  Board 
of  Education  (secretary  and  treasurer), 
1913-4;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (lodge, 
chapter  and  council),  I.  O.  O.  F.,  P.  of 
H.,  and  Westminster  Club;  m.,  Nov. 
30,  1881,  Margaret  E.  Ball,  Spring- 
field, Vt.;  children:  Jessie  E.,  b.  Feb. 
18,  1884;  Margaret  S.,  b.  April  26, 
1885,  m.  Edward  H.  Kenerson,  1905, 
d.  1909;  Helen  W.,  b.  June  27,  1887, 
m.  Ralph  D.  Gilbert,  1912;  Charlotte 
D.,  b.  Sept.  4,  1889,  m.  Edward  H. 
Kenerson,  1914;  Katharine  F.,  b. 
July  26,  1895;  Daniel  F.,  b.  Jan.  9, 
1900;  Mary  Scott,  b.  June  18,  1904. 
Residence,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 

Gibson,  Harvey  Dow 

Banker;  b.,  No.  Conway,  N.  H., 
March  12,  1882;  s.  James  L.  and  Ad- 
die  (Dow)  Gibson;  ed.  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1902;  entered  employ  of 
American  Express  Co.,  and  became 
assistant  manager  of  the  financial 
department  of  the  company  in  New 
York;  vice-president  Raymond  ife 
Whitcomb  Co,  for  a  time;  in  1912 
became  assistant  to  the  president  of 
Liberty  Nat'l  Bank,  New  York; 
elected  vicerpresident  April,  1913, 
president  since  Jan.  1,  1917;  director 
Interborough  Rapid  Transit  Co.,  Pa- 
cific Fire  Ins.  Co.,  Mercantile  Trust 
&  Deposit  Co.,  and  many  other  corpor- 


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ations;  appointed  General  Manager 
American  Nat'l  Red  Cross,  July,  1917; 
member  War  Council  and  War  Fi- 
nance Com.  of  same;  Overseer  Bow- 
doin  College;  member  Ass'n,  for  Im- 
proving Condition  of  the  Poor;  Theta 
Delta  Chi,  Bankers'  Club  of  America, 
Union  League,  New  York;  Metro- 
politan Club,  Washington,  D.  C.; 
Presbyterian;  Republican;  m.,  June 
10,  1903,  Carrie  Hastings  Curtis, 
Newtonville,  Mass.  Residence,  52  E, 
69th  St.;  business  address,  120  Broad- 
way, N.  Y. 

Albee,  Ernest 

Educator;  b.,  Langdon,  N.  H., 
Aug.  8,  1865;  s.  Solon  and  Ellen  Lu- 
cilla  (Eames)  Albee;  ed.  University  of 
Vermont,  A.  B.  1887,  Clark  Uni- 
versity, Cornell  University,  Ph.D., 
1894 ;  instructor  in  philosophy,  Cornell 
University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  1892-1902, 
assistant  professor,  1902-7;  professor 
of  philosophy,  1907-  ;  member  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  American  Philosophical 
Ass'n,  American  Psychological  Ass'n, 
City  Club,  N.  Y.  City,  Town  and 
Gown,  Ithaca,  Author's,  London, 
Eng. ;  editor  Philosophical  Review, 
1903-8;  Author  "A  History  of  English 
Utilitarianism,"  1902.  M.,  Dec.  23, 
1911,  Emily  Humphreys  Manly. 
Residence,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Abbott,  Leon  Martin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Richmond,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
28,  1867;  s.  Joseph  B.  and  Lydia  C. 
(Martin)  Abbott;  ed.  Keene,  N.  H., 
high  school,  1885,  Mass.  Institute  of 
Technology,  Harvard  College,  Harvard 
Law  School,  1887-90;  in  practice  of 
law  in  Boston  since  1891,  member 
firm  of  Bates,  Nay,  Abbott  &  Dane; 
Republican;  member  Boston  and  Mass. 
Bar  Associations,  Boston  City  Club; 
prominent  in  Masonry,  Grand  Mas- 
ter Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts, 
and  active  33d  degree  Mason;  trustee 
of  many  Masonic  and  other  organiza- 
tions; m.,  April  19,  1S94,  Florence  M. 
Tallman,  Boston.  Residence,  797 
Washington  St.,  Brookline,  Mass.; 
office,  Tremont  Building,  Boston. 


Beal,  Frank  Johnson 

Merchant;  b.,  Orford,  N.  H., 
11,  1862;  s.  Royal  and  Josephine 
(Johnson)  Beal;  ed.  public  schools  and 
Orford  Academy;  engaged  in  furniture 
business  in  Orford  for  many  years; 
removed  to  Plymouth  in  1903  and  en- 
gaged in  the  dry  goods  trade,  doing 
business  as  "The  Beal  Co.";  Congre- 
gationalist;  Democrat;  member  N.  H. 
senate  from  fourth  senatorial  district, 
1913-4  (Chairman  committee  on  rail- 


roads), only  Democrat  ever  elected  in 
the  district;  N.  H.  Commissioner  of 
Fisheries  and  Game,  1914-7;  member 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1918; 
examiner  in  charge  U.  S.  Department 
of  Labor  Service;  member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  m.,  July  8,  1891,  Elizabeth 
A  very,  Orford;  children,  Ruth  Carver, 
b.  IVIarch  15,  1893  (Plymouth  high 
school,  1910,  RadclifTe  College,  1914), 
in.,  June,  1916,  Clinton  D.  Wilson, 
Danielson,  Conn.;  Gertrude,  b.  March 
2,  1S94,  d.  Auir.  3,  1S95.  Residence, 
Plymouth.  N.  H. 


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Manahan,  William  Henry 

Auctioneer;  general  business;  b. , 
New  London,  N.  H.,  March  31,  1840; 
s.  John  and  Lucintha  (Felch)  Manahan; 
kinsman  of  John  Manahan,  who  was 
born  in  England  in  1744,  educated  for 
the  army,  stationed  in  Canada,  and 
left  with  others  for  New  England, 
joined  the  patriot  forces,  fought  at 
Bunker  Hill,  marched  with  Arnold 
through  the  wilderness  to  Quebec,  was 
with  Stark  at  Bennington,  and  ulti- 
mately located  in  Francestown;  from 
his  younger  brother,  Adam,  born  in 
Ireland  about  1760,  who  came  to 
America  in  search  of  John,  after  the 
Revolution,  William  Henry  Manahan 
is  descended,  his  father  being  Adam's 
eldest  son,  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  at  Colby  Academy,  New 
London,  and  Eaton's  Commercial 
College,  Worcester,  Mass.;  he  learned 
the  machinist's  trade  in  youth,  later 
became  a  practical  draughtsman  and 
pursued  the  calling  for  several  years. 
In  1862  he  located  in  Hillsbprough, 
N.  H.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  lum- 
bering and  milling  for  several  years, 
adding  furniture  manufacture  to  his 
interests;  later  commenced  operating 
in  real  estate,  for  himself  and  as  agent 
for  others,  and  from  conducting  sales 
necessary  to  the  business,  ultimately 
took  up  the  work  of  a  general  auction- 
eer, and  followed  the  same  with  re- 
markable success,  establishing  a  rep- 
utation second  to  that  of  no  man  in  the 
business  in  New  England;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  moderator  of 
Hillsborough  twelve  years;  justice  of 
the  peace  and  quorum  many  years, 
doing  a  large  business;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1885-6,  being 
the  first  Republican  ever  elected  from 
Hillsborough;  introduced  and  secured 
the  passage  of  the  act  to  prevent  the 
double  taxation  of  mortgages;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1889;  m.,  March  31,  18(52,  Fannie 
Harriet  Chaffin,  Holden,  Mass.;  chil- 
dren: Josephine  Emily,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1863,  eel.  Worcester  Conservatory  of 
Music;  Gertrude,  b.,  Sept.  25,  1871 
(Mrs.  Charles  H.  Adams  M.D.,  Wol- 


laston,  Mass.),  graduate  Plymouth 
N.  H.  Normal  School,  member  Old 
South  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  Boston; 
William  Henry,  Jr.,  b.  Dec.  28,  1877, 
ed.  public  schools,  Colby  Academy 
and  Illinois  College  of  Photography, 
now  in  business  in  Hillsborough. 
Residence,  Hillsborough,  N.  H. 

Beaton,  Alexander  Angus 

Physician     and     surgeon;  b.,     Flat 
River,    P.    E.    I.,    April    7,    1872;  s. 


Angus  and  Christina  Ross  Beaton;  ed. 
public  schools,  Dartmouth  Medical 
College,  1897;  commenced  practice  in 
Webster,  N.  H.,  continuing  two  years; 
removed  to  Franklin  in  1899,  where  he 
has  since  been  in  active  practice; 
Presbyterian;  Republican;  member 
Franklin  City  council  three  years, 
1910-2;  mayor  of  Franklin  two  years, 
1916-7  (elected  the  last  year  without 
opposition,  no  candidate  being  nom- 
inated against  him) ;  Past  Exalted 
Ruler,  Franklin  Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E.; 
Past  Noble  Grand,  Merrimack  Lodge, 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  member  Webster  Encamp- 


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ment,  Patriarchs  Militant,  Colfax 
Rebekah  Lodge;  member  N.  H.  Medical 
Soc.,  Merrimack  Co.  Med.  Soc.  (ex- 
president)  ;  president  Dartmouth  Medi- 
cal Alumni  Ass'n;  unmarried.  Resi- 
dence; Franklin,  N.  H. 

Linehan,  John  J. 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Penacook,  N.  H., 
Oct.  9,  1866;  s.  Col.  John  C.  Linehan, 
many  years  state  insurance  commis- 
sioner and  junior  vice  commander-in- 


chief  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  Mary  E. 
(Prendergast)  Linehan  ;ed.  in  the  schools 
of  Penacook  and  Concord;  president 
and  treasurer  of  the  Linehan-Conover 
Co.  of  Worcester,  corset  manufacturers; 
director  of  the  Park  Trust  Co.,  Worces- 
ter; director  of  the  Corset  Manufac- 
turers' Ass'n  of  the  United  States;  cor- 
poration member,  St.  Vincent  Hospital, 
Worcester;  member  of  the  Worcester 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Young  Men's 
Republican  Club  of  Massachusetts, 
Worcester  County  Republican  Club, 
Shrewsbury  Camp,  Sons  of  Veterans, 
Worcester  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 


tective Order  of  Elks,  Worcester 
Country  Club,  Shrewsbury  Club; 
Roman  Catholic;  Republican,  Roose- 
velt candidate  for  delegate  to  the  Re- 
publican national  convention  of  1916; 
"a  business  man  of  executive  ability 
and  a  broad-minded,  public -spirited 
citizen,  who  believes  in  helping  to 
upbuild  his  community";  m.  Aug.  29, 
1893,  Elizabeth  J.  Barrett.  Resi- 
dence, Worcester,  Mass. 

Ayers,  Joseph  Gerrish 

Surgeon;  rear-admiral,  U.  S.  N., 
retired;  b.,  Canterbury,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
3,  1839;  s.  Charles  H.  and  Almira  S. 
(Gerrish)  Ayers;  ed.  University  of 
Vermont  and  Columbia  University, 
New  York;  served  in  15th  N.  H.  Vols., 
as  second  and  first  lieutenant,  1862-3; 
appointed  acting  assistant  surgeon, 
U.  S.  N.,  Dec.  17,  1864;  honorably 
discharged,  Sept.  24,  1866;  appointed 
assistant  surgeon,  Oct.  8,  1866;  passed 
assistant  surgeon,  Oct.  12,  1869; 
surgeon,  Jan.  7,  1878;  medical  in- 
spector, Feb.  25,  1879;  medical  director, 
Dec.  12,  1898;  retired  with  rank  of 
rear-admiral,  Nov.  3,  1901;  fleet 
surgeon,  Asiatic  station,  1895-7;  m., 
July  11,  1864,  Olinda  H.  Austin, 
Sitka,  Alaska.  Residence,  Port  Jer- 
vis,  N.  Y. 

Andrews,  Herbert  Marston 

Clergyman;  b.,  Enfield,  N.  H., 
Sept.  9,  1851;  s.  Randall  and  Rhoda 
(Choate)  Marston;  ed.  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1876,  A.M.  1881;  Grand 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  1879; 
ordained  deacon  Protestant  Episcopal 
church,  1879,  priest,  1880;  in  pastoral 
work  in  New  York,  1879-81;  rector, 
Littleton,  N.  H.,  1881-3;  stated  supply 
Congregational  Church,  Bethlehem, 
N.  II.,  1883-4;  pastor,  Franklin,  N.  H., 
1884-5;  Enfield,  N.  H.,  1885-6; 
Peacham,  Vt,  1887-8;  Romeyn 
Chapel  (Presbyterian),  New  York, 
1889-90;  Missionary  Presbyterian 
Church,  U.  S.,  in  India,  1890-9;  presi- 
dent Woodstock  College,  India,  1899- 
1915;  retired.  Residence,  2625  Frank- 
lin St.,  Bellingharn,  Washington. 


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Woodward,  Susan  Jones  (Wentworth) 
(Mrs.  Susan  Jones  Woodward),  b. 
Sandwich,  N.  H.,  Aug.  4,  1856,  dau. 
Col.  Joseph  and  Sarah  Payson  (Jones) 
Wentworth;  descended  from  Elder 
William  Wentworth  of  Dover,  the 
first  immigrant;  great  granddaughter 
John  Wentworth  of  Dover,  member  of 
the  Continental  Congress;  also  great 
granddaughter  Col.  Amos  Cogswell 
of  Dover,  who  served  eight  years  dur- 
ing the  Revolution,  was  an  original 
member  of  the  Order  of  the  Cincin- 
nati and  afterwards  president  of  the 
N.  H.  Branch;  ed.  Concord  high  school, 
1875.  Mrs.  Woodward  was  the  sec- 
ond woman  to  serve  on  the  Concord 
Board  of  Education,  being  appointed 
Nov.  18,  1895  to  fill  out  the  unex- 
pired  term  of  Parsons  B.  Cogswell, 
elected  by  popular  vote,  1896-1902, 
and  served  as  secretary,  1899-1902; 
member  South  Congregational  Church, 
Concord  Equal  Suffrage  Ass'n,  Strat- 
ford (Shakespeare)  Club  (president, 
1895-8),  Concord  Woman's  Club, 
serving  as  chairman  of  various  com- 
mittees, Concord  Female  Charitable 
Soc.  (life),  Hospital  Associates,  District 
Nursing  Ass'n,  Charity  Organization 
Soc.,  Woman's  Ass'n  South  church, 
Red  Cross;  m.,  Charles  Webster 
Woodward  of  Concord,  June  26,  1879 
(he  d.  Sept.  24,  1900);  child:  Sarah 
Jones  Woodward,  b.  June  1,  1883  (see 
p.  87).  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Chase,  Stuart 

Writer,  accountant;  b.  Somers- 
worth,  N.  H.,  March  8,  1888;  s. 
Harvey  Stuart  and  Aaronette  (Rowe) 
Chase;  ed.  Mass.  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, 1907-8;  Harvard  University, 
B.S.,  cum  laude  1910;  member  firm  of 
Harvey  S.  Chase  &  Co.,  Boston;  direc- 
tor N.  E.  Stamp  Co.,  member  American 
Institute  of  Accountants,  Certified 
Public  Accountants  of  Massachusetts; 
Phi  Gamma  Delta;  Author  "A  Honey- 
moon Experiment,"  1916;  contributor 
to  the  New  Republic,  Survey,  Good 
Housekeeping,  etc.;  m.,  July  5,  1914, 
Margaret  Hatfield,  Newton,  Mass. 
Residence,  1697  Commonwealth  Ave., 
Boston,  Mass. 

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Child,  Edwin  Leighton 

Farmer  and  butter  maker;  b., 
Cornish,  N.  H.,  May  15,  1867;  s. 
William  H.  and  Ellen  Frances  (Leigh- 
ton)  Child;  ed.  public  schools,  N.  H. 
State  College,  University  of  Vermont 
Dairy  School,  1897;  instructor  in 
dairy  school  for -a  time  after  gradua- 
tion; superintendent  Cornish,  N.  H., 
Creamery,  1897-1909;  Sanborn's 
Creamery,  Leavitt's  Hill,  Deerfield, 
1909-12;  Pembroke  Creamery  (pro- 


prietor) since  1912;  Congregatioualist 
(deacon  Pembroke  church);  Repub- 
lican; director  and  first  president, 
Suncook  Bank;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Jewell  Lodge  and  Hiram  Chapter, 
Suncook;  1.  O.  O.  F.,  Howard  Lodge 
(past  Noble  Grand),  Hildreth  En- 
campment; P.  of  H.,  Master  Park 
Grange,  Cornish  Flat,  six  years,  dis- 
trict deputy,  X.  H.  State  Grange, 
two  years;  president  Suncook  Board 
of  Trade,  1915;  superintendent  of  ex- 
hibits, Granite  State  Dairymen's 
Ass'n,  1908-17;  received  gold  medal 
for  butter  exhibited  at  Paris  exposi- 
tion, 1900,  and  Pan-American,  Buffalo, 
1901—;  only  one  coining  to  New 


EDWARD  TUCK 


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Hampshire  in  each  case;  m.,  Feb.  15, 

1894,  Ida  L.  Ford,  Danbury,  N.  H.; 
children:   Ford   Leighton,   b.   Feb.   2, 

1895,  d.  Jan.  7, 1904;  Roswell  Towle,  b. 
Oct.   19,   1903  (N.  H.  College  1921); 
Edna  Lizzie,  b.  Oct.  19,  1903  (student 
Pembroke  Academy).   Residence,  Pem- 
broke, N.  H. 

Tuck,  Edward 

Retired  banker,  philanthropist,  b., 
Exeter,  N.  H.,  Aug.  24,  1842;  s.  Amos 
and  Sarah  Ann  (Nudd)  Tuck;  ed. 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Dartmouth 
'  College,  A.B.  1862,  LL.D.  1903;  U.  S. 
vice-consul,  Paris,  France,  1864-6; 
engaged  in  foreign  banking  many 
years,  New  York  and  Paris.  Gave 
the  Amos  Tuck  Endowment  Fund  to 
Dartmouth  College  in  memory  of  his 
father,  Dartmouth,  1835,  who  was 
also  a  trustee,  1857-66;  erected  the 
building  for  the  Tuck  School  of  Ad- 
ministration and  Finance,  Dartmouth, 
1899,  also  endowed  Foundation  for 
instruction  in  French  Language  and 
Literature,  Dartmouth,  making  a  total 
of  more  than  a  million  dollars  given  to 
this  institution;  in  1903  founded  and 
endowed  Hopital  Stell,  Reuil,  near 
Paris,  greatly  enlarged  since  the  be- 
ginning of  the  war;  1911,  gave  to  the 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.  the  sumptuous 
granite  building  at  Concord,  costing 
nearly  half  a  million;  this  will  be 
supplemented  in  the  near  future  by  a 
magnificent  museum  on  the  same  lot 
for  the  housing  of  the  valuable  Tuck 
collections.  Has  made  liberal  gifts 
to  his  native  town,  including  a  com- 
pletely equipped  cottage  hospital; 
also  to  Phillips  Exeter  Academy. 
Officier  Le"gion  d'Honneur,  laureate 
Acade"mie  Francaise;  member  ad- 
visory council  American  Red  Cross  in 
Europe;  N.  Y.  clubs,  Metropolitan 
and  Union  League;  m.,  1872,  London, 
Eng.,  Julia  Stell,  dau.  William  Shorter 
Stell  of  Philadelphia.  She  was  made 
Chevalier  de  la  L6gion  d'Honneur, 
1917,  and  ably  co-operates  in  all  her 
husband's  benevolence.  Since  1914 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tuck  have  devoted  their 
entire  time  to  war  relief.  "Since  the 


days  of  Lafayette  no  American  has 
done  more  to  cement  the  bonds  of 
friendship  existing  between  France 
and  the  United  States  than  has  Ed- 
ward Tuck."  Residence,  82  Champs 
Elyse"es,  Paris,  Vert  Mont,  Reuil 
France. 

Baker,  Benjamin  Ward 

Physician,  superintendent  N.  H, 
School  for  Feeble-Minded  Children;  b., 
New  Boston,  N.  H.,  Aug.  6,  1874; 
s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Annie  (Ward) 


Baker;  ed.  McCollum  Institute,  Mont 
Vernon,  N.  H.,  1895,  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  1898,  post-graduate 
work  at  Harvard  Medical  College, 
and  psychiatrical  studies  in  the  hos- 
pitals of  England  and  Scotland;  as- 
sistant physician  and  assistant  super- 
intendent, Taunton  State  Hospital, 
Taunton,  Mass.,  for  eleven  years; 
appointed  superintendent  of  the  N.  H. 
School  for  Feeble-Minded  Children, 
July  1,  1910;  Mason;  member  of  Bel- 
knap  County  Medical  Soc.,  American 


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Medico-Psychological  Soc.,  American 
Soc.  for  the  Study  of  the  Feeble- 
Minded,  N.  H.  Soc.  Charities  and  Cor- 
rections, New  England  Soc.  of  Psychi- 
atry; Episcopalian;  Republican;  m., 
May  22,  1912,  Mary  Andrews  of  La- 
conner,  Washington;  dau.,  Barbara 
Ward,  b.  Jan.  27,  1918.  Residence, 
Laconia,  N.  H. 

Graves,  Eli  Edwin 

Physician;     b.,    Jericho,    Vt.,    Sept. 
9,  1847;    s.  Daniel  H.  and  Lusetta  R. 


(N'ush)  ( i  raves;  cd.  public  schools, 
Essex  Classical  Institute,  University 
of  Vermont,  Medical  Department, 
M.D.  1H()8;  Post  graduate  work  at 
Post  Graduate  School  of  Medicine, 
Harvard  College  and  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital;  located  in  practice  in 
Boseawen,  N.  11.,  immediately  after 
graduation,  Sept.  17,  1808,  and  con- 
tinued till  removal  to  Penacook,  Oct. 
20,  1S97;  Congregationalist ;  Republi- 
can; superintendent  of  schools,  Bos- 
eawen, 1S70-1 ;  health  officer  from  the 
establishment  of  the  office;  library 


trustee  from  the  establishment  of  the 
town  library;  probation  officer;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1888-9;  chairman  Boscawen  water 
board;  moderator  Boscawen  school 
meetings  since  1870,  having  been  ab- 
sent but  once;  member  American 
Medical  Ass'n,  American  Public 
Health  Ass'n,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc., 
Center  District  and  Merrimack  County 
Medical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Surgical  Club, 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Horti- 
cultural Soc.,  etc.;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  now  acting  medical  di- 
rector of  United  Life  &  Accident  Ins. 
Co.;  surgeon  for  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  for 
Concord  and  vicinity;  m.,  Dec.  18, 
1872,  Martha  A.  Williams,  Essex,  Vt.; 
d.  Jan.  29,  1893;  children:  Robert  J., 
b.  June  22,  1878  (see  sketch,  p.  89) ; 
Katharine  L.  (Mrs.  Henry  C.  Rolfe), 
b.  March  17,  1880.  Residence,  Pena- 
cook, N.  H. 

Wyman,  Louis  Eliot 

Lawyer;  b.,  Lviin,  Mass.,  Aug.  2, 
1878;  s.  Louis  A." and  Edith  E.  (Mer- 
riam)  Wyman;  ed.  Lynn  public 
schools,  Harvard  College,  1900;  Har- 
vard Law  School,  1902;  removed  to 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  December,  1902, 
to  enter  the  law  firm  of  Taggart,  Tuttle 
&  Burroughs,  with  which,  with  some 
changes  in  membership  he  has  since 
been  connected;  Universalist;  Re- 
publican; member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1909-10,  serving  on 
Judiciary  Committee  and  taking  an 
active  part  in  legislation;  member 
Rotary,  Calumet,  Derryfield  and  Inter- 
vale Country  clubs;  in.,  June  1,  1904, 
Alice  S.  Crosby,  Manchester;  children: 
Eliot  N.,  b.  March  26,  1905;  Esther 
M.,  b.  Dec.  19,  1907;  Louis  C.  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H. 

Lane,  Edward  Austin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Carroll,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
27,  1852;  s.  Richard  and  Hannah 
(King)  Lane,  reared  in  the  town  of 
Whitefield;  ed.  public  schools,  Little- 
ton, N.  H.,  high  school;  studied  law 
and  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar,  March, 
1879,  and  in  Jan.,  1905,  to  the  Su- 


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preme  Court  of  the  United  States; 
commenced  practice  in  Pittsfield  in 
1881;  was  counsel  for  respondent  in 
the  well-known  Munsey  extradition 
case  which  was  twice  before  the  N.  H. 
supreme  court  and  finally  went  to  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
and  in  which  many  mooted  extradition 


points  were  settled;  Unitarian;  Re- 
publican; member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1809-10;  trustee  and 
president  Farmers  Savings  Bank  of 
Pittsfield;  trustee  Pittsfield  Academy; 
has  served  as  trustee  of  the  public 
library,  chairman  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation and  president  of  the  Pittsfiekl 
board  of  trade;  member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Eastern  Star,  K.  of  P.  and 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  chairman  committee 
to  raise  Pittsfield's  quota  for  Y.  M.  C. 
A.  war  work  •  member  Pittsfield  branch 
Amer.  Red  Cross,  and  chairman  home 
service  section;  member  local  Liberty 
Loan  Committee;  m.,  May  24,  1882, 
Annie  A.  Barter,  Concord.  Resi- 
dence, Pittsfield,  N.  H. 


Cain,  John  Leavitt 

Physician;  b.,  Goshen,  N.  H., 
Sept.  26,  1856;  s.  George  W.  and 
Cynthia  J.  (Leavitt)  Cain;  (reared  in 
Croydon  where  he  removed  with  his 
parents  in  childhood);  ed.  public 
schools,  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  1880;  Dartmouth  College 
and  Dartmouth  Medical  School,  1884; 
post-graduate  course  in  Bellevue  Med- 
ical College,  N.  Y.;  commenced  prac- 
tice in  Grantham  in  1883,  continuing 
four  years,  when  he  removed  to  New- 
port where  he  has  since  remained,  es- 
tablishing a  wide  practice;  Liberal; 
Democrat;  member  of  board  of  health 
for  twenty  years;  member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Knight  Templar  and  Shriner; 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  other  orders;  Sullivan 


Co.  Medical  Sor.,  N.  H.  Medical  Soc., 
American  Medical  Ass'n.;  in.,  Dec.  19, 
1900,  Lillian  G.  Mathews,  Sunapce; 
children,  John  Leavitt,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  20, 
1904,  d.  Feb.  25,  1904;  William  Leav- 
itt, b.  May  29,  1905;  John  Haeckel,  b. 
July  19,  1906;  Cynthia  Jane,  b.  Marcli 
8,  1910.  Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 


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Robie,  Charles  Warren 

Express  manager;  b.,  New  Hamp- 
ton (Winona),  N.  H.,  July  28,  1866; 
s.  William  R.  and  Harriet  M.  (Chase) 
Robie;  ed.  public  schools,  Meredith, 
N.  H.,  high  school;  entered  the 
service  of  the  American  Express  Co. 
at  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  at  eighteen  years 
of  age  and  continued  with  the  company 
up  to  July  1,  1918,  when  the  express 
companies  of  the  country  were  unified 
in  one  concern,  now  known  as  the 
American  Railway  Express  Co.;  went 
from  Plymouth  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  as 
a  clerk;  was  soon  transferred  to  Bos- 
ton, as  clerk  in  the  superintendent's 
office;  afterward  sent  to  Springfield, 
Mass.,  as  route  agent;  after  five  years 
was  appointed  superintendent,  with 
headquarters  at  Boston,  holding  the 
position  ten  years;  in  1906  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  general  manager  in 
charge  of  the  New  England  Depart- 
ment, which  title  was  afterwards 
changed  to  manager,  and  on  July  1, 
1918,  was  appointed  general  manager, 
New  England  Department,  American 
Railway  Express  Co.,  with  head- 
quarters in  Boston;  Baptist;  Repub- 
lican; member  Boston  Chamber  of 
Commerce;  City,  Exchange,  Algon- 
quin, Economic  clubs,  Boston;  Traffic 
Club  of  New  England  (president, 
1917);  Wonolancet  Club,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  and  others;  accompanied  the 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce  party 
on  a  tour  of  Europe  in  1911;  also 
visited  South  America  with  a  similar 
party  in  1913;  in.,  Sept.  4,  1890, 
Lizzie  M.  Woodward,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
one  son,  Harold  William,  b.  Somer- 
ville,  Mass.,  July  17,  1892;  ed.  Mitch- 
ell's Military  School  for  Boys, 
Billerica,  Mass.,  Newton  Technical 
high  school,  N.  H.  College,  and  Cor- 
nell University;  enlisted  with  14th 
(Ry.)  Engineers,  Co.  D,  June  17, 
1917,  was  with  the  first  regiment  of 
American  soldiers  to  parade  the 
streets  of  London  under  arms,  wont 
into  actual  service  Aug.  17,  was  with 
the  British  a  year  and  has  since  been 
with  the  American  forces.  Resi- 
dence and  summer  home,  Rock  Ridge 


Farm,  Winona,  N.  H.;  Boston  home, 
City  Club;  office,  43  Franklin  St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Claggett,  Fred  Porter 

Physician;  b.,  Newport,  N.  H., 
Jan.  18,  1869;  s.  Rufus  P.  and  Frances 
F.  (Carr)  Claggett;  ed.  Newport  high 
school,  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Mer- 
iden,  1890,  Dartmouth  College,  1897 
Dartmouth  Medical  College,  1897; 
Boston  City  hospital,  1897;  in  practice 


in  Newport  since  graduation;  pur- 
sued a  post  graduate  course  at  Har- 
vard in  1910;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; member  Newport  school 
board;  trustee  Carrie  F.  Wright  Hos- 
pital, member  corporation  Citizens 
National  Bank;  Mason,  Knight  Tem- 
plar; member  American  Med.  Ass'n, 
N.  II.  Med.  Ass'n,  N.  II.  Surgical  Club, 
Sullivan  Co.  Med.  Ass'n.;  m.,  Aug.  '2, 
1898,  Gertrude  M.  Tubbs,  Newport; 
children:  Rogers  H.,  b.  Aug.  15,  1899 
(Worcester,  Mass.,  Academy);  Louise 
b.  Sept.  12,  1903;  Barbara,  b.  Jan.  27, 
1912.  Residence,  Newport,  N.  H. 


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Barnard,  Charles  Daniel 

Lawyer;  b.,  Bedford,  N.  H.,  Feb.  15, 
1873;  s.  Henry  T.  and  H.  Louisa 
(Hunter)  Barnard;  ed.  public  schools 
of  Bedford  and  Merrimack,  N.  H., 
McGaw  Institute,  Reed's  Ferry,  and 
George  Washington  University,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.;  studied  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1905,  commencing 
practice  as  an  associate  of  Hon.  Cyrus 
A.  Sulloway  and  Moodybell  S.  Ben- 
nett; Congregationalist ;  Republican; 


member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives 
from  Ward  4,  Manchester,  1909-10; 
secretary  to  Senator  Henry  E.  Burn- 
ham,  1910-13;  city  solicitor  of  Man- 
chester, 1913  to  Jan.  1918;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Knight  Ternplar  and 
Shriner,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Amoskeag  Veterans, 
Derryfield  and  Calumet  Clubs,  Man- 
chester; nominated  as  Republican  can- 
didate for  councilor  from  the  3d  N.  H. 
district  in  the  September,  1918,  pri- 
mary; m.,  Dec  31,  1904,  Mabelle  W. 
Wright;  one  son,  Charles  Henry,  b. 
Sept.,  28,  1907  Residence,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 


Bailey,  Irving  Widmer 

Educator;  b.,  Tilton,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
15,  1884;  s.  Solon  I.  and  Ruth  Elaine 
(Poulter)  Bailey;  ed.  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, A.B.  1907,  M.F.  1909;  as- 
sistant in  botany,  Harvard,  1909-10; 
instructor  in  forestry,  1910-12;  as- 
sistant professor  since  1912;  secretary 
Bussey  Institution  for  Research  in 
Applied  Biology;  member  forestry 
committee,  National  Research  Coun- 
cil; Fellow  American  Academy,  Arts 
and  Sciences;  member  Soc.  of  American 
Foresters,  Soc.  Naturalists  of  America; 
Harvard  Club,  Boston;  m.,  June  15, 
1911,  Helen  Diman  Harwood,  Little- 
ton, Mass.  Residence,  42  Shepard 
St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Brown,  Emma  Elizabeth 

Author;  illustrator;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  18,  1847;  dau.  John  F.  and 
Elizabeth  (Evans)  Brown;  ed.  public 
schools  and  private  instruction;  author 
of  Lives  of  Washington,  Grant,  Gar- 
field,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  James 
Russell  Lowell  and  others,  constitut- 
ing a  series  of  fifteen  volumes;  "Spare 
Moment  Series"  (6  vols.);  "From  Night 
to  Light";  "The  Child  Toilers  of  the 
Boston  Streets";  "Huldah"  (verse)  and 
many  Sunday  School  books;  frequent 
contributor  to  magazines.  Residence, 
1925  Massachusetts  Ave.,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Remick,  Helen  Lorraine  Benedict 

(Mrs.  Charles  G.  Remick),  b.  Corn- 
wall, Vt. ;  dau.  Abel  Jerome  and  Helen 
Adaline  (Peck)  Benedict;  ed.  Middle- 
bury,  Vt.,  high  school,  Petersilea 
academy,  Boston,  Mass.;  president, 
Concord  Music  Club,  1902-5,  1914-  ; 
president  Concord  Equal  Suffrage 
League,  1913-6  (secretary  four  pre- 
ceding years) ;  vice-president  Concord 
Oratorio  Soc.,  1911-  ;  on  committee  for 
biennial  of  National  Federation  of 
Music  Clubs,  held  at  Peterboro,  N.  H., 
1918;  trustee  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Auxiliary; 
for  several  years  chairman  of  music 
committee,  Concord  Woman's  Club; 
for  three  years  on  executive  board  of 
FYiendly  Club;  member  N.  H.  Histori- 


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cal  Soc.,  Concord  Female  Charitable 
Soc.,  District  Nursing  Ass'n,  Charity 
Organization  Soc.,  Capital  Grange, 
Woman's  Hospital  Associates,  Friendly 
Club,  Woman's  Club,  Music  Club, 
N.  H.  Audubon  Soc.,  Woman's  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions,  Woman's  Council 
of  National  Defence,  Red  Cross, 
Concord  S.  P.  C.  A.,  Wild  Flower  Club, 
Equal  Suffrage  League,  Golf  Club, 
Woman's  Ass'n  South  Church,  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  m.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  Feb.  4,  1891,  Charles 
Granville  Remick,  banker;  children, 
Helen  Lorraine,  St.  Mary's  School, 
1914,  student  New  School  of  Design, 
Boston,  1914-  ;  Pauline,  St.  Mary's 
School,  1914,  student  of  violin  with 
Jacques  Hoffmann,  Boston.  Resi- 
dence, Park  Ridge,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Burnham,  Sylvester 

Clergyman;  educator;  b.,  Exeter, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  1,  1842;  s.  Edwin  and 
Alice  (Dennett)  Burnham;  ed.  Bow- 
doin  College,  A.B.  1862,  A.M.  1865; 
Newton  Theological  Institution,  1873; 
student  at  different  times  in  German 
Universities;  ordained  Baptist  minis- 
try, 1873;  pastor,  Amherst,  Mass., 
1873-4;  teacher  Greek  and  German, 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Academy,  1874-5; 
professor  Semitic  languages  and  Old 
Testament  interpretation,  since  1875, 
and  dean,  1893-1910,  Theological 
Seminary  of  Colgate  University;  mem- 
ber Soc.  of  Biblical  Literature  and 
Exegesis,  American  Philological  Ass'n, 
Council  of  70  of  American  Institute  of 
Sacred  Literature;  author  "Manual 
of  Old  Testament  Interpretation," 
1882,  "Elements  of  Syriac  Grammar," 
1884,  "Element  of  Biblical  Hermenen- 
tics,"  1916;  m.,  June  28,  1876,  Miriam 
M.  Tucker,  Amherst,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Woodbury,  Frank  Ernest 

Lawyer;  b.,  Dunbarton,  X.  H., 
July  26,  1881;  s.  Frank  C.  and  Re- 
becca A.  (Merrill)  Woodbury;  ed. 
Concord,  N.  H.,  high  school,  1899, 
Detroit  College  of  Law,  Detroit,  Mich., 
LL.B.  1907;  admitted  to  the  New 


Hampshire  bar  June  1910;  commenced 
practice  in  Suncook,  but  removed  to 
Franklin  in  1911,  where  he  has  con- 
tinued; Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
member,  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1912;  judge  Franklin  Municipal 
court,  1913-14;  member  Franklin 
Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Daniel  Webster 
Lodge,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  Nes- 
mith  Camp,  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America;  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  Theta 
Lambda  Phi  law  fraternity;  m.,  Aug.  28, 


1912,  Maybelle  C.  Daniels;  children, 
Frank  E.,  Jr.,  b.  June  12,  1914;  Fern, 
b.  Jan.  12,  1916;  Mary,  b.  Sept.  6, 
1917.  Residence,  Franklin,  X.  H. 

Blackburne,  Mary  Frances  Blaisdell 

Author;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  April 
20,  1874;  dau.  Clark  and  Clara  M. 
Blaisdell;  ed.  public  schools,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  training  school,  1895; 
taught  in  Brockton,  Mass.,  1896-1901, 
Medford,  Mass.,  1901-1912;  author 
"Child  Life  in  Tale  and  Fable,"  1899; 
"Child  Life  in  Many  Lands,"  1900; 
"Child  Life  in  Literature,"  1900;  "The 


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Child  Life  Primer,"  1901;  "The  Blais- 
dell  Spellers,"  1901;  "The  Child  Life 
Fifth  Reader,"  1902;  "Boy  Blue  and 
His  Friends,"  1907;  "Polly  and  Dolly," 
1909;  "Tommy  Tucker's  Book,"  1911; 
"Cherry  Tree  Children,"  1912;  "Twi- 
light Town,"  1912;  "Pretty  Polly 
Flinders,"  1914;  "Bunny  Rabbit's 
Diary,"  1915;  "Mother  Goose  Chil- 
dren," 1916;  m.,  March  17,  1917, 
Edward  Best  Blackburne.  Residence, 
West  Medford,  Mass. 

Webster,  Lorin 

Clergyman  and  educator;  b.,  Clare- 
mont,  N.  H.,  July  29,  1857;  s.  Lorin 
Atkinson  and  Sophronia  (Pierce)  Web- 
ster; ed.  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord; 
Trinity  College  (Hartford,  Conn.), 
A.B.  1880,  A.M.  1883;  Berkeley  Divin- 
ity School,  1883;  L.H.D.,  Trinity,  1908; 
ordained  deacon  and  priest,  P.  E. 
Church,  1883;  master  Holderness  School 
for  Boys,  1883^;  rector  St.  Mark's 
parish,  Ashland,  N.  H.,  1884-92;  rector 
and  head  master  Holderness  School 
for  Boys;  since  1892;  proprietor  and 
director  Camp  Wachusett  (for  boys), 
Asquam  Lake,  N.  H.,  since  1903; 
president  N.  H.  Educational  Council, 
1908-10;  N.  H.  Schoolmasters,  1908- 
9;  president  Grafton  Co.  Agricultural 
Soc.,  1893-6;  president  Plymouth  Fair 
Ass'n,  1896-9;  president  N.  H.  Music 
Teachers'  Ass'n,  1899^1902;  member 
Psi  Upsilnn  Fraternity,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  author  of  several 
musical  compositions,  one  of  which  has 
been  published  in  England;  m.,  July  10, 
1884,  Jennie  Josephine  Adams,  Spring- 
field, N.  H.;  children:  Harold  Adams, 
b.  Aug.  12, 1885  (See  page  134) ;  Bertha 
Loraine,  b.  June  24, 1887;  Jerome  Pierce, 
b.  Aug.  2,  1888.  Residence,  Holderness 
School,  Holderness,  N.  H.  (Plymouth, 
P.  O.). 

Webster,  Jennie  Josephine  Adams 

(Mrs.  Lorin  Webster),  club-woman; 
b.,  Springfield,  N.  H.,  dau.  Daniel 
Noyes  and  Calista  A.  (Richardson) 
Adams;  ed.  in  high  school  and  by 
tutors;  m.  July  10,  1884,  Rev.  Lorin 
Webster,  L.H.D.;  children:  Harold 
Adams,  Bertha  Loraine,  Jerome  Pierce; 


president  Pemigewasset  Woman's  Club, 
Plymouth,  1900-2,  1903-4;  president 
N.  H.  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs, 
1907-9;  member  N.  H.  Executive 
Com.,  Nat.  Civic  Federation;  N.  H. 
Soc.  of  Colonial  Dames  of  America; 
Soc.  for  Protection  of  N.  H.  Forests; 
N.  H.  Board  of  Am.  Red  Cross,  1909, 
1918;  Am.  Home  Economics  Ass'n, 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Friendly  Club 
(Concord),  Neighbors'  Friendly  Club 
(Holderness);  Episcopalian;  Suffragist; 
organized  Asquamchumauke  Chapter, 
D.  A.  R.,  Plymouth,  1911  (regent  from 
1911);  state  chairman  of  Com.  for  the 
Preservation  of  Historic  Spots, 
D.  A.  R.  (Rev.  Lorin  Webster, 
Harold  A.  and  Jerome  P.  Webster 
are  recorded  in  this  work.)  Bertha 
Loraine  Webster  was  graduated  from 
St.  Mary's  School  (Concord),  1905, 
Vassar  College,  1909;  studied  at  the 
Boston  Art  Museum;  Art  Students' 
League,  New  York  City;  taught  art  in 
the  Misses  Tewksbury's  School,  Scars- 
dale,  N.  Y.;  m.,  William  Starr,  Oct.  10, 
1917,  and  lives  at  Hope  House,  Easton, 
Maryland.  Mrs.  Webster  lives  at 
Holderness  School,  Holderness,  (Ply- 
mouth P.  O.),N.  H. 

Webster,  Jerome  Pierce 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Ashland, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  2,  1888;  s.  Lorin  and  Jennie 
Josephine  (Adams)  Webster;  ed.  Hol- 
derness School,  1906;  Trinity  College, 
1910;  Johns  Hopkins  Med.  School, 
1914;  surgical  interne,  Johns  Hopkins 
Hospital,  1914;  assistant  resident  sur- 
geon, 1915;  appointed  by  Secretary  Lan- 
sing special  assistant  to  Ambassador 
Gerard,  inspecting  prison  camps  in 
Germany,  March  3,  1916;  returning 
home  with  Ambassador  Gerard,  was 
commissioned  1st  lieutenant  in  Medical 
Officers'  Reserves  in  August,  1917, 
stationed  at  Camp  Benjamin  Harrison, 
Indiana,  and  in  November  transferred 
to  the  30th  Engineers,  at  Camp 
American  University,  Washington, 
D.  C.;  in  service  in  Franco  since  De- 
cember 1917;  promoted  1st  lieutenant 
in  Medical  Corps.  U.  S.  Regular 
Army,  and  decorated  with  the  Croix  de 


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Guerre;  Protestant  Episcopal;  mem- 
ber Psi  Upsilon  Fraternity  (Trin- 
ity College),  Pithotomy  Club  (Johns 
Hopkins  Med.  School).  Residence, 
Holderness  School,  Holderness,  N.  H. 
(Plymouth  P.  O.). 

Abbott,  Frances  Matilda 

Literary  and  genealogical  work; 
b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug.  18,  1857, 
dau.  John  and  Matilda  (Brooks)  Ab- 
bott; desc.  from  Massachusetts  pioneers 
(George  Abbot,  Andover,  1640;  An- 
thony Morse,  Newbury,  1635;  Capt. 
Thomas  Brooks,  Watertown,  1636; 
Thomas  Boylston,  Watertown,  1635; 
John  Cogswell,  Ipswich,  1635);  great- 
great-granddaughter  of  Samuel  Brooks 
of  Medford  who  was  first  cousin  to 
President  John  Adams,  also  nephew 
to  Dr.  Zabdiel  Boylston,  F.  R.  S.,  who 
introduced  inoculation  for  smallpox 
into  America  (1721);  great-grand- 
daughter of  Thomas  Brooks  of  Charles- 
town,  who  was  first  cousin  to  Gen. 
John  Brooks,  governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, 1816-23  ;  ed.  Concord  schools, 
high  school,  1875;  private  instruction 
with  Moses  Woolson;  A.B.,  Vassar 
College,  1881  (first  Concord  girl  to 
take  a  degree);  contributor  to  news- 
papers and  magazines,  including,  The 
Forum,  North  American  Review,  The 
Century,  N.  E. Magazine,  Popular  Science 
Monthly,  Wide  Aimke,  Youth's  Com- 
panion, Frank  Leslie's;  wrote  section 
on  "Domestic  Customs  and  Social 
Life"  in  new  History  of  Concord,  1903; 
one  of  the  writers  of  The  Genealogical 
and  Family  History  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1908;  author,  "Birds  and  Flow- 
ers about  Concord,  N.  H.,"  1906, 
"The  Simple  Single,"  1909;  profes- 
sional genealogist  since  1906;  edited 
many  local  memoirs  and  biographies; 
editor  of  the  Woman's  Edition  of 
Concord  Monitor,  May  30,  1896  (first 
Woman's  Edition  in  state);  life  mem- 
ber, Appalachian  Mountain  Club 
(Boston),  N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital 
for  Women  and  Children,  Concord 
Female  Charitable  Soc.,  Woman's 
Auxiliary  to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  mem- 
ber Stratford  (Shakespeare)  Club 


(president,  1898-1901),  N.  H.  Histor- 
ical Soc.,  Concord  Equal  Suffrage 
League,  Concord  Woman's  College 
Club,  Boston  Branch  of  Vassar 
Alumnae,  Ass'n  of  College  Alumnae, 
Friendly  Club,  Red  Cross,  Woman's 
Ass'n  of  the  South  church;  founder  of 
the  Wild  Flower  Club  (1896)  and  its 
president  since  1909;  Congregation- 
alist;  active  suffragist  since  1897; 
press  agent  N.  H.  Equal  Suffrage 
Ass'n,  1913-5;  in  charge  of  Suffrage 
Headquarters,  Concord,  1914-5;  oc- 
casional speaker  on  suffrage  and  nature 
topics;  originator  of  the  movement 
(1910)  to  close  the  Concord  retail 
stores  on  Monday  evenings,  thereby 
shortening  the  hours  of  saleswomen. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Morrill,  Grace 

Director  of  Religious  Education;  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Apr.  15,  1876,  dau. 
Samuel  Franklin  and  Sarah  Virgin 
(Parker)  Morrill,  descended  from 
Abraham  Morrill,  Cambridge,  Mass., 
1632,  great  granddaughter  of  Gen. 
Acquilla  Davis,  Warner,  N.  H.,  who 
served  in  Revolution  and  War  of  1812, 
granddaughter  Deacon  Caleb  Parker, 
Concord;  ed.,  Concord  high  school, 
1895,  Vassar  College,  A.B.,  1*99;  stu- 
dent Dartmouth  School  of  Religious 
Education,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  summer  of 
1916-7;  student  of  Religious  Educa- 
tion, Boston  University,  1917-8;  sub- 
stitute teacher  for  several  years,  one 
year  i  i  Concord  high  school,  1901- 
2,  and  later  in  Pembroke  Academy; 
director  of  Religious  Education,  South 
Congregational  Church,  1915-  ;  mem- 
ber International  Religious  Education 
Ass'n;  secretary  N.  E.  League  Church 
Assistants,  1916-7;  chairman  com- 
mittee of  publicity,  National  League 
Church  Assistants,  1918-;  secretary 
N.  H.  Anti-Suffrage  Ass'n;  member 
Boston  Branch  Vassar  Alumnae  Ass'n; 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Concord  Wo- 
man's College  Club  (president,  1915- 
7),  Concord  Woman's  Club  (member 
executive  board  six  years),  Friendly 
Club  (executive  board  one  year).  Con- 
cord Female  Charitable  Soc.,  Charity 


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Organization  Soc.,  Woman's  Auxiliary 
of  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Hathaway  Outing 
Club,  Red  Cross,  South  Congregational 
Church,  Woman's  Ass'n,  South  Church, 
N.  H.  Female  Cent  Institution  (presi- 
dent of  South  Church  Auxiliary  two 
years).  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Miller,  Edward  Sherman 

Dentist;  b.,  Ryegate,  Vt,,  Feb.  13, 
1866;  s.  Edward  and  Eliza-  (Gates) 
Miller;  ed.  Peacham,  Vt.,  Academy, 
St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Academy,  class  of 


1889,  Monmouth  College,  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, Dartmouth  College,  A.M.  1893, 
University  of  Maryland,  D.D.S.  1900; 
member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church;  Progressive  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, but  not  held  closely  by  party  ties; 
member  of  the  X.  H.  Dental  Soc.,  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  National 
Geographic  Soc.,  first  president  Blue 
Mountain  Outing  Club;  always  much 
interested  in  out-door  life,  in  moun- 
tain climbing,  and  in  travel,  spending 
several  years  in  the  West,  and  in  1916, 
with  his  family,  taking  a  10,000  mile 


tour  through  Canada  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  into  Mexico;  the  study  of 
the  past  history  of  the  earth  and  the 
life  upon  it  his  favorite  study;  m., 
June  29,  1901,  Edith  B.  Gibson;  chil- 
dren: Annie  B.  and  Carmen  E.,  died 
in  infancy;  Edward  G.,  b.  Oct.  10, 
1904,  and  Elmon  S.  G.,  b.  Nov.  13, 
1911.  Residence,  Woodsville,  N.  H. 

Blaisdell,  Albert  Franklin 

Physician;  author;  b.,  South  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  Aug.  31,  1847;  s.  John 
Harper  and  Lvdia  (Tuxbury)  Blaisdell; 
ed.  Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1869, 
A.M.  1872,  M.D.  Harvard,  1879; 
practiced  medicine  and  surgery,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  1879  to  1893,  when  he 
retired;  author,  "First  Steps  with 
American  and  British  Authors,"  1879; 
"Our  Bodies  and  How  We  Live,"  1884; 
"How  to  Keep  Well,"  1885;  "Child's 
Book  of  Health,"  1886;  "Stories  of  the 
Civil  War,"  1890;  "Stories  from  English 
History,"  1897;  "Practical  Physiol- 
ogy," 1897;  "The  Story  of  American 
History,"  1900;  "Life  and  Health," 
1902;  "English  History  Story  Book," 
1910;  "Child's  Book  of  American  His- 
tory," 1913;  "Heroic  Deeds  of  American 
Sailors,"  1915;  "American  History  for 
Little  Folks,"  1917;  m.,  Mary  Atwood 
Emery,  Chatham,  Mass.,  Dec.  17, 
1879.  Residence,  Manchester,  Mass. 

Carr,  Henry  James 

Librarian;  b.,  Pembroke,  N.  H., 
Aug.  16,  1849;  s.  James  W.  and  Jane 
D.  (Goodhue)  Carr;  ed.  public  schools, 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.;  served  as  clerk  and  cashier  in 
business  and  railroad  offices,  1867  to 
1886;  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Michigan  bar  in  1870,  but  did  not 
practice;  librarian  Grand  Rapids  pub- 
lic library,  1886-90;  organized  Free 
Public  library,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  1890- 
1;  Librarian  public  library,  Scran  ton, 
Pa.,  since  1891;  member  American 
Librarian  Ass'n,  (treasurer,  1886-93, 
recorder,  1894-5,  vice-president,  1896, 
secretary,  1898-1900,president,  1900-1) ; 
m.,  May  13,  1886,  D.  Edith  Walbridge, 
Springfield,  111.  Residence, Scranton, Pa. 


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Clifford,  Thomas  Fellows 

Lawyer;  b.,  Wentworth,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
1,  1871;  s.  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Sara 
Jackson  (Fellows)  Clifford;  ed.  public 
schools,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Boston 
University  Law  School;  studied  in  the 
law  offices  of  Lyman  D.  Stevens  and 
Leach  &  Stevens,  and  admitted  to  the 


N.  II.  Bar  in  March,  1898;  located  in 
practice  in  Franklin,  September,  1S99; 
Unitarian;  Republican;  assistant  clerk 
N.  H.  senate,  1897,  1899;  clerk  N.  H. 
senate,  1901,  1903;  justice  Franklin 
Police  Court,  1900-5;  city  solicitor 
Franklin,  1907-11,  1913-19;  solicitor 
Merrimack  County,  1905-13;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1913-15;  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1912;  secretary  Republican 
state  committee,  1900^4;  assistant 
secretary  Republican  national  commit- 
tee, 1916;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Wonolancet  Club,  Concord,  Derry- 
field  Club,  Manchester;  Captain  1st 
N.  H.  Volunteer  Inf.  1898;  on  staff  of 
Gen.  John  N.  Andrews,  3d  brigade,  3d 


division,  I.  A.  C.;  m.,  Nov.  10,  1908, 
Marguerite  E.  Tucker,  dau.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Tucker,  Brattleboro,  Vt.; 
children:  Thomas  Henry,  b.  Jan.  25, 
1911,  and  Paul  Tucker,  b.  May  2,  1914. 
Residence,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

ChUd,  William  Henry 

Farmer;  b.,  Cornish,  N.  H.,  Dec.  22, 
1832;  s.  Stephen  and  Eliza  (Atwood) 
Child;  ed.  public  schools  and  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  Meriden,  1856;  Bap- 
tist, many  years  deacon  of  the  church, 
Sunday  School  superintendent  twenty 
years;  Republican;  member  Cornish 
school  board,  1886-96;  member  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  master  Cheshire  Lodge,  1869- 
70,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 


Grand  Lodge  of  New  Hampshire,  1871- 
2;  member  Sons  of  Temperance  many 
years,  Patron  of  Husbandry  since  1873; 
frequent  speaker  at  Farmers'  Institutes 
and  other  meetings,  on  the  advantages 
of  tile  draining,  to  which  he  has  re- 
sorted with  great  success  in  the  im- 
provement of  swamp  lands  on  his  own 


COL.    FRANCIS  L.  TOWN,  M.D.,   U.S.A. 


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farm;  devoted  much  time  between 
1897  and  1912  to  the  preparation  for 
the  press  of  the  "History  of  Cornish," 
published  in  the  latter  year,  and  which 
may  be  regarded  as  the  crowning  work 
of  his  life,  it  having  commanded  great 
commendation  as  one  of  the  best  town 
histories  yet  published;  m.,  Jan.  1, 
1857,  Ellen  F.  Lekhton;  five  children 
born  to  them,  one  dying  in  infancy  and 
three  sons  and  one  daughter  surviving. 
(See  sketch  of  Edwin  L.  Child  else- 
where in  the  volume. )  Residence,  Cor- 
nish, N.  H. 

Town,  Francis  Laban 

Colonel,  U.  S.  Army,  retired;  b., 
Jefferson,  N.  H.,  Jan.  11,  1836;  s. 
Barton  G.  and  Harriet  Frances  (Tifft) 
Towne;  ed.  in  the  schools  of  Lancaster, 
at  Dartmouth  College,  B.S.,  Class  of 
1856,  and  M.D.,  class  of  1860;  in  1859 
appointed  school  commissioner  for 
Coos  county  and  member  of  the  state 
board  of  education;  entered  the  Med- 
ical Corps,  U.S.  Army,  May  28,  1861, 
as  assistant  surgeon,  with  the  rank  of 
first  lieutenant;  served  in  the  Army  of 
the  Cumberland;  in  1863  established 
the  Harvey  General  Hospital  at  Mad- 
ison, Wis.,  for  the  disabled  soldiers  of 
that  state,  and  subsequently  was 
assigned  to  other  important  duties; 
received  the  brevets  of  major  and  lieu- 
tenant colonel,  March  12,  1865,  for 
"faithful  and  meritorious  services 
during  the  war";  after  the  Civil  War 
served  on  the  Indian  frontier  and  with 
troops  at  various  army  posts;  pro- 
moted captain  and  assistant  surgeon, 
May  28,  1866,  major  and  surgeon, 
Oct.  20,  1866;  lieutenant  colonel  and 
deputy  surgeon  general,  July  10,  1889; 
colonel  and  assistant  surgeon  general, 
Juno  28,  1894;  retired  as  colonel,  U.  S. 
Army,  Oct.  10,  1896,  then  serving  as 
chief  surgeon  of  the  Military  Depart- 
ment of  Texas;  Episcopalian;  unmar- 
ried; member  of  the  Army  and  Navy 
Clubs  of  Washington  and  New  York, 
of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  Order  of  the  Indian  Wars,  etc. 
Residence,  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  summers; 
San  Antonio,  Texas,  winters. 

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Vaughan,  Charles  Woodward 

Journalist;  b.,  Laconia,  N.  H.,  June 
30,  1862;  s.  Orsino  A.  J.  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  (Parker)  Vaughan;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools;  Congregationalist ;  Demo- 
crat; member  first  city  council  of  La- 
conia, police  commissioner  of  Laconia 
two  terms;  trustee  N.  H.  State  Nor- 
mal School;  director  Laconia  National 
Bank;  trustee  City  Savings  Bank  of 
Laconia;  vice-president  and  director 


Laconia  Building  and  Loan  Ass'n, 
director  Winneposaukee  Telephone  Co. ; 
president  and  general  manager  La- 
conia Press  Ass'n,  publishing  the  La- 
conia Democrat,  of  which  he  is  the 
editor;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Knight 
Templar  and  32d  degree;  Patron  of 
Husbandry;  in.,  Oct.  16,  1882,  Florence 
Elliott.  Residence,  Laconia,  N.  H. 


Shute,  Henry  Augustus 

Lawyer;  writer;  b.,  Exotor,  N.  H., 
Nov.  17,  1856;  s.  George  S.  and  Joanna 
(Simpkins)  Shute;  ed.  Harvard  Col- 
lege, A  B.,  1S79;  studied  law  and  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  1SS2;  Republican 


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police  judge,  Exeter,  since  1882,  ex- 
cept two  years;  treasurer  Farmers' 
Ins.  Co.;  author,  "Real  Diary  of  a  Real 
Boy,"  "Love  Letters  of  Plupy  Shute," 
"Real  Boys,1'  "A  Few  Neighbors,  ' 
"The  Country  Band,'  "Farming  It," 
"A  Country  Lawyer,  etc.;  contributor 
to  various  magazines  and  newspapers; 
m.,  1st,  Oct.  18,  1885,  Amelia  F.  Weeks, 
d.  Jan.  26,  1895;  2d,  Aug.  12,  1897, 
Ella  Kent.  Residence,  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Sargeant,  Frank  Wadleigh 

Insurance,  president,  N.  H.  Fire  Ins. 
Co.;  b.,  Candia,  N.  H.,  March  7,  1860; 


s.  Jesse  W.  and  Lydia  Anne  (Emerson) 
Sargeant;  ed.  public  schools,  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1881;  entered  the 
employ  of  the  N.  H.  Fire  Ins.  Co.  in 
Manchester  in  1882  and  has  continued 
his  connection  therewith  to  the  present 
time,  having  been  promoted  from  one 
position  to  another,  including  that  of 
assistant  secretary  and  secretary,  until 
in  1905,  he  was  made  president  of  the 
Company,  in  which  office  he  con- 
tinues; Congregationalist;  Democrat; 


member  Manchester  Police  Commis- 
sion; party  nominee  for  executive 
councilor  in  1911,  running  largely 
ahead  of  his  ticket;  president  Suncook 
Valley  R.  R.;  director  Merchants  Na- 
tional Bank,  N.H.  Fire  Ins.  Co.;  Mason, 
Shriner;  member  Derryfield  and  Calu- 
met clubs,  Manchester;  m.,  Oct.  14, 
1885,  Lizzie  A.  French,  Manchester; 
children:  French  Philbrick,  b.  Feb.  16, 
1888  (Mass.  Inst.  Tech.,  1910),  now 
in  Marine  department,  Worthington 
Pump  &  Machine  Co.,  Chicago;  Paul 
Emerson,  b.  March  2,  1892,  first  lieu- 
tenant of  infantry,  National  Army. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Hadley,  Charles  John 

Law  and  Real  Estate;  b.,  Weare,  N. 
H.,  Aug.  25,  1845;  s.  John  L.  and  Eliza- 
beth L.  (Cilley)  Hadley;  ed.  public 
schools;  Baptist,  Democrat;  removed 
to  Iowa  in  1865  where  he  studied  law 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871; 
in  1877  returned  to  New  Hampshire 
and  engaged  in  agriculture  in  his 
native  town;  held  various  town  offices 
in  Weare  and  represented  the  town 
in  the  legislature  of  1889;  removed  to 
Manchester  twenty-five  years  ago,  and 
was  for  twelve  years  engaged  with  A.  J. 
Lane  &  Co.  in  the  real  estate  business, 
since  when  he  has  been  in  the  same 
business  individually;  member  Patrons 
of  Husbandry  and  Past  Master  Amos- 
keag  Grange,  Manchester;  m.,  July  10, 
1879,  Ella  M.  Peaslee,  Weare;  children: 
John  L.,  b.  April  3,  1881;  Ralph,  b. 
March  16,  1886  (Brown  University, 
1907,  Harvard  Law  School,  1910). 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Jump,  Herbert  Atchinson 

Clergyman;  b.,  Albany,  N.  Y., 
July  21,  1875;  s.  Joseph  Burnett  and 
Cynthia  (Atchinson)  Jump;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Albany,  Amherst  College, 
1896;  Yale  School  of  Religion,  1899; 
ordained  to  the  ministry,  Feb.  8,  1900; 
held  pastorates  successively  at  Ham- 
ilton, N.  Y.,  Brunswick,  Me.,  New 
Britain,  Conn.,  Oakland  and  Redlands, 
Cal. ;  came  to  Manchester  as  pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational  (Hanover 


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Street)  Church,  Jan.  1,  1917,  since  con- 
tinuing; Congregationalist;  Independ- 
ent; member  A.  F.  &  A.  ML,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Theta  Delta  Chi  fraternity,  Appala- 
chian Mountain  Club;  m.,  April  20, 
1908,  May  Brock,  Somerville,  Mass.; 
children:  Ellis  Burnett,  b.  Dec.  6,  1909; 
Laurence  Atckinson,  b.  Oct.  17,  1913; 
Cynthia,  b.  Jan.  6,  1915.  Residence, 
Manchester,  N.  H. 

Conant,  John  Willis 

Musician;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
20,  1866;  s.  Lucian  W.  and  Sarah  L. 
(Baldwin)  Conant;  ed.  public  schools, 
Medford,  Mass.,  high  school,  1883; 
student  with  Calixa  Lavallee  and 
Thomas  Tapper,  Boston,  1884-90; 
teacher  Meadville,  Pa.,  Conservatory, 
1890-2;  studied  abroad,  1892-3;  or- 
ganist St.  Luke's  Church,  Scranton, 
Pa.,  1894-1911;  Park  Street  Church, 
Boston,  1911-3;  director  of  music, 
National  Cathedral  School,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  since  1913;  teacher,  concert 
organist  and  pianist;  Fellow  American 
College  of  Musicians,  American  Guild 
of  Organists;  Episcopalian;  m.,  May, 
1895,  Emily  Agnes  Hobbs,  Medford, 
Mass.,  d.  1906.  Address,  National 
Cathedral  School,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Conant,  Ernest  Bancroft 

Lawyer;  b.,  Enfield,  N.  H.,  May  21, 
1870;  s.  Washington  Irving  and  Fanny 
Ann  (Skinner)  Conant;  ed.  Harvard 
University,  A.B.  1895;  LL.B.  1898; 
admitted  to  bar  in  Boston  in  1898  and 
practiced  there  till  1903;  law  lecturer 
in  Boston  Y.  M.  C.  A.  evening  schools, 
1900-3;  professor  of  law  and  dean, 
Washburn  College  School  of  Law, 
Topeka,  Kan.,  1900-7;  professor  of 
law,  University  of  Nebraska,  1907-13; 
University  of  the  Philippines,  Manila, 
1913-17;  University  of  Michigan,  sum- 
mer session,  1912;  Washington  Uni- 
versity, St.  Louis,  Mo.,  since  1917; 
member  American  Bar  Ass'n,  Far. 
Eastern  Bar  Ass'n,  Phi  Delta  Phi, 
Mason  32d  degree;  Episcopalian;  m., 
June  26,  1906,  Alice  Widney,  Alpha, 
111.  Address,  Washington  University, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Thorp,  Louis  Ashton 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  Dec  . 
7,  1876;  s.  Frank  D.  and  Julia  E. 
(Boutelle)  Thorp;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Manchester,  Boston  University  Law 
School;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June, 
1902,  and  began  practice  in  Manches- 
ter, Jan.  1,  1903;  member  of  the  well- 
known  firm  of  Thorp  &  Abbott  (Lee  C. 
Abbott  engaged  in  Y.  M.C.  A.  work  in 
France);  Republican;  assistant  clerk 
of  the  N.  H.  senate,  1901-3;  clerk, 


1905-7;  assistant  clerk,  N.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention,  1902;  member  of 
the  Derryfield  Club  of  Manchester; 
m.,  April  2(5,  1905,  Justyne  Elizabeth 
Burgess,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  children: 
Floyd,  b.  Nov.  6,  1906;  Frank  J.,  b. 
March  27,  1908.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Cole,  Samuel  Winkley 

Musician;  b.,  Meriden,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
24,  1848;  s.  Converse  and  Mary  A. 
(Winkley)  Cole;  ed.  Kimball  Union 
Academy  and  N.  E.  Conservatory 
of  Music;  began  musical  career  at 


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Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1877;  organist 
Clarendon  Street  Baptist  Church, 
Boston,  1882-94 ;  teacher  in  and  super- 
intendent of  sight-seeing  department 
in  N.  E.  Conservatory  of  Music  since 
1883;  supervisor  of  music,  Brookline, 
Mass.,  since  1884,  Dedham,  Mass., 
1886-1906;  teacher  public  school 
music  methods,  Boston  University, 
1906-13;  produced  Haydn's  Creation 
with  Dedham  high  school,  1890  and 
Handel's  Messiah,  1891 — the  first  suc- 
cessful attempt  to  present  an  orato- 
rio by  high  school  pupils;  conductor 
People's  Choral  Union,  Boston,  1897- 
1911;  author  and  compiler  of  various 
musical  publications.  Residence,  Brook- 
line,  Mass.;  office,  N.  E.  Conservatory 
of  Music,  Boston. 

Cross,  Alvin  Benton 

Investment  banker;  b.,  Wilmot 
N.  H.,  July  4,  1858;  s.  Benjamin  G. 
and  Sarah  P.  (Loverin)  Cross  (ances- 
tors settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  in  1635); 
ed.  public  schools,  Kearsarge  School  of 
Practice,  and  private  tutors;  taught 
school  several  terms  in  youth;  unani- 
mously elected  superintendent  of  schools 
in  the  town  of  Wilmot  at  21  years  of 
age;  entered  employ  of  Nat'l  State 
Capital  Bank,  Concord,  in  1882  and 
soon  appointed  assistant  cashier,  con- 
tinuing till  1894,  when  he  resigned 
to  become  the  representative  of  the 
well-known  banking  firm  of  A.  B. 
Leach  &  Co.,  New  York,  in  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont,  since  con- 
tinuing in  that  position;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives  from  Ward  5, 
Concord,  1907-8  and  1909-10;  chair- 
man committee  on  banks  each 
session;  member  N.  H.  senate,  1911-12, 
then  also  chairman  committee  on 
banks;  treasurer,  N.  H.  Home  Miss. 
Soc.,  since  1901;  City  treasurer,  Con- 
cord 1902-3;  served  for  some  time  as 
clerk  of  the  Margaret  Pillsbury  General 
Hospital,  also  as  director  and  president 
of  the  Concord  Building  &  Loan 
Ass'n,  and  as  treasurer  of  the  South 
Congregational  Church;  trustee  John 
H.  Pearson  trust  estate,  also  of  the  John 


E.  Kimball,  Martha  E.  and  Wm.  B. 
Durgin  and  Franklin  Evans  estates; 
director  Mt.  Washington  R.  R. ;  director 
and  vice-president  Concord  Light  & 
Power  Co. ;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge, 
chapter,  council,  commandery  and 
shrine;  m.,  Nov.  28, 1882,  Elizabeth  M. 
Gage,  dau.  John  Chandler  and  Hannah 
C.  (Stevens)  Gage  of  Boscawen,  a  grad- 
uate, of  Penacook  Academy  of  which 
her  father  was  an  incorporator  and  trus- 
tee; descended  from  noted  Revolution- 
ary ancestry,  actively  interested  in  all 
that  makes  for  progress,  serving  on 
boards  of  church  and  civic  organ- 
izations, as  treasurer  of  the  Concord 
Woman's  Club,  and  now  chairman  of 
the  genealogical  department,  D.  A.  R. 
and  member  executive  board  Concord 
Dist.  Nursing  Ass'n.  Residence,  19 
Merrimack  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Cross,  Allen  Eastman 

Clergyman;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Dec.  30,  1864;  s.  Hon.  David  and 
Anna  Q.  (Eastman)  Cross;  ed.  Man- 
chester high  school,  Phillips  (Andover) 
Academy;  Amherst  College,  1886; 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  1891; 
ordained  to  the  Congregational  minis- 
try, 1891;  pastor,  Cliftondale,  Mass., 
1891-6;  Park  Church,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  1896-1901;  associate  minister 
Old  South  Church,  Boston,  1901-11; 
travelled  and  studied  mission  work  all 
over  the  world  at  various  mission 
stations,  1912-13 ;  pastor  Milford,  Mass., 
1914-;  contributor  to  various  maga- 
zines and  newspapers,  of  sermons,  ad- 
dresses, essays,  poems  and  hymns,  the 
most  celebrated  and  widely  read  of 
which  is  the  American  Army  Hymn 
(1917),  which  has  already  appeared  in 
numerous  hymnals  and  patriotic  col- 
lections; received  honorary  D.D., 
Dartmouth  College,  1906;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  member  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  Monday  Club  of  Congrega- 
tional Ministers,  Boston,  Mass.;  m., 
June  11, 1896,  Ethelyn  L.  Marshall,  La- 
coma,  N.  H.;  children:  Louise  Mar- 
shall, b.,  Nov.  9,  1902,  d.  March  30, 
1915;  Anna  Emily,  b.  March  1,  1907. 
Residence,  Milford,  Mass. 


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McElwain,  Herbert  Andrew 

Investment  banker;  b.,  Enfield, 
N.  H.,  April  24,  1877;  s.  James  and 
Ella  R.  (Gage)  McElwain;  ed.  public 
schools,  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  1899,  Dartmouth  College, 
entering  the  latter  with  the  class  of 
1903  and  leaving  at  the  close  of  the 
second  year  to  engage  in  business; 
went  to  Springfield,  Mass.,  in  1901, 
where  he  became  manager  of  salesmen 
for  the  Home  Correspondence  School 
of  that  city.  In  1907  he  formed  a  con- 
nection with  Alonzo  Elliott,  investment 
banker,  of  Manchester,  N.  H.;  on  the 
death  of  Mr.  Elliott,  in  1909,  pur- 
chased the  business,  which  was  in- 
corporated under  the  name  of  Alonzo 
Elliott  &  Co.,  of  which  corporation  he 
is  president,  and  has  continued  the 
same  with  much  success,  headquarters 
being  established  in  Beacon  Block, 
Nos.  308-314,  Elm  St.,  Manchester; 
Republican;  member  Derryfield,  Calu- 
met and  Intervale  Country  clubs, 
Manchester  City  and  Dartmouth 
clubs,  Boston;  Nashua  Country  Club, 
Nashua,  N.  H.;  m.,  April  18,  1909, 
R.  Dorothy  Favreau.  Residence, 
Manchester,  N.  H. 

Cole,  John  Adams 

Civil  engineer;  b.,  Westmoreland, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  16,  1838;  s.  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Shaw)  Cole;  ed.  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  Meriden,  and  special 
studies;  in  office  of  Thomas  Doane, 
civil  engineer,  Boston,  Mass.,  1856-9; 
general  field  agent  Christian  Commis- 
sion, 1862  to  close  of  the  Civil  War,  in 
charge  of  work  in  the  armies  of  the 
Potomac  and  the  James,  directing  ex- 
penditure of  more  than  $3,000,000;  civil 
engineer,  Washington,  D.  C.,  1867-  ; 
China  o,  1873-1904;  engineer  Lake 
View  and  Hyde  Park,  111.,  and  consult- 
ing engineer  for  many  cities;  designed 
and  constructed  many  water-works 
and  sewerage  systems;  secreta  y  and 
treasurer,  trustee  Howard  University, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  1867-71;  president 
Chicago  Tract  Soc.,  1911-13;  member 
American  Soc.  Civil  Engineers;  Pres- 
byterian; Republican;  m.,  Dec.  15, 


1870,  Julia  Mead  Alvord,  Boston,  Mass. 
Residence,  1346  E.  53d  St.,  Chicago, 
111. 

Fischer,  Herbert  Brainerd 

Banker;  b.,  Charlestown,  Mass., 
July  26,  1872;  s.  Anson  B.  and  Caro- 
line Frances  (Cutler)  Fischer;  ed. 
public  schools,  Charlestown  and  Marl- 
borough  Mass.;  employed  several  years 
in  early  life  in  the  service  of  the  Boston 
&  Maine  R.  R.  at  Boston;  removed  to 


Pittsfield,  X.  H.,  in  1901,  where  he  has 
since  been  connected  with  the  Pitts- 
field  National  Bunk  and  the  Farmers' 
Savings  Bank  of  that  town,  of  which  he 
is  cashier  and  treasurer,  respectively; 
Congregationalist ;  Republican;  mem- 
ber N.  II .  house  of  representatives, 
1907-8  (secretary  committee  on  Re- 
trenchment and  Reform);  state  senate, 
1919;  Pittsfield  town  treasurer,  treas- 
urer Pittsfield  Aqueduct  Co.,  Pittsfield 
(Jas  Co.,  Red  Cross;  chairman  Pitts- 
field  Liberty  Bond  Committee;  and 
war  speaker;  member  Corinthian  Lodge 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Pittsfield;  president 


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Pittsfield  Board  of  Trade;  trained 
musician,  for  several  years  organist 
and  choir-master,  Pittsfield  Congre- 
gational Church;  m.,  Oct.  3,  1900, 
Clara  H.  M.  Goss  of  Pittsfield,  d. 
Sept.  22,  1906;  children:  Herbert  Car- 
penter, b.  Jan.  25,  1902,  d.  Jan.  31, 
1902;  Robert  H.,  b.  March  2,  1905. 
Residence,  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 

Robertson,  John  Evans 

Banking,    mercantile    and    express 
business;    b.,  Warner,  N.  H.,  May  9, 


1843;  s.  Harrison  Darling  and  Sarah 
(Evans)  Robertson;  ed.  Pembroke 
and  Henniker  Academics  and  private 
tutors;  engaged  in  produce  trade  in 
Montreal,  P.  Q.,  in  1864  in  firm  of 
Buck,  Robertson  &  Co.;  two  years 
later  returned  to  Warner  where  he  was 
engaged  in  a  general  store  till  1874, 
when  he  removed  to  Concord  and 
engaged  in  banking,  as  assistant  cashier 
of  the  National  Savings  Bank.  In 
1882  engaged  in  the  coal,  wood  and 
ice  business  till  1888,  when  he  sold  out; 
later  establishing  the  Concord  Ice  Co.; 


also  organized  the  Manchester  & 
Concord  Express  Co.;  Episcopalian; 
Democrat;  served  as  town  clerk  and 
selectman  in  Warner  and  as  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  from 
that  town  in  1871-2;  treasurer  of 
Merrimack  County  two  years;  County 
Commissioner  two  years;  Mayor  of 
Concord,  1887-8;  treasurer  Woodsum 
Steamboat  Co.,  Sunapee  Lake,  many 
years;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  Mt.  Horeb  Commandery, 
K.  T.,  Mystic  Shrine;  White  Mountain 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  Concord  Lodge, 
B.  P.  O.  E.;  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.; 
m.,  Aug.  15,  1864,  Martha  A.  F.  Paige 
of  Montreal,  at  Bradford,  N.  H.,  d. 
Sept.  1,  1906;  three  children,  all  born 
in  Warner,  (1)  Sarah  Darlintr,  d.,  Con- 
cord, Jan.  19,  1887;  (2)  Shirley  Louisa, 
m.,  Concord,  Oct.  27,  1892,  William  A. 
Whitney  of  Claremont  (one  son,  John 
Robertson,  b.  Claremont,  June  23, 
1895,  ed.  Stevens  high  school,  Clare- 
mont, Lehiph  University,  sergeant 
Q.  M.'s  Dept.,  Richmond,  Va.);  (3) 
Carlton  Evans,  m.  Caroline  E.  Crockett 
of  Concord,  Jan.  24,  1900.  Residence, 
Concord,  and  Sunapee,  N.  H. 

Sanborn,  Eugene  Dana 

Farmer;  fire  insurance;  b.,  Fremont, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  16,  1868;  s.  Alvah  and 
Nancy  (Page)  Sanborn;  ed.  public 
schools,  New  Hampton  Institution, 
Gushing  Academy,Ashburnham,  Mass. ; 
Universalist;  Republican;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1901, 
serving  on  Agricultural  College  com- 
mittee; legislative  messenger  three 
sessions;  town  clerk  eight  years;  mem- 
ber Fremont  board  of  selectmen  twelve 
years  (present  chairman) ;  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  (past  master  Gideon  Lodge  of 
Kingston),  U.  O.  A.  M.,  P.  of  H.  (past 
master  Rockingham  County  Pomona 
Grange) ;  member  Rockingham  County 
Farm  Bureau;  extensively  engaged  in 
agriculture,  with  dairying  as  a  specialty; 
also  does  an  insurance  business  as 
agent  of  the  Granite  State  and  Rocking- 
ham County  companies;  m.,  Dec.  12, 
1893,  May  L.  Currier;  one  son,  Cur- 
tice Sherburne,  b.  March  16,  1901. 
Residence,  Fremont,  N.  H. 


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Ladd,  Fred  Newton 

Banker,  treasurer  Loan  and  Trust 
Savings  Bank;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Jan.  21,  1859;  s.  William  Dudley  and 
Mary  Ann  (Emerson)  Ladd;  ed.  Con- 
cord high  school,  private  instruction; 
started  in  the  National  State  Capital 
Bank,  1879,  soon  after  accepting  a 


position  with  the  Loan  and  Trust, 
which  connection  has  continued  ever 
since;  Congregational ist;  Republican; 
trustee  Loan  and  Trust  Savings  Bank, 
director  Capital  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  treasurer 
Concord  Masonic  Ass'n,  treasurer 
twenty-four  years  Blazing  Star  Lodge, 
chairman  Christian  Science  Churcli 
Building  Fund,  member  executive 
committee  Liberty  Loan  Com.;  Con- 
cord; member  Mt.  Horeb  Comman- 
dery,  K.  T.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Wono- 
lancet  Club,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf 
Club  (secretary-treasurer),  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Council  of  National  De- 
fense, Red  Cross,  Concord  Board  of 
Trade,  Boys'  City  Club;  m.,  Dec.  2, 
1885,  Came  Idella  Sleeper  of  Concord; 


two  children:  Dorris,  Concord  high 
school,  Dana  Hall  (Wellesley),  art 
student,  Boston  and  New  York,  m. 
Emerson  Davis  of  Concord  (children, 
Barbara  Annalee,  Rosemary);  Phyllis 
Baker,  student  St.  Mary's  School,  Con- 
cord. Residence,  113  Center  St., 
Concord,  N.  H.;  Meredith  Bay,  N.  H. 

Huntingdon,  William  Spooner 

Banker,  treasurer  Merrimack  County 
Savings  Bank;  b.,  Washington,  D.  C., 
Jan.  15,  1871,  only  son  of  William 
Spooner,  cashier  First  National  Bank 
(Jay  Cooke  &  Co.),  Washington,  D.  C., 
and  Fanny  A.  (Dearborn)  Huntington; 
seventh  in  descent  from  Christopher 
Huntington,  the  first  male  child  b.  in 


Norwich,  Conn.  (1660),  who  was  a 
grandson  of  Simon  Huntington,  the 
Puritan  immigrant;  moved  to  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  1883;  ed.  Concord  high 
school,  1889;  Episcopaliau;  Republi- 
can; treasurer  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
treasurer  and  trustee  N.  H.  Orphans' 
Home,  also  Holderneas  School  for 


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Boys,  treasurer  Snpwshoe  Club,  Con- 
cord; trustee  Merrimack  County  Sav- 
ings Bank,  director  Phenix  Mutual 
Fire  Ins.  Co.,  director  State  Dwelling 
House  Ins.  Co.;  secretary  executive 
committee  Concord  Liberty  Loan  Com. ; 
member  Wonolancet  and  Snowshoe 
clubs,  Eureka  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Trinity  Royaj  Arch  Chapter,  Horace 
Chase  Council,  Mount  Horeb  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T.,  N.  H.  Consistory, 
32d  degree,  Bektash  Temple,  A.  A. 
O.  N.  M.  S.;  m.,  April  17,  1900,  Brad- 
ford, Vt.,  Katherine  L.  Parker,  dau. 
Harry  Elwood  Parker  (see  sketch 
elsewhere);  child:  Parker,  b.  Jan.  26, 
1901,  Exeter  Academy,  Dartmouth 
College,  1922.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Little,  Clarence  Belden 

Lawyer;  banker;  b.,  Pembroke, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  18,  1857;  s.  George  Pea- 
body  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Knox) 
Little;  ed.  Pembroke  Academy,  Dart- 
mouth College.  A.B.  1881;  studied 
law  with  Chase  &  Streeter,  Concord, 
and  Harvard  Law  School;  admitted 
to  the  bar,  Sept.,  1883,  and  com- 
menced practice,  Bismarck,  N.  D.; 
Presbyterian;  Republican;  Judge  of 
Probate  for  Burleigh  County,  1884-8; 
president  Bismarck  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, 1887-91;  elected  to  North  Da- 
kota State  Senate,  1889,  serving  con- 
tinuously for  twenty  years;  chairman 
Judiciary  Committee  entire  period; 
president  pro  tern,  1897.  President 
J  irst  Nat'l  Bank  of  Bismarck;  pres- 
ident McKenzie  State  Bank,  Sterling 
State  Bank,  Farmers'  State  Bank, 
Wing  and  Motfct  State  Bank,  Beulah 
Coal  Mining  Co.;  vice-president  No. 
Dakota  Historical  Soc. ;  president 
Dartmouth  College  Alumni  Council; 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Past  commander, 
Tancred  Commandery,  K.  T.;  mem- 
ber, Minnesota,  University,  and 
Town  and  Country  Clubs,  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  Minneapolis  Club,  Rocky  Moun- 
tain Club,  New  York;  m.  Nov.  24, 
1S85,  Caroline  Gore  Little  of  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass.;  children:  Viroque 
Mabel,  b.  Dec.  2,  1886  (Mt.  Ida 
School,  Newton,  Mass.,  1900);  George 


Peabody,  b.  July  13,  1888.     Residence, 
Bismarck,  N.  D. 

Shea,  Michael  Francis 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Nov.  15,  1875;  s.  Michael  and  Cath- 
erine (Galway)  Shea;  ed.  Old  Park 
Street  Grammar  school,  St.  Joseph's 
high  school,  Manchester,  Manhattan 
College,  New  York,  1898,  and  Boston 
University  Law  School;  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  Hon.  J.  W.  PYllows,  Man- 
chester, admitted  to  the  bar  in  Decem- 
ber, 1901  and  has  since  been  in  practice 
in  Manchester;  Catholic;  Democrat; 


member  X.  H.  house  of  representatives 
1905-6,  1907-S;  X.  H.  state  senate, 
1917—18  (member  Committee  on  Re- 
vision of  the  Laws,  chairman  of  Com- 
mittee on  Soldiers'  Home);  member 
Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians;  in., 
Sept.  20,  1904,  Margaret  M.  Muldoon; 
children,  Francis  M.,  b.  June  16,  1905; 
Kathleen  A.,  b.  July  20,  190(5;  George 
C.,  1).  Feb.  22,  1908;  Helen  M.,  b.  Xov. 
16,  1909;  Justin  R.,  b.  July  31,  1913; 
Neil  J.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1915.  Residence, 
Manchester,  N.  II . 


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Towne,  Hollis  Frank 

Farmer;  b.,  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
3,  1857;  s.  Frank  A.  and  Melissa  Ann 
(Thompson)  Towne;  ed.  in  public 
schools  of  Stoddard,  in  which  town  he 
spent  his  early  life,  and  later  resided 
several  years  in  Vermont;  in  1890 
engaged  in  general  mercantile  business 
in  the  town  of  Marlow,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  1899,  when  he  disposed  of 
his  business  and  removed  to  Newport, 
N.  H.,  remaining  four  years.  In 
1904,  he  purchased  the  fine  farm  on  the 
Merrimack  River  in  Hooksett  for- 
merly owned  by  the  late  William  F. 
Head,  long  known  as  one  of  the  best 
in  Merrimack  County,  where  he  has 
since  been  actively  engaged  in  agri- 
culture, his  specialty  being  the  breed- 
ing of  registered  Ayrshire  cattle,  of 
which  he  has  a  large  herd  accounted  the 
finest  of  the  breed  in  the  State;  Re- 
publican; served  three  years  as  town 
treasurer  in  Marlow;  member  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  past  Noble  Grand  of  Forest 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Marlow,  and 
member  Grand  Lodge;  m.,  1st., 
June  7,  1880,  Luetta  J.  Lowell,  Mar- 
low;  2d,  Jan.  5,  1900,  Belle  C.  Perry, 
Rutland,  Vt.,  d.  Jan.  23,  1912;  3d, 
June  7,  1913,  Grace  R.  Young,  Deer- 
field,  N.  H.,  d.  Nov.  1916.  One 
daughter,  Winnifred  E.,  b.  Aug.  14, 
1883,  d.  Nov.  28,  1914.  Residence, 
Hooksett,  N.  H. 

Upton,  Robert  W. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Feb.  3,  1884;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools  of  Bow,  N.  H.,  Boston 
University  School  of  Law,  LL.B 
(Magna  cum  laude)  1907;  admitted  to 
the  N.  H.  bar,  1907;  commenced 
practice  in  Concord  as  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Sargent,  Niles  &  Upton; 
subsequently  of  Niles  &  Upton,  and 
since  the  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Niles  from 
practice  to  devote  his  attention  to  the 
work  of  the  Public  Service  Commission, 
alone  in  practice  in  the  State  and  Fed- 
eral Court;  Republican;  member  N. 
H.  house  of  representatives  from  Bow, 
1911-2,  serving  on  Judiciary  and  Ways 
and  Means  Committees;  prepared  the 
original  draft  of  the  bill  establishing 


the  N.  H.  Tax  Commission;  also  pre- 
pared the  original  draft  of  the  Factory 
Inspection  Act  of  the  last  legislature 
and  was  instrumental  in  its  passage; 
delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1918;  member  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  P.  of  H., 
past  secretary  and  lecturer  Merri- 
mack Co.  Pomona  Grange;  member 
executive  committee  N.  H.  Old  Home 
Week  Ass'n;  m.,  Sept.  18,  1912 
Martha  S.  Burroughs,  Bow;  children: 


Helen,  b.  Aug.  15,  1913,  d.  Dec.  30, 
1914;  Richard  E.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1914; 
Elise,  b.  May  4,  1916.  Residence, 
Bow,  N.  H.,  Concord,  P.  O. 

Eames,  George  Herbert,  Jr. 

Wholesale  and  retail  grain  dealer; 
b.,  Keene,  N.  II.,  Aug.  25,  1884;  s. 
George  H.  and  Margaret  A.  (Ander- 
son) Eames;  ed.  Keene  high  school, 
Colby  Academy,  New  London,  Tif- 
fin's Business  College,  Keene;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  member  Keene 
City  Council,  1915;  Board  of  Aldermen, 
1916;  elected  acting  mayor  by  the 


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Board  of  Aldermen,  June  19,  1916,  on 
the  departure  of  Mayor  Cain  to  the 
Mexican  border  with  the  First  N.  H. 
Regiment,  and  since  continuously  re- 
elected  by  the  people  to  that  office; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
and  Monadnock  Club,  Keene;  m., 
Nov.  1,  1905,  Amy  M.  Ballou,  one  son, 
Herbert  Howell,  b.  Aug.  5,  1909. 
Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Hendrick,  Nellie  Towne 

General  Secretary,   N.   H.    Sunday 
School  Ass'n;  h.,  Keene,  N.  H.,    Jan. 


5,  1866;  dau.  John  S.  and  Lucy  (Web- 
ster) Hendrick ;  ed.  Keene  public  schools, 
high  school,  1883;  taught  in  same  for 
several  years;  Congregationalist;  Re- 
publican; member  Nashaway  Woman's 
Club — corresponding  secretary  for  sev- 
eral years;  member  Civics  Committee, 
N.  H.  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs; 
Elementary  Superintendent,  N.  H. 
Sunday  School  Ass'n  for  the  last  ten 
years;  General  Secretary  X.  II.  Sun- 
day School  Ass'n  for  the  last  six  years, 


being  one  of  only  three  women  in 
North  America  holding  this  office  out 
of  the  total  number  of  sixty-five 
general  secretaries.  Founder  and  dean 
of  the  Northern  New  England  School  of 
Religious  Education  (inc.)  at  Dart- 
mouth College,  whose  fourth  session 
opened  at  Hanover  in  August  last; 
delegate  from  New  Hampshire  in  all 
International  and  World  S.  S.  Con- 
ventions for  the  last  ten  years,  and 
speaker  in  all;  m.,  Oct.  2,  1887,  George 
W.  Hendrick,  Nashua;  one  daughter, 
Marion.  (Mrs.  George  E.  Ray,  Marble- 
head,  Mass.)  b.  April  22,  1889  (Tilton 
Seminary,  1906;  R.  I.  School  of  De- 
sign). Residence,  18  Wellington  St., 
Nashua,  N.  H. 

Wagner,  George  Augustus 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
May  28,  1873;  s.  Augustus  and  Mary 
(Bastian)  Wagner;  ed.  public  schools, 
Manchester  high  school,  1889,  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1892,  Boston  Uni- 
versity Law  School,  1895;  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1895  and  since  in  practice  in 
Manchester;  Unitarian;  Republican; 
city  solicitor,  Manchester,  1899-1909; 
judge  of  probate,  County  of  Hills- 
borough,  1912-;  chairman  Republican 
city  committee,  1911-13;  secretary 
Republican  state  committee,  1915; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge,  chapter 
and  council,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  S.  of  V.,  In- 
tervale Country  Club,  Manchester; 
director  and  attorney  Manchester 
Building  &  Loan  Ass'n;  m.,  Anna  M. 
Barndollar,  Manchester,  May  25, 
1910;  one  son,  Philip  Augustus,  b. 
April  24,  1917.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Bingham,  George  Hutchins 

Jurist;  b.,  Littleton,  N.  H.,  Aug.  19, 
1864;  s.  George  A.  and  Eliza  I. 
(Woods)  Bingham;  ed.  public  schools, 
Holderness  School  for  Boys,  St.  Johns- 
bury  (Vt.)  Academy,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1887;  Harvard  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1881;  admitted  to  the  bar,  July, 
1891;  entered  partnership  with  his 
father,  the  late  Hon.  George  A.  Bing- 
ham, in  Littleton,  in  practice  of  law, 


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continuing  until  the  death  of  the  latter 
in  1895;  removed  to  Manchester  in 
1898  and  formed  a  partnership  with 
Hon.  David  A.  Taggart,  continuing 
till  1902,  after  which  practiced  alone 
till  July,  1902,  when  appointed  Asso- 
ciate Justice  of  the  N.  H.  supreme 
court,  serving  till  June  5,  1913,  when 
he  received  an  appointment  as  Judge 
of  the  U.  S.  circuit  court  for  the  Eastern 
District  of  the  United  States,  which 
position  he  still  holds;  Episcopalian 
(vestryman  Grace  Episcopal  Church, 
Manchester);  Democrat;  director  Mer- 
chants National  Bank,  Manchester; 
m.,  Oct.  29,  1891,  Cornelia  P.  Hinckley, 
Chelsea,  Mass.;  children,  Elizabeth 
H.,  b.  July  22,  1892  (Mrs.  Warren 
McPherson,  Cambridge,  Mass.); 
George  H.,  b.  Jan.  6,  1895  (ensign 
U.  S.  Navy);  Cordelia  P.,  b.  July  26, 
1896  (Smith,  1919);  Sylvester  H., 
b.  May  22,  1901  (Dartmouth,  1922); 
Robert  P.  and  Helen  W.,  b.  April  21, 
1903.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Chase,  Harvey  Stuart 

Public  accountant;  b.,  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  June  18,  1861;  s.  R.  Stuart  and 
Ada  L.  (Harvey)  Chase;  ed.  Mass. 
Institute  of  Technology,  B.S.  1883; 
superintendent  and  treasurer  Gas  and 
Water  Works,  Great  Falls  (Somers- 
worth),  N.  H.,  1886-91;  officer  in 
various  engineering  and  mining  cor- 
porations in  New  York  and  Tennessee, 
1891-7;  auditor  and  expert  accountant 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  since  1897,  firm  of 
Harvey  S.  Chase  &  Co.;  devised 
systems  of  uniform  reporting  and  ac- 
counting for  cities,  states  and  public 
service  corporations;  member  Presi- 
dent Taft's  Commission  on  Economy 
and  Efficiency,  1911-12;  consulting 
expert  accountant,  U.  S.  Treasury, 
1913;  controller  Liberty  Loan,  1st 
district,  1917;  member  American 
Economic  Ass'n,  American  Statistical 
Ass'n,  National  Municipal  League  and 
various  other  organizations;  author  of 
many  published  works;  Unitarian;  m., 
Dec.  22,  1886,  Nettie  V.  Rowe,  Haver- 
hill,  Mass.  Residence,  Brookline, 
Mass.;  Office,  84  State  St.,  Boston. 


McQuaid,  Elias  Alfred 

Newspaper  reporter;  b.,  Lowell, 
Mass.,  May  10,  1873;  s.  Hugh  and 
Catherine  (Connor)  McQuaid.  At- 
tended the  public  schools  and  St.  Jo- 
seph's high  school,  Manchester; 
learned  telegraphy  and  at  17  joined  the 
reportorial  staff  of  the  Manchester 
Mirror;  represented  the  Union  at 
Chickamauga  Park  in  1898  and  the 
Mirror  at  several  sessions  of  the  legis- 
lature; in  1905  joined  the  staff  of  the 


Boston  Traveler,  then  under  the  editor- 
ship of  John  H.  Fahey;  secretary 
Lawrence  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
1913;  assistant  secretary  to  Governor 
Walsh  of  Massachusetts,  1915;  now 
with  the  Boston  Advertiser;  m.,  at 
Epping,  N.  H.,  Sept,  11,  1907,  Arc- 
thusa,  younger  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Tuttle  Bean;  four  children: 
Bernard  J.,  b.  July  15,  1908;  Eileen, 
b.  Oct.  24,  1910;  David  Forrest,  b. 
Oct.  4,  1912  and  Elias,  Jr.,  b.  April  21, 
1917.  Address,  No.  80  Summer  St., 
Boston;  residence,  Patten  Hill  Rd., 
R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Candia,  N.  H. 


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Gardner,  Rufus  Parker 

Clergyman;  superintendent  N.  H. 
Orphan's  Home;  b.,  Orland  Me.,  Sept. 
14,  1858;  s.  Jesse  and  Abigail  (Hatch) 
Gardner;  ed.  Castine,  Me.,  high 
school;  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business 
College,  Boston,  1876;  Eastern  Me. 
State  Normal  School,  1878;  taught  two 
years  in  Bucksport,  Me.,  Seminary, 
and  engaged  some  time  in  evangelistic 
work;  entered  Bangor  Theological 
Seminary  in  1883,  graduating  in  1886; 
pastor  Congregational  church,  Waldo- 
boro,  Me.,  1886-8,  Marion,  Mass., 
1888-92,  Hampstead,  N.  H.,  1896-1900; 
superintendent,  N.  H.  Orphans  Home, 
Franklin,  N.  H.,  since  1901;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  president 
corporation  of  Sanborn  Seminary, 
Kingston,  N.  H.,  since  1898;  secre- 
tary Tabor  Academy  corporation, 
Marion,  Mass.;  chairman  Executive 
Committee,  Franklin  City  Hospital; 
member  and  past  president  Franklin 
Board  of  Trade;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
and  I.  O.  O.  F.;  m.,  1st,  Ada  Myrick, 
Hampden,  Me.,  d.;  2d,  June  8,  1886, 
Belle  Brown  Clement,  Freedom,  Me.; 
children,  Bessie  (Mrs.  James  S.  Shaw), 
b.  Edmunds,  Me.,  April  23,  1881; 
(Hampstead  High  School,  1896,  Ply- 
mouth Normal  School,  1901,  Emerson 
Hospital  Training  School  for  Nurses, 
1910);  Harold  Parker,  b.  Marion, 
Mass.,  Dec.  23,  1891  (Phillips  Ex- 
eter Academy,  1909,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1913,  post-graduate  work,  New 
York  College,  1916),  statistician  New 
York  Central  R.  R.  lines.  Residence, 
Franklin,  N.  H. 

Sullivan,  Patrick  Henry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
29,  1866;  s.  John  D.  and  Julia  (Sulli- 
van) Sullivan;  ed.  public  schools, 
Nashua  high  school,  1883;  Boston 
University  Law  School,  LL.B.  1890; 
admitted  to  the  bar,  1890;  commenced 
practice  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  1891, 
and  has  since  continued;  Roman 
Catholic;  Democrat;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1893  (mem- 
ber Committee  on  Revision  of  the 
Statutes) ;  solicitor  for  Hillsborough 
20 


County,  1911-5,  declining  farther  elec- 
tion which  he  might  have  had  notwith- 
standing the  strong  adverse  political 
majority  in  the  county;  Democratic 
candidate  for  Congress,  5th  N.  H. 
District,  special  election,  1917;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n  American  Bar 
Ass'n,  Knights  of  Columbus,  A.  O.  H., 
A.  O.  U.  W.,  Derryfield  Club,  Inter- 
vale Country  Club,  Manchester;  m., 
June  15,  1898,  Nellie  J.  Harrington, 


Manchester;  children,  John,  b.  June 
16,  1899  (Dartmouth,  1921-  now  in 
Naval  Unit  at  Yale);  Robert  C.,  b. 
March  19,  1902,  d.  April  5,  1905. 
Residence,  357  Walnut  St.;  office, 
Amoskeag  Bank  Building,  Manchester. 

Lockhart,  Burton  Wellesley 

Clergyman;  b.,  Lockhartville,  Kings 
Co.,  N.  S.,  Jan.  24,  1855;  s.  Nathan 
Albert  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Beganson) 
Lockhart;  ed.  Acadia  College,  N.  S., 
1878,  Newton  Theological  Seminary, 
Newton,  Mass.,  1882;  A.M.,  Acadia 
College,  1882;  D.D.,  Dartmouth, 
1894;  pastor  Second  Baptist  Church, 


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Suffield,  Conn.,  1882-8;  Third  Con- 
gregational Church,  Chicopec,  Mass., 
1888-93;  Franklin  Street  Congre- 
gational Church,  Manchester,  1893-  ; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  mem- 
ber VVinthrop  Club,  Boston,  Mass.; 
m.,  Dec.  24,  1883,  Fanny  Mary  Upson, 
Westfield,  Mass.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 
Hadley,  George  Plummer 

Insurance;     b.,    Goffstown,    N.    H., 
Sept.  30,  1846;   s.  Peter  Eastman  and 


Mary  (Cochran)  Iladley;  lineal  de- 
scendant of  George  iladlev  who  emi- 
grated to  Ipswich,  Mass.,  from  Eng- 
land,  previous  to  UK!!),  and  of  Roger 
Eastman  who  settled  in  Salisbury  in 
163S;  ed.  schools  of  GolTstown,  Kim- 
ball  I'nion  Academy,  ]Sti9,  non-grad- 
uate Dartmouth  College,  class  of  1873; 
taught  successfully  in  New  Hampshire 
and  Massachusetts,  afterwards  became 
civil  enm'neer,  which  profession  he 
practiced  a  number  of  years.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  insurance  business  lie  de- 
votes his  time  to  probate  business  and 
the  settlement  of  estates  involving 


matters  of  trust  and  responsibility; 
takes  a  commendable  interest  in  all 
progressive  measures,  and  is  a  rec- 
ognized authority  on  matters  per- 
taining to  the  history  of  his  native 
town,  having  devoted  much  attention 
for  several  years  to  the  collection  and 
arrangement  of  material  for  a  town  his- 
tory; Congregationalist;  Republican; 
held  office  of  selectman,  collector, 
member  of  school  board,  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives,  1885,  constitutional 
convention,  1912;  justice  of  the  peace 
and  notary  public ;  member  I.  O.  O.  F., 
P.  of  H.,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  New 
England  Historic-Genealogical  Soc. ; 
m.  June  10,  1875,  Edna  V.  Carr 
of  Goffstown.  Residence,  Goffstown, 
N.  H. 

Taylor,  Amos  Leavitt 

Lawyer  and  Lecturer;  b.,  Dan- 
bury,  N.  H.,  Feb.  22,  1877;  s.  Frank 
Leavitt  and  Nellie  J.  (Martin)  Taylor 
(descendant  of  Anthony  Taylor,  first 
of  the  family  in  America,  at  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  1636,  of  Anthony 
Taylor,  founder  and  first  settler  of  the 
town  of  Danbury  (1770),  fifth  genera- 
tion in  America,  of  Amos  Taylor, 
trial  justice  at  Danbury  and  many 
times  representative  in  the  legislature, 
of  Moses  L.  Taylor,  trial  justice  at 
Danbury,  seventh  generation,  who 
was  his  grandfather) ;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Danbury  and  Franklin, 
N.  H.,  Phillips  Andover  Academy, 
Brown  University,  A.B.  1901 ;  Bos- 
ton University  Law  School,  LL.B. 
(cum  laude  and  special  mention  for 
graduation  thesis)  1903;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  member  law  firm  of 
Adams  &  Blinn,  Boston;  lecturer  Pace 
Institute  of  Accountancy,  Boston; 
Author  of  "Corporation  Law  in  Mas- 
sachusetts; member  Republican  town 
committee,  Belmont,  Mass.,  six  years; 
town  counsel  for  Belmont  nine  years; 
delegate,  Mass.  Republican  state  con- 
vention, 1914,  1916;  clerk  American 
Water  Supply  Co.  of  New  England; 
member  corporation  and  counsel,  Bel- 
mont (Mass.)  Savings  Bank:  clerk 
and  director  London  Sponging  Works 


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(inc.);  director  Pace  Agency  for  Place- 
ments; director  Waverley  (Mass.)  Co- 
operative Bank;  member  Boston  Bar 
Ass'n,  Middlesex  Bar  Ass'n,  Mass.  Bar 
Ass'n,  American  Bar  Ass'n,  Bostonian 
Soc.,  Economic  Club  of  Boston,  Acad- 
emy of  Political  Science,  N.  Y.,  Oakley 
Country  Club,  A.  Z.  &  A.  U.  Belmont, 
Phi  Gamma  Delta  (Biown  Univ.) 
Gamma  Eta  Gamma  (Boston  Univ.); 
m.,  June  16,  1906,  Myra  Fairbank; 
children:  Amos  L.  Taylor,  Jr.,  born 
June  20,  1912;  Elizabeth  Fairbank 
Taylor,  b.  Aug.  2,  1915.  Residence, 
117  School  St.,  Belmont,  Mass.;  busi- 
ness address,  40  Court  St.,  Boston. 

Bell,  Charles  Upham 

Jurist;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  Feb.  26, 
1843;  s.  James  and  Judith  A.  (Upham) 
Bell;  ed.  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Bowdoin 
College,  A.  B.  1863;  studied  law  with 
Charles  H.  Bell  and  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Exeter,  February,  1866;  prac- 
ticed in  Exeter  five  years,  removing  to 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  in  1871;  Congrega- 
tionalist  (member  South  Congrega- 
tional church,  Andover,  Mass.);  jus- 
tice superior  court  of  Massachusetts 
since  Sept.  16,  1898;  member  Mass., 
Soc.  Cincinnati,  Mass.  Soc.  Colonian 
Wars,  G.  A.  R.  (having  served  as  a 
private  in  the  42  Mass.  Vols.  in  the 
Civil  War);  m.,  1st,  Nov.  21,  1872, 
Helen  M.  Pitman,  Laconia,  N.  H.,  d. 
March  28,  1888;  2d,  Elizabeth  W. 
Pitman,  April  10,  1894,  d.  June  17, 
1916;  children,  by  first  wife,  Alice  L., 
Mary  A.,  Joseph  P.,  Helen  P.,  wife  of 
Rev.  George  H.  Duver.  Removed  from 
Lawrence  to  Andover,  Mass.,  Decem- 
ber, 1900. 

Allen,  John  Eliot 

Jurist;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  June 
26,  1873;  s.  Judge  William  H.  H.  and 
Ellen  E.  (Joslin)  Allen;  ed.  Clare- 
mont public  schools,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.B.,  1894;  Harvard  Law  School, 
LL.B.,  189S,;  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
commenced  practice  in  Keene,  N.  H., 
in  1897;  Republican;  instructor,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1900-3;  Judge  of  Pro- 
bate for  Cheshire  County,  1900-6: 


City  Solicitor  of  Keene,  1900-9;  mem- 
ber of  board  of  education,  1909-  ;  as- 
sociate justice  N.  H.  superior  court, 
1917;  director  Keene  Nat'l  Bank; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Lodge  of  the 
Temple,  Cheshire  Royal  Arch  Chapter, 
Hugh  de  Payen's  Commandery,  K.  T.; 
m.,  June  10,  1901,  Amy  L.  Abbott. 
Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Parker,  Harry  Elwood 

Editor    and   publisher;  b.,    Lyman, 
N.  H.,  June  11,  1853;  s.  Charles  and 


Amelia  K.  (Bennett)  Parker;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Lisbon  Academy;  studied 
music  in  youth  and  was  leader  of  a 
military  band  at  Marion,  Va.,  at  16 
years  of  age;  later  learned  the  print- 
er's trade  and  established  the  Lisbon 
(N.  H.)  Globe;  removed  to  Bradford, 
Vt.,  in  1881,  where  he  consolidated  the 
two  local  papers  and  has  since  suc- 
cessfully conducted  the  United  Opin- 
ion, being  now  the  dean  of  Vermont 
journalism;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; engrossing  clerk,  N.  H.  legis- 
lature, 1878-9;  postmaster,  Bradford, 
Vt.,  1890-4;  member  Vt.  Re- 


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publican  state  committee,  .  1894-8; 
colonel  on  staff  of  Governor  Fuller, 
1892-4;  member  Vt.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1916;  president  Capital 
City  Press,  Montpelier,  Vt.;  treasurer 
and  manager  Opinion  Press,  Brad- 
ford, Vt.;  vice-president  Woodstock 
(N.  H.)  Lumber  Co.;  director  The 
Parker- Young  Co.,  Lisbon,  N.  H.; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.— Lodge,  Chap- 
ter, Council,  Commandery,  Shrine, 
and  32nd  degree,— I.  O.  O.  F.,  all 
branches,  20  years  secretary  Grand 
Lodge  of  Vermont;  B.  P.  O.  E.; 
P.  of  H.;  A.  O.  A.  M.;  m.,  Sept.  24, 
1873,  Anne  M.  \Veston,  Nashua,  N.  H.; 
children;  Leslie  Weston,  b.  Apr.  26, 
1877,  d.  Feb.  28,  1878;  Katherine 
Louise  (Mrs.  W.  S.  Huntington),  b. 
July  9,  1879;  Sara  Knowles,  b.  Dec.  3, 
1881;  Charles,  b.  July  1,  1884;  Levi 
Houghton,  b.  Jan.  5,  1891,  d.  Oct.  7, 
1918  in  service.  Residence,  Bradford, 
Vt. 

Taggart,  David  Arthur 

Lawyer;  b.,  Goffstown,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
30,  1858;  s.  David  M.  and  Esther 
(Wilson)  Taggart;  ed.  Manchester 
high  school,  1874,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, A.B.  1878;  studied  law  with  the 
late  Hon.  David  Cross  of  Manchester; 
admitted  to  the  N.  H.  Bar,  Sept.  1, 
1881,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in 
practice  in  that  city;  at  first  for  several 
years  in  partnership  with  Judge  Cross, 
many  years  past  head  of  the  firm  of  Tag- 
gart, Tuttle,  Burroughs  &  Wyman  (now 
Taggart,  Tuttle,  Wyman  &  Starr) ;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  member  N. 
H.  house  of  representatives  from 
Goffstown,  1883;  N.  H.  senate  (pres- 
ident), 1889;  Republican  candidate 
for  Congress,  first  N.  H.  District, 
1890;  member  A.  F.  A:  A.  M.,  32d  de- 
gree and  Knight  Templar,  N.  H. 
Bar  Ass'n  and  American  Bar  Ass'n; 
m.,  Nov.  11,  1SS4,  Mary  Klbra,  dau. 
Dr.  A.  B.  Story,  Manchester;  children, 
Esther  M.,  (Sirs.  Ernest  R.  Cooper), 
1).  March  31,  1886;  Ruth  Story, 
(Mrs.  Stanley  C.  Whipple),  b.  July 
23,  1891.  Residence,  Manchester, 
N.H. 


Norwood,  Charles  Miles 

Box  manufacturer;  b.,  West  Brook- 
field,  Mass.,  Oct.  23,  1844;  s.  George 
and  Eliza  (Baker)  Norwood;  ed.  public 
and  private  schools  in  Massachusetts 
and  Winchester,  N.  H.;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  engaged  in  manufacture 
of  boxes  in  Keene  for  twenty-five 
years;  six  years  superintendent  of 
Beaver  Mills,  also  doing  business  in 


his  own  name,  and  later  as  C.  M.  Nor- 
wood &  Son;  sold  out  in  June,  1918  to 
New  England  Box  Co. ;  member  Keene 
city  government  as  councilman  and 
alderman  fifteen  years;  member  N.H. 
house  of  representatives,  1893-4,  1907 
-8,  1911-12;  N.H.  constitutional  con- 
vent ion,  1912:  member  board  of  com- 
missioners for  Cheshire  County  since 
1914;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge, 
chapter,  council,  32  degree,  command- 
ery  and  shrine;  Unitarian  Club,  S.  of 
V.';  m.,  Sept.  12,  1866,  Louisa  M. 
Tuft,  Swanzey,  N.  H.;  one  son,  Leon 


March   16,    1871,   partner   with 
father    in     business.       Residence, 


C., 
hi 

Keene,  N.  II. 


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Africa,  Walter  Greenland 

Gas  engineer;  b.  Huntingdon,  Pa., 
April  11,  1863;  s.  John  Simpson  and 
Dorothea  (Greenland)  Africa;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Huntingdon  Academy 
(now  Juniata  College);  clerk  First 
National  Bank,  Huntingdon,  a  year 
and  a  half,  then  for  a  time  with  Elkins 
&  Widener,  gas  operators;  subse- 
quently leased  and  operated  the  Hunt- 
ingdon Gas  Works,  1885  to  1887;  re- 
moved to  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  the 


spring  of  1887,  and  became  superin- 
tendent of  the  People's  Gas  Light  Co. 
of  which  he  is  now  treasurer  and  man- 
ager; director  Amoskeag  Nat'l  Bank, 
Elliott  Mf'g  Co.,  American  Guild  of 
Gas  Managers  of  New  England  (presi- 
dent), American  Gas  Institute  (direc- 
tor), X.  E.  Association  of  Gas  Engi- 
neers (president),  and  actively  identified 
with  various  other  corporations;  A.  F. 
<t  A.  M.,  Past  Commander  Trinity 
Commandery,  K.  T.,  Commander  in 
Chief,  X.  H.  Consistory,  Past  Poten- 
tate, Bektash  Temple,  N.  M.  S.;  mem- 


ber  Supreme  Council,  33d  degree, 
Northern  Masonic  Jurisdiction,  U.S.A.; 
m.,  Nov.  17,  1887,  Maude  E.  Cun- 
ningham, Huntingdon,  Pa.;  children, 
Dorothea  C.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1888  (Lasell 
Seminary);  Esther  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan. 
22,  1890';  Walter  Murray,  b.  April  22, 
1892;  Maude  Isabel,  b."  April  8,  1907. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Chamberlin,  Edson  Joseph 

Railway  president;  b.,  Lancaster, 
N.  H.,  August,  1852;  s.  Joseph  Mark 
and  Roeann  C.  Chamberlin;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Montpelier  (Vt.)  Semi- 
nary; served  as  timekeeper  and  clerk 
in  railway  office  at  St.  Albans,  Vt., 
1871-5;  secretary  to  general  superin- 
tendent, Central  Vt.  Ry.,  1875-6; 
private  secretary  to  general  manager, 
1877-84;  superintendent  Ogdensburg 
&  Lake  Champlain,  1886-1905;  vice- 
president  and  general  manager  Grand 
Trunk  Pacific  Ry.,  at  Winnipeg,  Man., 
1909-12;  president  Grand  Trunk  Ry. 
System,  and  Grand  Trunk  Pacific, 
1912-7,  resigned  as  president  Grand 
Trunk  Pacific,  1917,  but  continued  as 
president  Grand  Trunk  System  and 
director  Grand  Trunk  Pacific;  presi- 
dent Central  Vt.  Ry.,  1912-17,  now 
director;  m.,  1876,  Sara  G.  Place,  St. 
Albans,  Vt.  Residence,  Montreal, 
Canada. 

Bell,  Louis 

Electrical  engineer;  b.,  Chester, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  5,  1864;  s.  Gen.  Louis  and 
Mary  A.  P.  (Bouton)  Bell;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1884;  graduate 
student  Johns  Hopkins  Univ.,  1884; 
fellow  in  physics,  1885-8;  Ph.D.  1888; 
professor  applied  electricity,  Purdue 
Univ.,  1888-9;  editor  Electrical  World, 
New  York,  1890-2;  chief  engineer  elec- 
tric power  transmission  department, 
Gen.  Electric  Co.;  consulting  engineer 
in  relation  to  electric  power  transmis- 
sion since  1895;  lecturer  on  power 
transmission,  Mass.  Inst.  Tech.,  1895- 
1905;  lecturer  on  public  lighting, 
Harvard  Univ.  and  on  illumination, 
Harvard  Med.  School,  since  1914;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  Fellow  American 


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Academy  Arts  and  Sciences,  American 
Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  Na- 
tional Electric  Light  Ass'n.,  and  nu- 
merous other  organizations  and  clubs; 
m.,  Dec.  3,  1893,  Sarah  G.  Hemenway, 
Somerville,  Mass.  Residence,  West 
Newton,  Mass.  Office,  120  Boylston 
St.,  Boston. 

Beckley,  Chester  Charles 

Physician;  b.,  Plainfield,  N.  H., 
Jan.  25,  1876;  s.  Charles  C.  and  Kate 
E.  (Daniels)  Beckley;  ed.  public 
schools,  Univ.  of  Vermont,  College  of 
Medicine,  M.D.  1898;  post  graduate 
work  in  New  York  Post  Graduate 
Med.  School,  Dartmouth  Med.  School, 
Clark  Univ.  and  Harvard  School  of 
Medicine;  located  in  practice  in  Lan- 
caster, Mass.,  in  1899  and  there  con- 
tinues; visiting  physician  to  Clinton, 
Mass.,  Hospital,  and  Lancaster  State 
Industrial  School  for  Girls;  member 
board  of  health  and  school  physician, 
Lancaster;  director  Clinton  Anti-tuber- 
culosis Ass'n,  Lancaster  Social  Serv- 
ice Ass'n,  member  Mass.  Med.  Soc., 
American  Med.  Ass'n,  Boston  Soc. 
Psychiatry  and  Neurology,  National 
Ass'n  for  Study  and  Prevention  of 
Tuberculosis;  Unitarian;  Republican; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  32d  degree, 
and  Shriner,  and  Boston  Athletic  Ass'n. 
Residence,  Lancaster,  Mass. 

Barber,  Daniel  Fletcher 

Hardware  merchant;  b.,  Antrim, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  9,  1855:  s.  Rev.  Daniel  W. 
and  Adeline  (Haven)  Barber;  ed. 
public  schools;  clerk  with  A.  M.  Gard- 
ner &  Co.,  and  Gardner  &  Chandler, 
hardware,  Boston,  Mass.,  1869-88; 
partner  Chandler  &  Barber,  whole- 
sale hardware,  1888-1914,  since  Chand- 
ler &  Barber  Co.  (Inc.);  made  his  resi- 
dence in  Newton,  Mass.,  in  1871; 
alderman,  Newton,  1902-4;  member 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce;  vice- 
president  Nat'l  Retail  Hardware  Ass'n; 
director  N.  E.  Hardware  Dealers 
Ass'n  (president  1896-7,  1910),  presi- 
dent Newton  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  1888-90; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Boston  City 
Club,  Newton  Civic  Club;  in.,  Oct.  10, 


1888,  Artena  Olivia  Mansfield,  East 
Saugus,  Mass.;  three  children.  Resi- 
dence, 131  Newtonville  Ave.,  Newton, 
Mass. 

Faulkner,  Philip  Handerson 

Lawyer;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  May  30, 
1883;  s.  Francis  C.  and  Martha  B. 
(Ripley)  Faulkner;  ed.  Keene  schools, 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1901,  Har- 
vard College,  A.B.  1905;  Harvard 
Law  School,  LL.B.  1907;  admitted  to 
the  bar  and  commenced  practice  in 
Keene  in  1907,  with  Hon.  John  E. 
Allen  now  associate  justice  N.  H.  Su- 
perior Court;  Republican;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1911-12; 
city  solicitor,  Keene,  1911-15;  solicitor 


Cheshire  County,  1915-19  (resigned 
April,  1917),  member  Keene  city  gov- 
ernment, 1918;  member  staff  of  Gov. 
Holland  H.  Spaulding,  1915-17;  secre- 
tary Republican  state  committee, 
1912-14;  chairman,  1916-18;  director 
Citizens  Nat'l  Bank;  trustee  Cheshire 
County  Savings  Bank,  Keene;  trustee 
and  vice-president  Standard  Securities 


HT.  REV.  GEOKGE  ALBERT  GUEKTIN,  D.  D. 


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Co.,  Boston,  Mass.,  director  Conn. 
River  R.  R.  Co.,  president  trustees  of 
Keene  Public  Library,  director  Keene 
Gas  &  Electric  Co.,  Laconia  Gas  & 
Electric  Co.;  treasurer  and  director 
Greenfield.  Mass.  Gas  Light  Co.;  gov- 
ernment Appeal  agent  Cheshire  County 
Draft  Board;  chairman  Community 
Labor  Board,  Keene;  president  Keene 
Chapter,  American  Red  Cross;  m., 
June  22,  1916,  Katherine  H.  Kingsbury 
Keene.  Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Guertin,  George  Albert 

Roman  Catholic  Bishop  of  the  Di- 
ocese of  Manchester;  b.,  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  27,  1869,  s.  George  and 
Louise  (LeFebvre)  Guertin;  ed.  St. 
Aloysius'  School,  Nashua;  St.  Charles' 
College,  Sherbrooke,  Canada;  St. 
Hyacinthe  College,  Canada;  St. 
John's  Boston  Ecclesiastical  Seminary, 
Brighton,  Mass.,  1892;  ordained  priest 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  by 
Bishop  Bradley  in  St.  Aloysius' 
Church,  Nashua,  Dec.  17,  1892; 
assistant  priest  at  St.  Augustine's 
Church,  Manchester,  1893-7;  as- 
sistant priest,  Sacred  Heart  Church, 
Lebanon,  1897-1900;  pastor  St.  An- 
thony's Church,  Manchester,  1900-7; 
consecrated  bishop  of  the  Diocese  of 
Manchester,  in  St.  Joseph's  Cathedral, 
Manchester,  by  His  Excellency,  the 
Most  Rev.  Diomede  Falconio,  apos- 
tolic delegate  to  the  United  States, 
later  Cardinal  Falconio,  March  19, 
1907;  doctor  of  divinity,  Laval  Uni- 
versity, Quebec,  1908;  spokesman  for 
Catholic  schools  at  Semi-Centenary  of 
Manchester,  1896;  member  of  French 
Historical  Soc.  of  the  United  States, 
1914;  etc.,  etc.  Residence,  Manchester, 
N.  H. 

Hartley,  William  Tenney 

Clergyman;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Nov.  7,  1868;  s.  Joseph  D.  and  Mary 
A.  (Tenney)  Bartley;  ed.  public  schools, 
Yale,  A.  B.  1891.  Ph.  D.  1895;  Andover 
Theological  Sem.,  1897,  S.T.B.  1899; 
ordained  Congregational  Ministry, 
1897;  pastor,  Salem,  X.  II.,  1896-1902, 
Bennington,  1902-7,  Bethlehem,  1907 


-11,  First  Church,  Hadley,  Mass., 
1911-13,  Middlefield,  Mass.,  since  1913; 
member  North  Berkshire  Ass'n,  Con- 
gregational Churches,  North  Berkshire 
Ministerial  Union;  m.,  Feb.  6,  1900, 
Carrie  Belle  Webster,  Salem,  N.  H.; 
one  son,  Irving  Dana.  Residence, 
Middlefield,  Mass. 

Babbidge,  Paul  Freese 

Superintendent  Water,  Sewer  and 
Drain  Department,  Keene,  N.  H.;  b., 
Milford,  Me.,  Jan.  17,  1858;  s.  John 
and  Angeline  (Jellison)  Babbidge;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Oldtown  (Me.) 


Academy,  1876;  Episcopalian;  Re- 
publican; engaged  for  some  time  in 
civil  engineering  in  Minnesota,  and 
subsequently  for  seven  years  with 
George  E.  Waring,  the  eminent  sani- 
tary engineer,  Newport,  R.  I.;  located 
in  'Keene,  N.  II. ,  June  18,  1888,  as 
superintendent  of  the  city's  water, 
sewer  and  drain  department  which 
position  he  has  since  held  continu- 
ously; has  always  been  interested  in 
military  affairs,  served  fovir  years  in 


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OXE  THOUSAND  NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


early  life  as  a  member  of  the  First 
Reg't,  Me.  Volunteer  Militia,  and 
member  of  N.  H.  National  Guard 
from  1888,  holding  all  ranks  up  to 
brigadier  general  with  which  rank  he 
retired,  Dec.  1,  1913;  captain,  1st, 
N.  H.  Vols,  in  Spanish  War,  1898; 
Colonel  N.  H.  State  Guard,  May  3, 
1917-;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge, 
chapter,  council  and  commandery; 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  Red  Men;  m., 
Aug.  7,  1883,  Kate  M.  Barrett,  Keene. 
Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

V  Parker,  Samuel  Sewall 

Lawyer;  b.,  Wolfeboro,  N.  H.,  May 
9,  1855;   s.  Harry  Stanley  and  Hester 


A.  (Stevens)  Parker;  descendant  of 
William  Parker  (Portsmouth,  1699) 
and  Judge  William  Parker  of  ante- 
Revolution  days;  ed.  public  schools, 
Wolfeboro  Academy  arid  New  Hamp- 
ton Institute;  studied  law  with  George 
N.  Eastman  of  Farmington,  Joshua  G. 
Hall  and  Robert  G.  Pike  of  Dover;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  began  practice 
in  Furrnington  in  1890,  and  there  con- 


tinuing; Congregationalist;  Republi- 
can; member  N.  H.  state  senate  from 
District  No.  5,  1904-5;  trustee  Farm- 
ington Savings  Bank;  member  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Forestry  Ass'n., 
Henry  Wilson  Grange,  P.  of  H.  (treas- 
urer), Woodbine  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  m.,  May  10,  1879, 
Mary  E.  Home.  Residence,  Farming- 
ton,  N.  H. 

Johnson,  Thomas  Franklin 

Lawyer;  b.,  Pittsburg,  N.  H.,  July  3, 
1848;  s.  David  and  Mary  (Washman) 
Johnson;  ed.  public  schools  and  Cole- 
brook  Academy;  went  to  Iowa  in 
search  of  health;  studied  law  with  Hon. 
L.  L.  Ainsworth,  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  practiced  one  year  at  Postville, 
la.;  returned  to  New  Hampshire  and 
located  at  Colebrook,  where  he  has 
continued  in  practice;  Republican; 
member  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1902,  1912,  N.  H.  bank  commis- 
sion, 1911-13;  m.,  March  1,  1877,  Abi- 
gail Lovering.  Residence,  Colebrook, 
N.H. 

Bach  elder,  Thomas  Cogswell 

Lawyer;  b.,  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
6,  1860;  s.  Samuel  F.  and  Mary  B. 
(Cogswell)  Bachelder;  ed.  Gilmanton 
Academy,  Harvard  College,  A.B.  1883, 
A.M.  1886;  Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B. 
1886;  in  practice  of  law  in  Boston  since 
1886;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member  Boston  City  Council,  1894-5; 
Mass,  house  of  representatives,  1896-7; 
director  American  Stave  and  Cooper- 
age Co.,  Harvard  Improvement  Ass'n; 
member  Mass.  Militia  three  years, 
Colonial  Club,  Dorchester;  m.,  Nov. 
18,  1893,  Claudia  Wilina  Crosby, 
Boston;  two  children.  Residence,  39 
Gleason  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 

Bailey,  Charles  Hardy 

Physician;  b.,  West  Swanzey,  N.  H., 
Sept/21,  1856;  s.  Clark  and  Carolyn  C. 
(Davis)  Bailey;  ed.  Winchester,  N.H., 
high  school,  N.  II .  College,  B.S.  1879, 
Dartmouth  Med.  College,  M.D.  1881; 
located  in  medical  practice  in  Gardner, 
Mass.,  1881,  and  has  there  continued; 


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Republican;  member  staff  Henry  Hay- 
ward  Memorial  Hospital;  school  com- 
mittee, Gardner,  since  1903;  Mass. 
Med.  Soc.,  Worcester  North  District 
Med.  Soc.,  Gardner  Boat  Club;  m., 
Aug.  14,  1884,  Clara  E.  Morse,  Win- 
chester, N.  H.;  three  children.  Resi- 
dence, Gardner,  Mass. 

Young,  John  Edwin 

Jurist;  b.,  Stratham,  N.  H.,  Jan.  26, 
1855;  s.  Mark  Fernald  and  Olive 
Light  (Piper)  Young;  ed.  public 
schools,  Goes  Academy,  Northwood, 
N.  H.,  Dartmouth  College,  A.B.,  1878; 
engaged  for  a  time  in  farm  labor; 
studied  law  with  Marston  &  Eastman 
some  time;  was  variously  engaged  in 
the  West  and  South  until  1889  when  he 
returned  East,  resumed  his  legal  study, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890,  and 
commenced  practice  with  Marston  & 
Eastman,  continuing  till  after  the 
death  of  Gen.  Marston,  and  later  in 
the  firm  Eastman,  Young  &  O'Neill,  and 
Eastman  &  Young  till  August,  1898, 
when  he  was  appointed  an  associate 
justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  New 
Hampshire;  April,  1901,  associate 
justice  superior  court;  January,  1904, 
again  associate  justice  of  the  su- 
preme court,  since  continuing;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  in.,  Jan. 
16,  1895,  Bertha  J.  Hobbs,  Newfields, 
N.  H.,  d.  1906;  one  adopted  daughter, 
Priscilla  Bertha  Young.  Residence, 
Exeter,  N.  H. 

Barney,  Charles  Oscar 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Orange, 
N.  H.,  July  21,  1846;  s.  Aaron  and 
Sarah  Ann  (Chase)  Barney;  ed.  public 
schools,  Grafton  select  school,  and 
Canaan  Union  Academy;  established 
the  Canaan  Reporter,  a  weekly  news- 
paper, in  1867  and  has  continued  its 
publication  from  that  time,  being  the 
oldest  newspaper  publisher  in  contin- 
uous service  in  the  state;  Methodist; 
Republican;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1901 ;  constitutional 
convention,  1912;  many  years  special 
justice  Canaan  police  court;  clerk  and 
director  Crvstal  Lake  Water  Co., 


Canaan;  member  N.  H.  Press  Ass'n 
(president),  K.  of  P.  (Grand  Chancel- 
lor, N.  H.,  1901),  P.  of  H.:  m.,  July, 
1874,  Mary  E.  Wilmarth.  Residence, 
Canaan,  N.  H. 

English,  Fred  Hubbard 

Merchant  (retired);  b.,  Hartland, 
Vt.,  Jan.  8,  1857;  s.  John  W.  and 
Melissa  (Hubbard)  English;  ed.  public 
schools,  Littleton  high  school;  en- 
gaged for  forty  years  in  grocery  trade 


in  Littleton,  recently  retiring;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Democrat;  member  Lit- 
tleton board  of  health,  1892-4;  board 
of  education,  1891-6;  member  N.  H., 
house  of  representatives,  1919-20 
(Chairman  Committee  on  banks);  vice- 
president  and  director  Littleton  Xat'l 
Bank;  secretary  Littleton  Musical 
Ass'n.,  1893-5;  director  Littleton  Shoe 
Co.;  member  A.  F.  it  A.  M.  to  and 
including  32d  degree,  and  past  E. 
Commander  St.  Gerard  Commandery, 
K.  T.;  m.,  July  31.  1882.  Claribel 
Richardson,  Littleton.  Residence,  Lit- 
tleton, N.  H. 


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Sullivan,  Edmund 

Lawyer;  b.,  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  April 
19,  1865;  s.  Florence  and  Margaret 
(Shea)  Sullivan;  ed.  public  schools, 
Lancaster  Academy,  Law  Depart- 
ment Univ.  of  Mich.,  LL.B.  1890; 
admitted  to  the  Michigan  bar,  but 
returned  to  Lancaster  and  located  in 
practice  there  in  1892,  where  he  was 
for  several  years  in  partnership  with 
the  late  William  H.  Shurtleff,  but  in 
1901  removed  to  Berlin  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Daniel  J.  Daley, 
which  has  continued,  the  firm  doing  an 
extensive  business;  Catholic;  Demo- 
crat; auditor,  Coos  County,  1900-14; 
member  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1912;  chairman  N.  H.  License 
Commission  from  August  7,  1913, 
until  legislated  out  of  office  on  partisan 
grounds,  August,  1915;  clerk  Berlin- 
Shelburne  Power  Co.;  appointed  mem- 
ber District  Draft  Board,  July  21, 
1917;  chairman  Berlin  District  Fuel 
Committee,  Oct.  17,  1917;  member 
Community  Labor  Board,  August, 
1918;  member  Speakers'  Bureau  for 
War  Work  from  organization  in  1917 
and  frequently  speaking  during  the 
war;  member  Catholic  Order  of  Fores- 
ters, Knights  of  Columbus  and  Elks; 
m.,  Nov.  29,  1894,  Mary  Kenyon; 
children,  Harold  C.,  b.  Aug.  25,  1895, 
in  U.  S.  Navy  from  the  commencement 
of  the  war  with  Germany;  Miriam,  b. 
Jan.  25,  1897,  at  home.  Residence, 
Berlin,  N.  H. 

Madden,  Charles  Augustus 

Lawyer;  b.,  Feb.  4,  1881;  s. 
Thomas  and  Honora  (Cain)  Madden; 
ed.  public  schools  of  Keene;  studied 
law  with  his  brother,  Joseph  Madden 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  July  13, 
1909,  since  practicing  in  Keene;  Re- 
publican; member  Keene  City  Coun- 
cil, 1908;  special  justice  Keene  Mu- 
nicipal Court,  appointed  March  10, 
1915;  succeeded  L.  W.  Holmes  as 
justice,  April  25,  1918;  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918;  mem- 
ber Lodge  of  the  Temple,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  m.,  March  14,  1908,  Winnifred 
Comer.  Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 


Sawyer,  Herbert  Noyes 

Dairy  farmer;  b.,  Atkinson,  N.  H., 
July  6,  1860;  s.  Jesse  Augustus  and 
Elizabeth  Bradley  (Noyes)  Sawyer; 
ed.  public  schools  and  Atkinson  Acad- 
emy; Universalist ;  Republican;  mem- 
ber Atkinson  school  board  since  es- 
tablishment of  the  present  system  and 
chairman  for  ten  years,  also  chairman 
joint  boards  of  Atkinson,  Hudson, 
Salem  and  Danville  since  the  forma- 
tion of  the  supervisory  district;  four 
years  member  of  board  of  selectmen 
of  Atkinson  (chairman  two  years); 
member  N.  H.  House  of  Representa- 


tives, 1917-18,  having  received  all  but 
five  votes  cast;  vice-president  N.  H. 
Dairymen's  Ass'n;  member  N.  E. 
Milk  Producer's  Ass'n,  serving  as  chair- 
man of  county  and  state  organiza- 
tions; member"!.  O.  ().  F.,  J.  ().  U. 
A.  M.  and  P.  of  H.;  five  years  master 
of  Atkinson  Grange;  four  years  dis- 
trict deputy  X.  H.  State  Grange,  four 
years  general  deputy;  Overseer  N.  H. 
State  Grange  1917-';  in.,  Oct.  17,  1886 


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Nettie  Grace  Pettengill;  children, 
Arthur  Herbert,  b.  March  8,  1889  (N. 
H.  College,  1912);  Clifford  Augustus, 
Aug.  30,  1S94  (X.  H.  College,  1915). 
On  Nov.  1,  1915,  the  two  sons  took 
charge  of  the  farm,  and  have  since 
managed  it  under  the  name  of  H.  N. 
Sawver  &  Sons.  Residence,  Atkinson, 
N.H. 

Fletcher,  Lucy  Nettie 

Red  Cross  nurse;  b.,  Grouville,  Isle  of 
Jersey,  England,  Feb.   18,   1886;  dau. 


Charles  George  Kllis  and  Nettie  Mur- 
dock  (Binet)  Fletcher;  granddaughter 
Rev.  William  and  Lucy  Antoinette 
(M  unlock)  Binet.  Miss  Fletcher's 
father  and  grandfather  were  English, 
but  on  her  mother's  side  she  is  de- 
scended from  old  Massachusetts  fam- 
ilies, Mason,  Dedham,  and  Robert 
Murdock,  Koxbury,  Mass.,  1(192.  In 
1902  she  came  to  Concord,  N.  H.,  to 
make  her  home  with  her  aunts,  the 
Misses  Eliza  M..  Alice  L.  and  Maude 
B.  Binet;  ed.  St.  Mary's  School  one 
year,  high  school,  1902,  Radcliffe 


College,  A.B.,  1910;  Episcopalian; 
member  Boston  Woman's  College 
Club,  St.  Mary's  Alumnae  Ass'n, 
Radcliffe  Alumnae  Ass'n;  began  train- 
ing as  a  secretary  in  the  Associated 
Charities  of  Boston;  graduated  from 
the  Mass.  General  Hospital,  Feb., 
1916;  became  night  supervisor  in  that 
hospital  till  the  U.  S.  Army  Base  Hos- 
pital, No.  6,  to  which  she  belonged, 
left  for  France,  June,  1917;  became 
head  nurse  in  one  of  the  medical  wards; 
contracted  cerebro-spinal  meningitis 
and  died  May  6,  1918;  buried  with 
full  military  honors  in  the  first  grave  in 
the  officers'  cemetery.  She  was  the 
first  Red  Cross  nurse  in  General 
Pershing's  army  to  meet  death  in  the 
performance  of  duty.  Born  in  Eng- 
land, reared  in  America,  died  in  France, 
she  gave  her  life  for  humanity.  The 
Spiker  of  June,  1918,  a  monthly 
magazine  for  the  American  Army, 
says:  "Miss  Fletcher  was  highly 
esteemed  by  all  soldiers,  especially  the 
Eighteenth  Engineers.  It  was  her 
tireless  work  and  devotion  to  duty  that 
resulted  in  her  death."  Miss  Parsons, 
the  chief  nurse  of  the  Base  Hospital, 
writes:  "She  was  wonderfully  brave 
and  patient  and  uncomplaining.  If 
all  of  us  could  be  like  her,  heaven  would 
come  on  earth.  It  was  a  privilege  to 
have  known  her." 

Adams,  James  Meade 

Journalist;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  II., 
June  26,  1862;  s.  James  P.  and  Anna 
G.  (Page)  Adams;  ed.  public  schools, 
Weare,  N.  H.;  engaged  in  newspaper 
work  from  early  life;  associate  editor 
American  Young  Folks,  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  1884;  editorial  writer,  Daily 
Telegraph,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  1889-99; 
member  pioneer  American  colony  in 
Cuba,  1900;  associate  editor,  N.  E. 
Farmer,  1910-11;  contributor  in  prose 
and  verse  to  many  papers  and  maga- 
zines; Unitarian;  Republican;  mes- 
senger, N.  H.  Senate  1887-90;  ser- 
geant at  arms,  1895-7;  statistical 
agent  for  U.  S.  Dep't  of  Agriculture 
for  New  Hampshire,  1890-3;  member 
N.  H-.  Press  Ass'n,  Unitarian  Men's 


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Club,  Brattleboro,  Vt.;  author, 
"Pioneering  in  Cuba,"  1901;  m., 
Sept.  22,  1890,  Maria  Dame,  Lynn, 
Mass.;  children,  James  Greenleaf, 
b.  March  4,  1892;  Constance  May, 
March  10,  1894;  Leon  Mitchell  and 
Lincoln  Dame,  May  16,  1898.  Resi- 
dence, Brattleboro,  Vt. 


Aldrich,  George  Isaac 

Educator;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Dec.  1,  1853;  s.  Charles  and  Ann 
(Bowen)  Aldrich;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1875  (Phi 
Beta  Kappa);  Unitarian;  Repub- 
lican; principal  Adams  Grammar 
School,  Quincy,  Mass.,  1875-8,  super- 
intendent of  schools,  Canton,  Mass., 
1878-80;  Canton  and  Milton,  1880-3, 
Milton  and  Quincy,  1883-92,  Newton, 
1893-9;  acting  superintendent,  Spring- 
field, 1900;  superintendent  schools, 
Brookline,  Mass.,  1900-  ;  mem- 
ber Mass.  State  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, 1890-1908;  member  N.  E.  A. 
Council  of  Education,  Mass.  State 
Teachers  Ass'n,  Mass.  Schoolmasters 
Club;  m.,  1st,  Oct.  27,  1880,  Evelyn 
L.  Holbrook,  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  d. 
1885;  2d,  March  31,  1887,  Elsie  M. 
Holbrook;  one  daughter,  Evelyn 
Hope.  Residence,  122  Kent  St., 
Brookline,  Mass. 

Anthony,  Francis  Wayland 

Physician;  neurologist;  b.,  Great 
Falls  (Somersworth),  N.  H.,  Aug.  25, 
1858;  s.  Rev.  George  Nelson  and  Abbie 
Clark  (Stuart)  Anthony;  ed.  Harvard 
Univ.,  A.B.  1879;  teacher  Patten  (Me.) 
Academy,  1879-80;  Weston,  Mass., 
high  school,  1882-5;  M.D.,  Harvard 
Med.  School,  1888;  house  officer,  Hav- 
erhill,  Mass.,  City  hospital.  1888-9; 
physician  for  same,  1895-1900; 
physician  Halo  Hospital;  associate 
medical  examiner  4th  Essex  Mass. 
District;  consulting  physician,  Dan- 
vers,  Mas^.,  Insane  Hospital;  member 
corporation  Waverly  School  for  Feeble- 
minded; Mass.  Med.  Soc.,  Mass.  Soc. 
Examining  Physicians  (president, 
1915);  Essex  North  District  Med.  Soc., 
Haverhill  Med.  Club;  president  Asso- 


, 


ciated  Charities,  Haverhill,  Mass., 
1910-15;  president  board  of  trustees, 
Haverhill,  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  m.,  Nov.  12, 
1879,  Alice  Goodhue  Safford,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.;  two  children.  Resi- 
dence, 50  Merrimack  St.,  Haverhill, 
Mass. 

Wentworth,  Joseph 

Lawyer;  b.,  Sandwich,  N.  H., 
Jan.  29,  1877,  on  the  place  occupied  by 
his  ancestors  for  three  generations;  s. 
of  Paul  and  Ellen  Tilton  (Dunklee) 
Wentworth,  grandson  of  Col.  Joseph 
and  Sarah  Payson  (Jones)  Wentworth, 
descended  from  Elder  William  Went- 


worth of  Dover,  X.  H.,  the  first  immi- 
grant; ed.  Holderness  School  for  Boys, 
N.  H.,  Phillips  Andover  Academy, 
Mass.,  Dartmouth  College,  1900 
Harvard  Law  School,  1903;  member 
of  firm  of  Choatc.  Hall  A-  Stewart, 
Boston;  Episcopalian:  Republican; 
member  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Sphinx 
at  Dartmouth;  member  Dartmouth 
Club  of  Boston,  Boston  Chamber  of 


ALFRED   \V.    ABBOTT,   M.  D. 


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Commerce,  Boston  Bar  Ass'n.     Busi- 
ness  address,     30  State  St.,    Boston, 
Mass.     Residence,  Boston  and  Sand- 
wich, N.  H. 
Abbott,  Alfred  Wells 

Physician;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  May 
7,  1842;  s.  Alfred  Chandler  and  Judith 
(Farnum)  Abbott;  ed.  Boscawen  Acad- 
emy, 1863,  Dartmouth  Med.  College, 
1867;  commenced  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  Kansas,  but  returned  to 
New  Hampshire,  locating  in  Sanborn- 
ton,  whence,  after  ten  years,  he  re- 
moved to  Laconia  and  has  there  con- 
tinued in  practice;  he  has  written 
many  articles  along  medical  lines, 
some  of  which  have  appeared  in  lead- 
ing medical  periodicals.  As  an  expert 
witness  he  has  been  called  to  testify  in 
court  cases  in  all  parts  of  the  state. 
He  is  the  owner  of  the  Alfred  Abbott 
farm  in  West  Concord,  on  the  shore  of 
the  Merrimack,  near  Sewall's  Falls, 
which  contained  one  of  the  finest  tim- 
ber lots  in  the  state,  and  has  been 
owned  by  Abbotts  in  direct  lineal  de- 
scent since  the  first  settlement;  it  is 
now  used  by  the  family  as  a  summer 
residence;  Republican;  president  Citi- 
zens' Telephone  Co.;  trustee  Laconia 
Savings  Bank;  m.,  Dec.  30,  1869, 
Julia  A.  Clay;  children,  Clifton  S., 
physician;  Blanche  Newell,  teacher  of 
Latin,  Laconia  high  school.  Resi- 
dence, Laconia,  N.  H. 

Aldrich,  Walter  J. 

Physician;  b.,  Lyman,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
3,  1866;  s.  Albert  H.  and  Rula  R. 
(Tucker)  Aldrich;  ed.  public  schools 
and  St.  Johnsburv  (Vt.)  Academy, 
1888;  taught  in  Kansas  in  1889; 
graduated  M.D.,  from  Bellevue  Hos- 
pital Med.  School,  New  York,  1893, 
and  immediately  commenced  practice 
in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  since  continu- 
ing; member  Vermont  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1912-3;  Progressive  party 
candidate  for  governor  of  Vermont, 
1914;  member  Caledonia  County  and 
Vermont  Med.  Soc.  and  American  Med. 
Ass'n;  m.,  Nov.  1,  1893,  Flora  FoLsoin, 
St.  Johnsbury;  one  son,  James  F. 
Residence,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt. 


Mason,  Wallace  Edward 

Educator;  b.,  North  Conway,  N.  H., 
June  24,  1861;  s.  John  E.  and  Lizzie 
W.  (Randall)  Mason;  ed.  Fryeburg, 
Me.,  Academy,  Bowdoin  College,  1882; 
Harvard  and  Clark  University  and 
Hyannis  Summer  schools;  principal 
Thomaston,  Me.,  high  school,  1883-8, 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Colorado  in 
1889;  practiced  law  in  Tennessee,  18S9- 
91;  principal  high  schools,  Orange, 
Mass.,  1892-7;  Leominster,  Mass., 


1879-1902;  district  superintendent  of 
schools,  Leicester  and  Charlton, 
Mass.,  1902-6;  superintendent  of 
schools  and  principal  high  school, 
North  Andover,  Mass.,  1906-11;  di- 
rector Keene,  N.  H.,  Normal  School 
•  since  1911;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; member  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1918;  A.  F.  it  A.  M.;  past 
Patron,  O.  E.  S.,  S.  A.  R.,  P.  of  H., 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Alpha  Delta  Phi; 
member  National  Educational  Ass'n, 
American  Inst.  of  Instruction  (presi- 
dent) ;  director  Keene  Commercial 


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Club;  m.,  June  30,  1887,  Nettie  Rob- 
inson; children,  Harold  Elliot,  b.  Sept. 
13,  1888,  architect  in  Keene;  Donald 
Robinson,  b.  March  28,  1891,  U.  S. 
Navy;  Wallace  E.,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  9, 
1894,  farmer  in  Connecticut.  Resi- 
dence, Keene,  N.  H. 

McFarland,  Annie  Avery 

Born,  Concord,  N.  H.;  dau.  Deacon 
Asa  and  Clarissa  Jane  (Chase)  Mc- 
Farland, granddaughter  Rev.  Asa  and 
Elizabeth  (Kneeland)  McFarland. 
Rev.  Dr.  McFarland  was  the  third 


minister  of  the  First  Congrogation- 
alist  church  of  Concord,  1798-1825. 
Mrs.  E.  K.  McFarland  founded  the 
N.  II.  Female  Cent  Institution,  1S04, 
and  the  Concord  Female  Charitable 
Soc.,  1812,  probably  the  oldest  philan-* 
thropic  societies  in  the  country  founded 
by  a  woman.  Miss  McFarland  was 
educated  in  private  and  public  schools, 
graduated  from  Concord  high  school; 
treasurer  of  N.  H.  Female  Cent  In- 
stitution since  1*7.">:  president  Con- 
cord Female  Charity  Soc.,  1904-10; 


secretary  Nat.  Woman's  Home  Mis- 
sionary Federation,  1905-8,  1910- 
13;  president  Avon  (Shakespeare) 
Club,  1902-7;  on  executive  committee 
N.  H.  Anti-Suffrage  Ass'n;  monthly 
visitor,  N.  H.  Orphans'  Home;  mem- 
ber South  Congregational  church  of 
which  her  parents  were  among  the 
founders  (1837)  in  whose  memory  she 
has  given  a  window  of  Tiffany  stained 
glass;  member  Woman's  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions,  American  Defence 
Soc.,  Am.  Forestry  Ass'n,  N.  H.  Histor- 
ical Soc.,  N.  H.  Audubon  Soc.,  Soc. 
for  Protection  of  N.  H.  Forests,  Nat. 
Geographic  Soc.,  N.  H.  Ministers' 
and  Widows'  Fund  (memorial),  N.  H. 
Home  Miss.  Soc.  (life),  Concord 
Wroman's  Club,  Concord  Friendly 
Club,  District  Nursing  Ass'n,  Charity 
Organization  Soc.,  S.  P.  C.  A.,  Red 
Cross,  Woman's  Ass'n,  South  church, 
South  Church  Relief  Soc.  (president 
several  years). 

Abbott,  Harlan  Page 

Surgeon;  b.,  Antrim,  N.  H.,  July  10, 
1860;  s.  John  Rand  and  Hannah  Os- 
good  (True)  Abbott;  ed.  Phillips  Exe- 
ter Academy,  1881,  Brown  Univ.,  A.B. 
1885,  A.M.  i<S89,  Harvard  Med.  School 
M.D.  1889;  in  practice  in  Providence, 
R.  I.,  since  1889;  engaged  in  hospital 
service;  now  surgeon  for  ear,  nose  and 
throat,  Rhode  Island  Hospital;  Bap- 
tist; Republican;  member  Providence 
Med.  Ass'n,  Rhode  Island  Med.  Soc., 
American  Med.  Ass'n  and  various  other 
medical  societies  and  organizations; 
Delta  Upsilon  (Brown  Chapter),  Medi- 
cal Improvement,  Providence  Art  and 
University  Clubs  of  Providence;  m., 
June  25,  1898,  Cornelia  Seabury  Cook, 
New  Bedford,  Mass.;  two  daughters. 
Residence,  152  Angell  St.,  Providence, 
R.  I. 

Allen,  Glover  Morrill 

Naturalist;  b.,  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
8,  1879;  s.  Rev.  Nathaniel  G.  and  Har- 
riet Ann  (Schoulcr)  Allen;  ed.  Harvard 
Univ.,  A.B.  1901,  A.M.  1903,  Ph.D. 
1904;  graduate  student,  190ti-7;  secre- 
tarv  and  librarian  Boston  Soc.  Nat- 


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ural  History,  1901-  ;  connected  with 
department  of  Mammals,  Harvard 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology, 
since  1907;  member  expedition  to 
Bahama  Islands,  1904,  British  East 
Africa,  1909,  Grenada,  British  West 
Indies,  1910,  Sudan,  1912;  Republican; 
Episcopalian;  member  Boston  Soc. 
Natural  History,  American  Ornitholog- 
ical Union,  Biological  Soc.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Travelers', 
Naturalists'  and  Harvard  Clubs;  m., 
June  26,  1911,  Sarah  Moody  Gushing, 
Salem,  Mass.;  one  daughter.  Resi- 
dence, 126  Pleasant  St.,  Arlington, 
Mass. 

Jackman,  Samuel  Hason 

Teacher;  farmer;  b.,  Enfield,  N.  H., 
July  20,  1831,  s.  William  and  Lucy 
(Eaton)  Jackman;  ed.  public  schools, 
Andover  (now  Proctor)  Academy, 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1860;  taught  school  and 
engaged  in  farm  labor  in  early  life; 
went  to  Bureau  Co.,  Illinois,  in  1861 
and  taught  there  till  1863,  when  he 
joined  an  emigrant  train  for  California 
where  he  has  since  resided,  teaching  in 
public  schools  for  twenty  years,  except 
for  three  years — 1872-3-4 — when  he 
was  superintendent  of  schools  for  the 
city  of  Sacramento ;  in  1884  abandoned 
teaching  and  purchased  and  operated  a 
ranch  till  1909,  when  he  retired;  poli- 
tically a  Democrat,  then  Republican, 
next  a  Progressive,  now  a  Prohibition- 
ist; member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  joining  in 
1860,  Social  Lodge,  No.  50  of  Enfield, 
and  demitted  to  Tehoma  Lodge  of 
Sacramento  in  1865;  Patron  of  Hus- 
bandry, since  1883,  holding  the  princi- 
pal offices  in  subordinate  and  Pomona 
Granges;  m.,  Aug.  13,  1870  Ann 
McDaniel.  Residence,  2819  E  St., 
Sacramento,  Cal. 

Parker,  Charles  Sullivan 

N.  H.  Manager  Aetna  Life  Ins.  Co., 
b.,  North  Andover,  Mass.,  Oct.  21, 
1845;  s.  Deacon  Stephen  Hall  and 
Anne  Matilda  (Abbot)  Parker;  eighth 
in  descent  from  Dea.  Thomas  Parker, 
Reading,  Mass.,  1635;  great  great 


grandson  of  John  Parker  and  great 
grandson  of  Lieut.  John  Parker,  Jr., 
both  of  whom  were  in  the  battle  of 
Lexington  (the  latter  served  through- 
out the  Revolution);  grandson  of 
Rev.  Joshua  Abbot  of  Concord,  N.  H., 
and  great  grandson  of  Capt.  Joshua 
Abbot  who  commanded  a  New  Hamp- 
shire company  at  Bunker  Hill;  ed. 
Punchard  Free  School,  Andover  and 
Phillips  Andover  Academy;  in  early 
years  in  mercantile  life,  Boston,  Lowell 


and  Lawrence,  Mass.;  with  Page  Belt- 
ing Co.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1876-86; 
insurance  business,  Concord,  1886-  ; 
member  First  Congregationalist 
church  (deacon  since  190S);  Repub- 
lican; member  Common  Council; 
director  Page  Belting  Co.;  on  Ceme- 
tery Commission  several  years;  mem- 
ber Wonolancet  Club  (charter,  1891), 
N.  H.  Historical  SOP.,  S.  A.  H.,  Parker 
Genealogical  Soc.,  I.  ().  C).  F.  (joining 
in  1867),  Blazing  Star  Lodge,  Trinity 
Chapter,  Horace  Chase  Council, 
Mount  Horeb  Commandery,  A.  F.  & 


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A.  M.,  Concord,  N.  H.  (Past  Master 
of  Lodge,  Past  Commander  Mount 
Horeb),  N.  H.  Consistory,  Scottish 
Rite,  32d  degree;  m.,  May  24,  1870, 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  Kate  Maria  Shetler; 
children,  (1)  Alice  Frances,  Concord 
high  school,  1894,  N.  E.  Conservatory, 
Boston,  1896,  also  post  graduate 
course;  m.  Albert  Britton  Smith, 
Sept.  19,  1905,  now  living  in  Marion, 
Ind.;  their  children,  Francis  Parker, 
Katherine  Belle,  Elsbeth,  Charles 
Sumner,  Harriet  Evelyn;  (2)  Elisa- 
beth Abbot,  Concord  high  school, 
1900  (valedictorian),  A.  B.,  Smith 
College,  1904.  Residence,  238  North 
Main  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Harris,  Ira  Francis 

Banker,  traveller,  author,  lecturer; 
b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Nov.  9,  1855;  s. 
Robert  and  Mary  (Glines)  Harris; 
descendant  in  seventh  generation  from 
John  Harris  of  Charlestown,  Mass. 
(1658);  ed.  public  schools  of  Nashua; 
went  West  and  was  variously  engaged 
after  leaving  school,  but  returned  home, 
and  in  1877  entered  employ  of  Indian 
Head  National  Bank  of  Nashua; 
promoted  assistant  cashier  in  1886, 
and  cashier  in  1895,  which  position  he 
still  holds;  Congregationalist ;  Demo- 
crat; cashier  Indian  Head  Nat'l 
Bank;  president  Edgewood  Cemetery 
Ass'n;  trustee  Nashua  public  library- 
director  Pennichuck  Water  Works; 
treasurer  Nashua  Development  Co.; 
member  American  Bankers'  Ass'n 
(vice-president  for  New  Hampshire) ; 
treasurer  of  Nashua  Board  of  Trade, 
and  New  Hampshire  Board  of  Trade 
many  years  previous  to  1916;  ad- 
ministrator of  many  estates;  traveled 
extensively  in  this  country  and  Mexico, 
and  made  a  lour  of  the  world  in  1913; 
has  prepared  and  delivered  many  il- 
lustrated lectures,  depicting  the  coun- 
tries and  scenes  through  which  he  has 
traveled,  having  an  unusually  fine 
collection  of  views;  has  also  devoted 
much  time  to  the  study  of  local  history, 
his  lectures  on  "Historic  Nashua," 
"Colonial  Homes"  and  the  "Merri- 
mack  Valley,"  no  less  than  those  on 


Mexico  and  "Around  the  World," 
proving  deeply  interesting,  and  fre- 
quently called  for;  author  of  "Breezes 
from  the  Orient"  (travel  volume),  1914, 
and  various  monographs  and  historical 
papers;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  in- 
cluding 32d  degree,  Knight  Templar; 
m.,  June  7,  1881,  Mary  C.  Proctor, 
Nashua.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Hall,  Harriet  James 

Social  worker;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
May    24,    1869;   dau.     Henry    Nason 


and  Nancic  (Crombie)  Hall;  ed. 
private  and  public  schools  of  Man- 
chester, high  school,  1886,  St.  Mary's 
School,  Concord.  N.  II.,  School  for 
Social  Workers,  Boston,  Mass.,  1909- 
10;  secretary  St.  Mary's  Alumnae 
Ass'n,  1893-5;  secretary '.Molly  Stark 
Chapter,  D.  A.  H..  1906-8;  visitor  for 
Associated  Charities,  Boston,  1909-11; 
trustee  St.  Mary's  School,  1909-  ; 
superintendent  St.  Stephen's  Neighbor- 
hood Club,  Boston,  1910-11;  secretary 
Manchester  District  Nursing  Ass'n, 


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1911-  ;  chairman  Girls'  Club,  Man- 
chester, 1912-  ;  visitor  Home  Seivice 
Section  Red  Cross,  1918-  ;  communi- 
cant and  S.  S.  teacher,  Grace  church, 
Manchester  (P.  E.);  member  Molly 
Stark  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  N.  H.  Soc. 
of  Colonial  Dames,  Manchester  Fed- 
eration of  Clubs,  Graduate  Club  of 
School  of  Social  Workers  (Boston), 
Monday  Evening  Club  (Boston),  N.  H., 
Historical  Hoc.,  N.  H.  Settlement 
Ass'n,  Manchester  Historic  Art  Club. 
Residence,  289  Merrimack  St.,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Tuck,  Edward  Arthur 

Clergyman;     field    secretary    Lord's 
Day    League;     b.,    Milford,    N.    H., 


Feb.  f>,  I860;  s.  Ebon  Baker  and  Lydia 
(Trye)  Tuck;  ed.  Milford  high  school, 
McCollom  Inst.,  Mont  Vernon,  X.  H., 
Worcester  Academy,  Brown  Univ. 
(one  year),  Amherst  College,  A.B. 
1885,  studied  law  in  Milford  one  year, 
Chicago  Theological  Sem.,  Xewton 
(Mass.)  Theological  Sem.,  Rochester 
(X.  Y.)  Theological  Sem.,  1889; 


ordained  Baptist  minister,  Newburg, 
N.  Y.,  1891,  pastor  there  till  1896; 
Nantucket,  Mass.,  1896-9;  traveling 
evangelist  two  years ;  minister  Congre- 
gational church,  Otisfield  and  Casco, 
Me.,  1901-3;  missionary  among  lum- 
bermen, Maine  and  New  Hampshire, 
1904;  state  missionary,  N.  H.  Home 
Missionary  Soc.,  1905;  minister  at 
West  Stewartstown,  N.  H.,  1906-7; 
minister  Congregational  Church,  West 
Concord,  N.  H.,  1908-13;  field  sec- 
retary, Lord's  Day  League,  1913-  ; 
Independent;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Theta  Delta  Chi, 
X.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  N.  H.  Home 
Missionary  Soc.,  Anti-Saloon  League 
(director).,  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  South 
African  General  Mission  (director), 
China  Inland  Mission,  Concord  Equal 
Suffrage  League,  W.  C.  T.  U.  (hon.), 
Red  Cross,  N.  H.  Audubon  Soc., 
Central  X.  H.  Congregational  Club, 
Merrimack  Ass'n  Congregational  Min- 
isters; trustee  Golden  Rule  Farm, 
Franklin,  N.  H.;  m.,  Feb.  19,  1897, 
Grace  Evelyn  Whitson,  Newburg,  X.  Y. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Madden,  Joseph 

Lawyer;  b.,  Central  Bridge,  N.  Y., 
July  1,  1S66;  s.  Thomas  and  Honora 
(Cain)  Madden;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Keene,  X.  H.;  studied  law  with  Don 
H.  Woodward  of  Keene;  admitted  to 
the  bar  March  13,  1889  and  since  in 
practice  in  Keene;  Catholic;  Demo- 
crat; member  Keene  City  Council  and 
board  of  aldermen,  and  X'.  H.  house  of 
representatives  in  1907-8  and  1909-10, 
on  committee  on  Revision  of  Laws  in 
former  and  judiciary  in  latter  session; 
member  X.  H.  National  Guard  and 
captain  of  Co.  G,  six  vears,  retiring  in 
1916;  member  A.  O.  H.,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
and  Foresters  of  America;  m.,  June 
27,  1894.  Eugenie  Chalifour  of  Keene. 
Residence,  Keene,  XT.  H. 

Alexander,  Thomas  Branch 

Physician;  b.,  Grantham,  X*.  U., 
Xov.  12,  1875;  s.  Thomas  Branch  and 
Mary  Frances  (Maxfield)  Alexander; 
ed.  Xewport,  Vt.,  high  school,  Mont- 


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pelicr  Sem..  Baltimore  Med.  College, 
M.D.  1901;  Maryland  Univ.,  1913; 
commenced  practice  in  Scituate  Har- 
bor, Mass.,  in  1901  and  has  there 
continued ;  Methodist ;  Republican ; 
school  physician,  Scituate;  medical 
examiner  for  New  York  Life  and  many 
other  insurance  companies;  member 
Mass.  Med.  Soc.,  American  Med. 
Ass'n,  Hatherly  Med.  Club;  m.,  Oct. 
15,  1907,  Marion  Collier  1\Velch.  Scit- 
uate, Mass.  Residence,  Scituate  Har- 
bor, Mass. 

Turner,  HuffmanGeorge 

Farmer;  hotel  keeper;  b.,  Bethle- 
hem, N.  H.,  July  29,  1859;  s.  James 
N.  and  Mary  A.  (Hall)  Turner;  ed. 
public  schools  of  Bethlehem  and  Lit- 
tleton high  school;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  selectman  of  Bethlehem 
twelve  years;  treasurer  of  Graf  ton 
Co.  four  years;  county  commissioner 
fifteen  years;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1907-8,  state  senate, 
1909-10,  Executive  Council,  1911-12; 
resides  on  the  farm  settled  by  his 
great  grandfather  in  1798,  and  which 
has  descended  in  the  family  from  that 
date;  has  managed  the  same  and  con- 
ducted a  summer  hotel  business  since 
the  beginning  of  his  active  career; 
manager  Bethlehem  Electric  Light 
Co.;  trustee  Littleton  Savings  Bank; 
administrator  and  trustee  of  many 
estates;  Mason  (K.  T.);  in.,  June  17, 
1881,  Susan  R.  White,  Bethlehem; 
children,  Mary  (Mrs.  Walter  S.  Noyes), 
b.  Sept.  9,  1882,  Dow  Academy,  1900; 
Helen  Esther,  b.  May  8,  1885,  Bethle- 
hem high  school,  1902;  James  A.,  b. 
Dec.  15,  1888,  Bethlehem  high  school, 
1908,  superintendent  Bethlehem  Elec- 
tric Co.;  Gertrude,  b.  Nov.  8,  1890, 
Plymouth  Normal  School,  1912, 
teacher  in  Bethlehem  graded  schools. 
Residence,  Bethlehem,  N.  H. 

McCollister,  Lee  Sullivan 

Clergyman;  educator;  b.,  West- 
moreland, N.  H.,  June  5,  1859;  s.  Rev. 
Sullivan  Holman  and  Fanny  Sophia 
(Knight)  McCollister;  ed.  Nashua 
public  schools,  Buchtel  College,  Ohio, 


Tufts  College,  A.B.  1881,  Tufts  Theo- 
logical School,  B.D.  1884,  London 
College,  London,  England;  D.D., 
Tufts,  1892;  Universalist;  Independent; 
ordained  to  the  Universalist  Minis- 
try, 1894;  pastor  Universalist  church, 
Claremont,  1884-8,  Church  of  Our 
Father,  Detroit,  Mich.,  1889-1912; 
Dean  Crane  Theological  School,  Tufts 
College,  1912-  ;  member  trustees 
Universalist  Gen.  Con.  (president 
since  1913);  president  Universalist 


Gen.  Con.,  since  1915;  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  (Chaplain-Gen- 
eral National  Soc.);  Soc.  of  Colonial 
Wars  (past  Chaplain  Michigan  Soc.); 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  32d  degree  and  K.  T. 
(Detroit  Commandery  No.  1);  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  Phi  Delta  Theta;  Bos- 
ton City  Club,  University  Club,  Twen- 
tieth Century  Club;  m.,  May  1,  1889, 
Lizzie  S.,  dau.  Hon.  Hosea  W.and 
Caroline  L.  (Southgate)  Parker,  Clare- 
mont, N.  H.;  children,  Parker,  b. 
Sept.  5,  1890,  Detroit,  Mich.  (Tufts, 
1911,  Harvard  Law  School,  1914); 


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lawyer,  legal  department  N.  Y.  C. 
R.  R.,  1914-7;  lieutenant  in  Trans- 
portation Dept.,  headquarters  A.E.F., 
Brest,  France;  Catharine,  b.  Clare- 
mont,  July  4,  1893  (Smith  College, 
1915);  government  service,  General 
Hospital,  No.  6,  Fort  McPherson, 
Ga.,  1918-.  Residence,  Tufts  College, 
Mass. 

Bartlett,  John  Henry 

Lawyer,  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire; b.,  Sunapee,  N.  H.,  March  15, 
1869;  s.  John  Z.  and  Sophronia  A. 
(Sargent)  Bartlett;  ed.  Colby  Acad- 
emy, New  London;  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1S94;  taught  school  in 
Portsmouth  four  years  after  gradua- 
tion, as  principal  of  the  Haven  and 
Whipple  grammar  schools  and  the 
Portsmouth  high  school,  meanwhile 
studying  law  in  the  offices  of  John  W. 
Kelly  and  Hon.  Calvin  Page;  ad- 
mitted to  the  N.  H.  bar  in  June,  1898, 
and  immediately  engaged  in  practice 
as  a  partner  with  Judge  Page  under 
firm  name  of  Page  &  Bartlett;  after- 
wards Page,  Bartlett  &  Mitchell; 
Methodist ;  Republican ;  postmaster  of 
Portsmouth  four  years,  by  appoint- 
ment of  President  McKinley  and  four 
years  by  appointment  of  President 
Roosevelt;  aide-de-camp  on  staff  of 
Gov.  John  McLane,  with  rank  of  Col- 
onel, and  active  in  making  the  local  ar- 
rangements for  the  Russo-Japanese 
Peace  Conference  in  Portsmouth  in 
1908;  president  Republican  state  con- 
vention, 191(5;  member  X.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1917-18,  member  Judi- 
ciary Committee,  and  introduced  the 
"54  hour  act,"  "free  employment 
agency  act,"  act  removing  the  criminal 
record  of  minors,  a  child  welfare  act 
and  other  reform  measures.  In  1912, 
by  appointment  of  Governor  Bass, 
he  represented  New  Hampshire  at  the 
sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Political  and  Social 
Science.  He  is  a  director  of  the  X.  If. 
Nat'lBank  of  Portsmouth,  Portsmouth 
Trust  &  Guarantee  Co.,  Granite  State 
Fire  Ins.  Co.,  Piscatnqua  Fire  Ins. 
Co.,  president  Allied  Theatres  Co., 


Union  Theatre  Co.;  trustee  R.  O. 
Treadwell  estate ;  member  A.  F.&  A.M., 
K.T.,I.O.O.F.,B.P.O.E.,P.ofH.,K. 
of  P.,  Amoskeag  Veterans,  N.  H.  Vet- 
erans Ass'n  (honorary),  Warwick  Club, 
Portsmouth  Athletic  Club,  Yacht  Club, 
Country  Club,  Wonolancet  Club,  Con- 
cord, Derryfield,  Manchester;  many 
years  prominent  as  a  public  speaker 
and  occasional  orator  and  in  constant 
service  during  the  late  war  in  patriotic 
work;  unanimously  nominated  for  Gov- 
ernor of  New  Hampshire  in  the  1918 
primary  and  elected  in  November  by 
6,000  majority;  m.,  June 4, 1900,  Agnes, 
dau.  of  Hon.  Calvin  Page;  one  son, 
Calvin  Page,  b.  Oct.  8,  1901,  now  a 
student  at  Phillips  (Andover)  Acad- 
emy. Residence,  Portsmouth. 

Atherton,  Ella  Blaylock 

Physician  and  surgeon;  b.,  Ulvers- 
ton,  Eng.,  Jan.,  1860;  dau.  William 
and  Margaret  (Schollick)  Blaylock; 
removed  to  America  in  infancy;  ed. 
McGill  Normal  School,  Montreal,  Can., 
1880;  Woman's  Med.  School,  Queen's 
Univ.,  Kingston,  Can.,  1887;  student 
N.  Y.  Post  Graduate  Med.  School, 
1896;  teacher,  1880-2;  commenced 
practice  of  medicine,  Xewport,  Vt., 
1887;  removed  to  Nashua,  N.  H., 
1888,  and  has  continued  in  practice 
there;  member  staff  of  Nashua  Emer- 
gency and  St.  Joseph's  hospitals,  at- 
tending physician  Home  for  Aged 
Women;  member  Nashua  Med.  Ass'n 
(president,  1908),  Hillsboro  Co.  Med. 
Ass'n,  N.  H.  Med  Soc.,  American  Med. 
Ass'n,  N.  II.  Surgical  Club,  Orleans 
Co.,  Vt.,  Med.  Soc.,  Fortnightly  Club, 
Nashua;  Episcopalian;  m.,  Sept.  8, 
1898,  Capt.  Henry  B.  Atherton, 
Nashua;  two  children.  Residence,  31 
Fairmount  Heights,  Nashua,  X.  H. 

Cummings,  Milon  David 

Head  of  Cummings  Brothers  monu- 
mental business;  b.,  Acworth,  X.  H., 
March  5,  1844;  s.  Alvah  and  Polly 
(Grout)  Cummings,  grandson  Col. 
Ebenezer  Grout,  also  Rev.  David  Cum- 
mings, Baptist  minister  of  Acworth; 
seventh  in  descent  from  Isaac  Cum- 


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mings,  Topsfield,  Mass.;  ed.  town 
schools  and  Tilton  Sem.;  engaged  in 
monumental  business  since  1863,  old- 
est man  in  business  on  Main  street, 
Concord;  Republican;  member  of 
Legislature,  1911;  member  First  Bap- 


tist church,  Rumford  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.; 
m.,  Nov.  19, 1868,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Sarah 
Ann  Sawyer;  children,  (1)  Ralph 
Cochran,  d.  March  15,  1879;  (2)  Alvah 
Cochran,  high  school,  1892,  B.S.,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1896,  Harvard  Med. 
School,  1901,  physician,  Newton,  Mass., 
m.  Jeannette  Harris,  one  child,  Ann; 
(3)  Maude;  (4)  Edward  Sawver, 
high  school,  Philadelphia  Dental  Col- 
lege, 1900,  in  practice,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  in.  Fannie  Stimson,  one  child. 
Edward  Sawyer,  Jr.;  (5)  Samuel 
Quincy,  high  school,  Boston  Univ. 
Law  School  one  year,  associated  with 
his  father  in  business,  in.  Mary  Agnes 
Donovan;  (6)  Ralza  Milon,  high  school, 
1905,  A.B.,  Dartmouth  College,  1909, 
in  charge  of  infant  shoe  department, 
Filene's,  Boston,  m.  Genevieve  Warner, 
one  child,  Jean.  Residence,  1  Fiske 
St.,  Concord.  N.  H. 


Holden,  Arthur  James 

Lawyer;  postmaster  of  Keene;  b., 
Townshend,  Vt.,  Nov.  22,  1863;  s. 
Hollis  J.  and  Ardilla  (Puffer)  Holden; 
ed.  public  schools,  Leland  and  Gray 
Sem.,  Townshend,  and  Glenwood 
Classical  Sem.,  West  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
(1887),  meanwhile  teaching  school  in 
South  Windham,  Brattleboro  and 
Graf  ton;  commenced  study  of  law  in 
the  spring  of  1888,  with  Carpenter  & 
Towle,  Boston,  Mass.;  employed  as 
clerk  for  the  assessors  of  Maiden, 
Mass.,  three  seasons,  also  as  a  teacher 
in  the  evening  schools  of  that  city; 
attended  Albany  Law  School,  fall 
term  of  1889,  and  Harvard  Law  School 
as  special  student,  fall  and  winter, 
1890-1;  engaged  in  general  insurance 
with  Edward  L.  Walker  at  Bellows 


Falls,  Vt.,  spring  of  1891,  count  inning 
till  summer  of  1894,  when  he  entered 
the  law  school  of  the  Univ.  of  West 
Virginia,  at  Morgantown,  graduating 
LL.B.  in  1895,  and  admtted  to  the 
W.  Va.  bar  in  June  of  that  year;  ad- 


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mitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  on  examina- 
tion, Feb.,  1896,  when  he  located  in 
practice  in  Keene,  continuing  in  prac- 
tice till  commissioned  postmaster, 
Feb.  11,  1914,  which  position  he  still 
holds,  having  been  reappointed  in 
1918;  Baptist;  Democrat;  several 
years  auditor  for  Cheshire  County; 
twice  Democratic  candidate  for  Mayor 
of  Keene,  being  defeated  first  by  a 
plurality  of  fifty-nine  votes  and  the 
last  time  by  only  ten;  member,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  P.  of  H.;  m.,  Oct.  9,  1895, 
Mrs.  Stella  M.  (Bemis)  Martin  of 
Athens,  Vt.  Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Cram,  Ralph  Adams 

Architect;  author;  b.,  Hampton 
Falls,  N.  H.,  Dec.  16,  1863;  s.  Rev. 
William  A.  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Blake) 
Cram;  ed.  schools  of  Augusta,  Me., 
Westford,  Mass.,  and  Exeter,  N.  H.; 
Litt.D.,  Princeton,  1910;  LL.D.,  Yale, 
1915;  practising  architect  since  1889; 
supervising  architect,  Princeton  Univ.; 
professor  of  architecture,  Mass.  Inst. 
Tech;,  chairman  Boston  City  Planning 
Board;  member  American  Academy, 
Arts  and  Sciences,  Nat'l  Institute  Arts 
and  Letters;  ex-president  Boston  Soc. 
of  Architects;  member  Royal  Geograph- 
ical Soc.  of  London,  etc.;  author, 
"The  Ruined  Abbeys  of  Great  Brit- 
ain," 1906;  "Impressions  of  Japanese 
Architecture  and  the  Allied  Arts," 
1906;  "The  Gothic  Quest,"  1907; 
"The  Ministry  of  Art,"  1914;  "Heart 
of  Europe,"  1915,  etc.;  m.,  Sept.  20, 
1900,  Elizabeth  Carrington,  of  Vir- 
ginia. Residence,  52  Chestnut  St., 
Boston,  and  "Whitehall,"  Sudbury, 
Mass.  Office,  15  Beacon  St.,  Boston 
and  33  West  42d  St.,  New  York. 

Sampson,  Cassander  Gary 

Clergyman;  1).,  Harrison,  Me.,  Sept. 
2,  1850;  s.  Thomas  Roby  and  Harriet 
(Gary)  Sampson;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Harrison;  North  Bridgton,  Me.,  Acad- 
emy, Bowdoin  College,  A.B.  1873;  An- 
dover  Theological  Sem.,  1878;  or- 
dained to  the  ministry,  May  18,  1881; 
pastor  at  Gilmanton  Iron  Works,  N.  H. 
1878-9;  Pembroke,  1879-85;  Tilt  on, 


1885-  ;  Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
trustee  N.  H.  Conference  of  Congre- 
gational churches;  N.  H.  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society;  N.  H.  Congregational 
Ministers'  and  Widows'  Fund;  director 
N.  H.  Bible  Soc.  Residence,  Tilton, 
N.  H. 

Robie,  Samuel  Hastings 

Journalist;  b.,  New  Hampton, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  9,  1862;  s.  William  R.  and 
Harriet  H.  (Chase)  Robie;  ed.  public 
schools,  Meredith  high  school;  en- 


gaged for  nearly  twenty  years  with 
Omar  A.  Towne  in  the  printing  and 
publishing  business,  issuing  the  Frank- 
lin Transcript,  at  Franklin,  N.  H.; 
since  1902  editor  and  publisher  of  the 
Chelsea  Evening  Record,  Chelsea,  Mass.; 
Republican;  City  Marshal,  Franklin, 
N.  H.,  1894-98;  chairman  Board  of 
Excise,  Chelsea,  Mass.,  since  1917 
(appointed  by  Gov.  Samuel  W. 
McCall);  trustee  County  Savings 
Bank,  director  Chelsea  Co-operative 
Bank.  Chelsea,  Mass.;  member  I.  O. 


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O.  F.,  Massachusetts  Press  Associa- 
tion; m.,  September,  1881,  Olive  L. 
Mills.  Residence,  Chelsea,  Mass. 

Lewis,  Jonathan  Snow 

Clergyman;  State  Commissioner  of 
Law  Enforcement;  b.,  Boston,  Mass., 
Nov.  14,  1864;  s.  Luther  and  Almira 
Horton  (Smith)  Lewis;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Boston,  Everett  and  East- 
ham,  Mass.,  Newton  Theological  In- 
stitution, Newton  Center,  Mass.,  B.D., 
1911  (class  president);  Baptist;  Re- 
publican; pastor  Baptist  church,  Am- 
herst,  N.  H.,  1908-18;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1915-16, 1917- 
18;  father  of  the  so-called  "Lewis  Bill," 
the  passage  of  which  gave  the  state  of 
New  Hampshire  her  present  Prohibi- 
tory law;  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1918;  appointed  State  Commis- 
sioner of  Law  Enforcement  by  Gov. 
Keyes,  May  1,  1918;  president  N.  H. 
Anti-Saloon  League;  director  Anti- 
Saloon  League  of  America;  director 
N.  H.  United  Baptist  Convention; 
prohibition  candidate  for  Secretary  of 
State  in  Massachusetts,  1906;  chair- 
man Prohibition  State  Committee, 
Massachusetts,  1907-8;  nominee  for 
Lieutenant-Governor,  1907;  delegate 
from  Massachusetts  to  National  Pro- 
hibition Convention,  and  member 
committee  on  resolutions,  1908;  m., 
1st,  March  31,  1886,  Jessie  A.  Harris, 
Charlemont,  Mass.,  d.  Oct.  30,  1900; 
2d,  July  27,  1910,  Pearl  Luella  Wood- 
ward, Tyngsborough,  Mass.  (Simmons 
College,  1908);  children,  three  daugh- 
ters by  first  marriage,  Elsie  M.,  Ruth 
E.,  Ethel  J.;  one  son,  F.  Woodward, 
by  second  marriage.  Residence,  62 
Church  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Brown,  John  Henry 

Public  official;  b.,  Bridgewater, 
N.  H.,  May  20,  1850;  s.  James  and 
Judith  B.  (Harran)  Brown,  ed.  public 
schools  and  New  Hampton  Literary 
Inst.,  1870;  engaged  as  railway  mail 
clerk  in  early  life,  and  later  as  railroad 
freight  and  claim  agent;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  served  as  se- 
lectman, deputy  sheriff,  and  post- 


master in  the  town  of  Bristol,  and  rep- 
resented the  town  in  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  in  1891;  postmaster, 
Concord,  N.  H.,  1905-1917;  commis- 
sary general,  staff  of  Gov.  Charles  A. 
Busiel,  1895-6;  delegate  Republican 
National  Convention,  1896  (original 
McKinley  man);  presidential  elector, 
1900;  member  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1918;  chosen  member 
N.H.  executive  council  at  special  elec- 
tion, Sept.  3,  1918,  to  fill  unexpired 
term  of  late  Hon.  E.  H.  Carroll;  elected 


for  full  term  of  two  years,  November, 
1918,  by  majority  of  2,129;  member  Un- 
ion Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Bristol;  Pemi- 
gewassett  Chapter,  Plymouth;  Horace 
Chase  Council,  Mt.  Horeb  Command- 
ery,  Concord;  X.  H.  Consi.story  (32d 
degree);  Bektash  Temple,  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Wonolancet  Club,  Con- 
cord; m.,  June  10,  1872,  Marietta 
Sanborn  Lougee,  Laconia,  X.  H. 
Residence,  49  South  Spring  St.,  Con- 
cord, X'.  H. 


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Freeman,  Zoheth  Sparrow 

Banker;  b.,  Hyannis,  Mass.,  Dec. 
31,  1875;  s.  Timothy  Alden  and  Mary 
Helen  (Sparrow)  Freeman;  tenth  gen- 
eration from  Edmund  Freeman,  Lynn, 
Mass.,  1635,  chief  founder  of  Sand- 
wich, Mass.,  the  first  town  on  Cape 
Cod;  and  eighth  in  descent  from  Major 
and  Judge  John  Freeman  of  Sandwich, 
who  married  Mercy,  dau.  of  Gov. 
Thomas  Prenre  and  granddaughter  of 


William  Brewster  of  the  Mayflower; 
ed.  public  schools  of  Concord,  N.  H.; 
commenced  business  as  a  clerk  in  a 
private  banking  house  in  Concord, 
and  later  filled  a  minor  position  in 
Hanover  Nat'l  Bank,  New  York;  later 
returned  to  Concord  and  held  different 
positions  in  the  Mcchariicks  Nat'l 
Bank  of  that  city;  removed  again  to 
New  York  and  took  up  the  work  of 
the  Credit  Department,  in  the  Han- 
over Nat'l  Bank;  in  1906  elected 
cashier  of  the  Merchants  Nat'l  Bank  of 
that  fit y,  afterwards  becoming  a  direc- 
tor and  vice-president,  which  positions 


he  resigned  in  1908  when  he  was  made  a 
director  and  chosen  vice-president  of 
the  Liberty  Nat'l  Bank,  continuing 
till  1915,  when  he  resigned  to  go  into 
private  life.  In  the  fall  of  1917,  Mr. 
Freeman  volunteered  his  services  to 
the  U.  S.  government  and  became 
identified  with  the  Alien  Property 
Custodian's  office,  in  the  liquidation  of 
various  German  concerns  doing  busi- 
ness in  this  country  and  finally  was 
made  president  of  the  Translantic 
Trust  Co.,  formerly  an  enemy  institu- 
tion in  New  York,  which  position  he 
now  holds;  Episcopalian;  Republi- 
can; president  Transatlantic  Trust 
Co. ;  director  Bank  of  Alaska,  at  Skag- 
way,  Anchorage,  Wrangell  and  Cor- 
dova, Alaska;  trustee,  under  the  will 
of  the  estate  of  Samuel  L.  Clemens 
(Mark  Twain) ;  member  Union  League 
Club,  New  York,  Bankers'  Club  of 
America,  New  England  Soc.,  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  Hahnemann 
Hospital,  New  York;  m.,  Nov.  30, 
1899,  Grace  Watson  Hill,  dau.  Rev. 
Howard  F.  and  Laura  S.  (Tebbetts) 
Hill  (see  p.  186),  great  granddaughter 
Gov.  Isaac  Hill  of  New  Hampshire; 
children:  Laura,  Mary.  Residence, 
39  West  55th  St.,  New  York  City. 

Hayes,  Frank  Lincoln 

Superintendent  N.  H.  State  House; 
b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  Dec.  18,  1865;  s. 
Washington  Paul  and  Amanda  S. 
(Hall)  Hayes;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dover  and  Phillips  Exeter  Academy; 
engaged  for  many  years  in  Dover  in 
interior  decoration  and  remodelling; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  member 
Dover  City  council,  1898-1900; 
board  of  aldermen,  1901-2;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1903;  superintendent  N.  H.  State 
House,  191.5-  ;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
to  and  including  32d  degree,  Knight 
Templar  and  Shriner,  K.  of  P.;  m., 
July,  1885,  Ida  M.  Winkley.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

Copp,  Owen 

Physician;  b.,  Salem,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
12,  1858;  s.  Millet  Goodwin  and  Row- 


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ena  (Wentworth)  Copp;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.  1881,  Harvard, 
M.D.  1884;  assistant  physician  Taun- 
ton  (Mass.)  Insane  Hospital,  1885-95; 
superintendent  Mass.  Hospital  for 
Epileptics,  Monson,  Mass.,  1895-9; 
executive  secretary,  Mass.  Board  of 
Insanity,  Boston,  1899T1911;  physi- 
cian-in-chief  and  superintendent  Pa. 
Hospital  for  Insane,  Philadelphia,  since 
September,  1911;  member  American 
Medico-Psychological  Ass'n,  N.  E. 
Soc.  Psychiatry  and  Neurology,  etc.; 
m.,  June  15,  1886,  Hattie  Grace  Sar- 
gent, Methuen,  Mass.  Address,  44th 
and  Market  Sts.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Crocker,  Herbert  Samuel 

Civil  engineer,  b.,  Haverhill,  N.  H., 
June  20,  1867;  s.  Samuel  Hooker  and 
Abiah  W.  (Morse)  Crocker;  ed.  public 
school  and  academies,  Univ.  of  Mich. 
B.S.  in  Civil  engineering,  1889;  drafts- 
man, Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
Ry .,  1889-91 ;  assistant  engineer,  North- 
ern Pacific  Ry.,  1891-4;  bridge  en- 
gineer, Toronto,  Hamilton  &  Buffalo 
Ry.,  1895-6;  assistant  engineer;  Den. 
ver,  Col.,  Board  of  Public  Works, 
1897-1901;  assistant  manager,  Ameri- 
can Bridge  Co.,  Chicago,  1901-6; 
bridge  engineer,  Denver  City  Tramway 
Co.,  1906-7;  in  private  practice  since 
Dec.,  1907;  supervised  construction  of 
all  important  viaducts  in  Denver; 
member  for  Colorado  board  of  directors 
for  Industrial  Preparedness;  m.,  April 
15,  1905,  Edna  Louis  Mitchell.  Res- 
idence, 1.333  Fillmore  St.,  Denver,  Col. 
Loveland,  Israel  Albert 

Physician;  investment  banker,  real 
estate  and  insurance;  b.,  Gilsum, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  3,  1850;  s.  Israel  B.  and 
Sarah  (Thompson)  Loveland;  ed. 
Marlow  Academy,  Dartmouth  Med. 
College,  M.D.  1874;  practiced  his 
profession  in  Westmoreland  and  Gil- 
sum;  removed  to  Keene,  N.  H.,  in 
1909  and  gave  up  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine, but  retained  his  membership  in 
county,  state  and  national  medical 
societies;  in  Westmoreland  he  was 
physician  to  the  Cheshire  County 
Almshouse,  and  superintendent  of 
schools;  in  Gilsum  he  was  postmaster 


and  executive  officer  of  the  board  of 
health;  since  coming  to  Keene  he  has 
devoted  his  attention  to  fire  insurance 
under  the  name  of  Loveland  &  Hop- 
kins, the  real  estate  business,  and 
especially  the  handling  as  owner  of 
extensive  timberlands,the  selling  of  high 
grade  securities  and  legal  and  corpora- 
tion work;  Republican;  a  Freemason 
and  Granger;  official  member  Grace 
M.  E.  church;  president  York  Corpora- 
tion Trust  and  Law  Co.;  eastern  man- 


aging director  Realty  Bond  Co.  of 
Minneapolis,  Minn.;  senior  trustee 
Securities  Co.  of  Wisconsin  under  a 
trust  deed  securing  a  large  bond  issue, 
and  holds  other  important  positions 
of  trust;  m.,  1st,  Oct.  21,  1S75,  Lucy 
Mahala,  only  child  of  the  late  Gen. 
Daniel  W.  Bill,  d.  Nov.  17,  1910,  leav- 
ing two  daughters,  Fannie  V.,  who 
married  Don  W.  Felch  of  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt.,  and  Ada  M.,  wife  of  W. 
Bridge  Jones  of  Keene;  2d,  Dec.  11, 
1912,  Miss  Mary  Elizabeth  Gunn. 
Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 


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Page,  Calvin 

Lawyer;  banker;  h.,  North  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  Aug.  22,  1845;  s.  Simon  D. 
and  Judith  (Rollins)  Page-  ed.  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1863;  Harvard  Col- 
lege; studied  law  with  the  late  Hon. 
Albert  R.  Hatch;  admitted  to  the 
N.  H.  bar  in  1868,  and  commenced 
practice  in  Portsmouth,  continuing  till 
1910,  when  he  retired,  as  head  of  the 
firm  of  Page,  Bartlett  &  Mitchell,  hav- 
ing been  identified  with  much  impor- 
tant litigation;  Unitarian;  Democrat; 
chairman  Portsmouth  high  school  com- 
mittee 1883-  ;  mayor  of  Portsmouth, 
1883-  4,  1899;  member  of  N.  H.  consti- 
tutional convention,  1889;  member 
N.  H.  state  senate,  1893-4,  1917-18; 
U.  S.  Collector  of  internal  revenue, 
for  Maine,  New  Hampshire  and  Ver- 
mont, eight  years,  under  President 
Cleveland;  president  N.  H.  Nat'l 
Bank,  Portsmouth  Trust  &  Guarantee 
Co.,  Granite  State  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  Man- 
chester &  Lawrence  R.  R.,  Concord  & 
Portsmouth  R.  R.,  and  director  Upper 
Coos  R.  R.;  member  Inter-State 
Bridge  Commission  of  Maine  and  New 
Hampshire;  president  N.  H.  Bar 
Ass'n,  1905,  Rockingham  Co.  Bar 
Ass'n,  1917—;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
K.  T.  Eminent  Commander  De  Witt 
Clinton  Commandery,  Portsmouth, 
three  years;  Warwick  Club;  m.,  Jan. 
6,  1870,  Arabella  J.  Moran,  Ports- 
mouth; one  daughter,  Agnes  (Mrs. 
John  H.  Bartlett),  b.  Aug.  21,  1871. 
Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Knox,  William  Franklin 

Journalist;  b.,  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan.  1, 
1874;  s.  William  E.  and  Sarah  C. 
(Barnard)  Knox;  ed.  public  schools, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.;  Alma  College, 
Mich.,  A.B.,  1898;  employed  on  Grand 
Rapids  (Mich.)  Herald,  1898-1901; 
publisher  Sault  Ste.  Marie  (Mich.) 
News  1901-12;  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Leader  1912-13;  Manchester  Union  and 
Leader  since  1913;  Congregationalist; 
Republican ;  President  Union- Leader 
Publishing  Co.;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
32d  degree  and  Shriner,  Derryfield  and 
Intervale  Country  clubs,  Manchester; 

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private  1st  U.  S.  Volunteers  (Rough 
Riders)  in  Spanish  American  War; 
major  in  Mich.  N.  G.,  1908;  member 
board  of  U.  S.  Indian  Commissioners  by 
appointment  of  President  Taf t ;  Chair- 
man Mich.  Republican  State  Com- 
mittee, 1910-2,  on  staff  of  Gov. 
Samuel  D.  Felker  of  New  Hampshire, 
1913;  in  service  in  U.  S.  Army  in  war 
with  Germany,  major  horse  section, 
battalion  of  303d  ammunition  train, 
attached  to  78th  division;  had  three 
months  of  front  line  activity  and  was 
in  St.  Mihiel,  Argonne  Forest  and 
Verdun  battles;  m.,  Dec.  28,  1898, 
Annie  Reid,  Alma,  Mich.  Residence, 
Manchester,  N.  H. 

Curtis,  Warden  Allan 

Journalist;  author;  b.,  in  New  Mex- 
ico, February,  1867;  s.  Capt.  Charles 
Albert  (U.  S.  A.)  arid  Harriet  Louise 
(Hughes)  Curtis;  ed.  University  of 
Wisconsin,  A.B.  1889;  engaged  on 
various  newspapers  in  the  West  and 
South  for  many  years;  removed  to 
Ashland,  N.  H.,  some  ten  years  ago, 
some  time  contributor  to  the  Boston 
Transcript,  and  later  several  years 
special  correspondent  of  the  Boston 
Herald;  author,  "Strange  Adventures 
of  Mr.  Middleton,"  1903.  Residence, 
Ashland,  N.  H. 

Cummings,  Edward 

Clergyman;  b.,  Colebrook,  N.  H., 
April  20,  1861;  s.  Edward  Norris  and 
Lucretia  Frances  (Merrill)  Cummings; 
ed.  Harvard  college,  A.B.  1883,  A.M., 
1885;  Harvard  Divinity  school,  1883-5; 
Graduate  School  (Robert  Treat  Paine 
fellow  in  social  science),  1888-91; 
studied  sociology  in  Great  Britain, 
France,  Italy  and  Germany;  instructor 
in  Sociology,  Harvard,  1891-2,  asso- 
ciate professor,  1893-1900;  minister 
South  Congregational  Church  (Uni- 
tarian), Boston,  since  1900,  succeeding 
the  late  Edward  Everett  Hale;  lecturer 
on  social  science;  president  Mass.  Civic 
League,  Benevolent  Fraternity  of  Uni- 
tarian Churches;  director  Mass.  Prison 
Ass'n,  Watch  and  Ward  Soc.,  Industrial 
Aid  Soc.,  etc.;  general  secretary  World 


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Peace  Foundation;  member  Twentieth 
Century  Club,  Boston  City  Club;  m., 
June  25,  1891,  Rebecca  Haswell  Clarke, 
Roxbury,  Mass.  Residence,  104  Irv- 
ing St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Brinley,  Godfrey  Malbone 

Clergyman;  educator;  b.,  Perth 
Amboy,  N.  J.,  Nov.  22,  1864;  s. 
Edward  and  Andrewetta  Sims  (Row- 
lett)  Brinley;  ed.  The  Pingrey  School, 
New  Jersey,  St.  Paul's  School,  Con- 


cord, N.  H.,  Trinity  College,  Hartford, 
Conn.,  B.A.  1SSS,  A.M.  1895;  engaged 
in  teaching  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Con- 
cord, since  1SSS;  Episcopalian;  Demo- 
crat; ordained  deacon,  Protestant 
Episcopal  church.  lX(.t3;  priest,  1S97; 
chaplain  Orphans'  Home.  Concord, 
1915-<>;  trustee,  1917 — .  In  charge  of 
the  Mission  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  Dan- 
bury,  N.  II.;  founder  and  president 
of  St.  Paul's  School  Camp,  Danbury; 
director  of  the  Missionary  Soc.  of  St. 
Paul's  School:  member  Psi  Upsilon 
Fraternity,  University  Club,  N.  V. 


City,  Church  Club,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Morris  Country  Club,  New  Jersey;  m., 
June  17,  1902,  Elizabeth  Agnes,  dau. 
George  Macculloch  and  Elizabeth 
(Hoffman)  Miller,  New  York  City; 
one  daughter,  Elizabeth  Malbone. 
Residence,  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord, 
N.H. 

Davis,  Nathaniel  French 

Educator;  b.,  Lake  Village  (now 
Laconia),  N.  H.,  June  11,  1847;  s.  John 
and  Rhoda  French  (Maxfield)  Davis; 
ed.  Brown  Univ.,  A.B.  1870,  A.M. 
1873;  studied  at  Univ.  of  Gottingen, 
1892-3;  LL.D.,  Colby  Univ.,  1894;  in 
engineering  department,  Providence 
Water- Works,  1870-1 ;  instructor  River- 
view  Military  Academy,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.,  1871-3;  vice  principal  and  pro- 
fessor mathematics,  Keystone  State 
Normal  School,  Kutztown,  Pa.,  1873-4; 
instructor  in  Mathematics,  Brown 
Univ.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  1874-9, 
assistant  professor,  1879-89,  associate 
professor,  1889-90,  professor  pure  math- 
ematics, 1890-1915,  professor  emeritus, 
1915- ;  secretary  N.  E.  College  En- 
trance Board,  1902-13,  president, 
1913-5;  member  American  Mathemati- 
cal Soc.,  Mathematical  Ass'n  of  Amer- 
ica, N.  E.  Ass'n  of  Colleges  and 
Secondary  Schools,  American  Ass'n  of 
University  Professors;  fellow  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences;  Con- 
gregational Club  of  Rhode  Island, 
(president  1901-2),  Economic  and 
University  Clubs,  Providence;  in., 
Dec.  23,  '1878,  Lydia  Martin  Bellows. 
Residence,  159  Brown  St.,  Providence, 
R.  I. 

Davis,  Charles  Thornton 

Lawyer;  judge;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Jan.  12,  18(>3;  s.  Charles  Augustine  and 
Mary  (Thornton)  Davis;  ed.  Harvard, 
A.M.'  1SS4;  studied  law  at  Harvard  Law 
School  and  office  of  Bacon,  Hopkins  <fc 
Bacon,  Worcester,  Mass.  Admitted  to 
Massachusetts  bar  in  1887,  and  in 
general  practice  in  Boston  till  1892;  in 
Worcester,  Mass.,  1893-8;  chief  exam- 
iner of  titles,  Metropolitan  Water 
Board,  1X95-8;  appointed  Judge  of 


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419 


Massachusetts  Land  Court  upon  its 
creation  in  1898,  since  continuing; 
Episcopalian;  Democrat;  member  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  St.  Botolph  Club;  author 
"Massachusetts  Land  Court  Decis- 
ions," 1909;  m.,  Sept.  12,  1888,  Frances 
P.  Anderson,  Portland,  Me.  Resi- 
dence, Brookline,  Mass. 

Currier,  Charles  Francis  Adams 

Educator;  b.,  E.  Kingston,  N.  H., 
March  17,  1862;  s.  Ezra  F.  and  Isabella 
T.  (Webster)  Currier;  ed.  Harvard, 
A.B.  1887,  A.M.  1888;  studied  two 
years  in  Berlin  and  Paris;  professor  of 
History  and  Political  Science,  Mass. 
Inst:  of  Tech.  since  1891;  chairman 
school  board,  Winchester,  Mass.,  1901- 
12;  member  American  Historical  Ass'n; 
magazine  writer;  m.,  Dec.  26,  1892, 
Florence  M.  Morton,  Somerville,  Mass. 
Residence.  Winchester.  Mass. 

Cram,  William  Everett 

Farmer;  author;  b.,  Hampton  Falls, 
N.  H.,  June  22,  1871;  s.  Rev.  William 
Augustine  and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Blake) 
Cram;  brother  of  Ralph  Adams  Cram; 
author,  "Little  Beasts  of  Field  and 
Wood,"  1900;  "American  Animals" 
(with  Witmer  Stone),  1902;  "More 
Little  Beasts  of  Field  and  Wood," 
1912;  m.,  June  30,  1909,  Esther  L.  San- 
born,  West  Roxbury,  Mass.  Residence, 
Hampton  Falls,  N.  H. 

Dickinson,  Leonard  Perley 

Educator;  b.,  Hill,  N.  H.,  May  3, 
1876;  s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Margaret 
(Wilson)  Dickinson;  ed.  Manchester 
high  school,  1892,  Mass.  Inst.  Tech., 
1896;  instructor  in  electrical  engineer- 
ing, I'niv.  of  Maine,  1898-9;  Manual 
Training  School,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
1899-1900;  Armour  Inst.  Tech.,  Chi- 
cago, 1900-2;  assistant  professor  phy- 
sics and  electrical  engineering.  Lafay- 
ette College,  Easton,  Pa.,  1903-9; 
professor  physics  and  electrical  engi- 
neering, R.  I.  State  College,  since 
1909;  member  Alpha  Chi  Rho,  Ameri- 
can Institute  Electrical  Engineers, 
Society  for  Promotion  of  Engineering 


Education;  m.,  Dec.  25,  1899,  A. 
Louise  McClure,  Syracuse,  N.Y.  Res- 
idence, Kingston,  R.  I. 

Foote,  Arthur  Lowell 

Lawyer;  b.,  Lewiston,  Me.,  Dec.  25, 
1863;  s.  William  Lowell  and  Elizabeth 
Ann  (Meserve)  Foote;  ed.  public 
schools,  Great  Falls  (Somersworth) 
high  school,  1883;  studied  law  with 
George  E.  Beacham  at  Somersworth, 
admitted  to  the  bar  March  11,  1887, 


and  commenced  practice  at  Sanborn- 
ville,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  continued; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  member 
Wakefield  school  board;  solicitor  for 
Carroll  County,  1S92-4;  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1918;  mem- 
ber A.  F.  <fe  A.  M.,  1.0.  R.  M.,  B.  P. 
().  E.;  trustee  Wakefield  pub.  library; 
member  legal  advisory  board  and 
chairman  war  instruction  board,  Car- 
roll Co.;  chairman  for  \Vakefield  and 
Brookfield  Liberty  Loan  Campaign, 
and  Carroll  Co.  chairman  for  Relief  in 
the  Near  East  and  Red  Cross  Home 


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Relief;  m.,  June  15,  1888,  Carrie  Belle 
Sanborn;  d.,  June  13,  1913;  one  son, 
Lowell  Sanborn,  b.  June  2,  1891  (Bow- 
doin  College,  1912),  manager  Library 
Bureau,  Denver,  Col.,  m.  Grace  Mara 
Allen,  dau.  Lewis  F.  Allen,  Salem, 
Mass.,  June  4, 1917,  and  has  one  daugh- 
ter, Grace  Shirley.  Residence,  San- 
bornville,  N.  H. 

Brown,  Albert  Oscar 

Lawyer;  banker;  b.,  Northwood, 
N.  H.,  July  15,  1853;  s.  Charles  O. 
and  Sarah  E.  (Langmaid)  Brown;  ed. 
Goes  Northwood  Academy,  1874; 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1878,  A.M. 
1911 ;  Boston  University  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1884;  admitted  to  N.  H.  bar 
in  1884,  and  in  practice  in  Manchester 
till  1912,  having  been  a  member  suc- 
cessively of  the  firms  of  Burnham  & 
Brown;  Burnham, Brown  &  Warren, and 
Burnham,  Brown,  Jones  &  Warren; 
special  counsel  for  New  Hampshire  in 
railroad  tax  appeals  in  Supreme  Court, 
1910-11;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; chairman,  N.  H.  Tax  Commis- 
sion since  1911;  president  N.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention,  1918;  president 
Amoskeag  Savings  Bank,  1905-12; 
treasurer  and  secretary  since  1912; 
director  Arnoskeag  Nat'l  Bank,  Man- 
chester Traction  Light  &  Power  Co., 
clerk,  John  B.Varick  Co. ;  member  N.  H. 
Bankers  Ass'n,  Nat'l  Tax  Ass'n,  Ass'n 
N.  E.  Tax  Officials,  executive  commit- 
tee, U.  S.  Council  of  State  Banking 
Ass'ns.,  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Psi  Upsilon,  Dcrryfield  Club,  Manches- 
ter; trustee  Dartmouth  College,  Goes 
Northwood  Academy,  president;  in., 
Dec.  20,  1888,  Susie  J.  Clark,  Ayer, 
Mass.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Mead,  Edwin  Doak 

Author;  lecturer;  b.  Chesterfield, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  29,  1849;  .s.  Bradley  and 
Sarah  (Stone)  Mead;  ed.  public  schools 
and  academies;  worked  in  youth  on  a 
farm  and  in  a  store;  entered  employ  of 
Ticknor  &  Fields,  publishers,  Boston,  in 
1866;  studied  in  Europe,  1S75-9;  since 
engaged  in  lecturing  and  literary  work; 
editor  New  England  Magazine  several 


years;  some  time  president  Mass.  Good 
Citizenship  Soc.,  also  of  American  Free 
Religious  Ass'n,  and  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury Club;  director  World  Peace 
Foundation;  delegate  American  Peace 
Soc.  to  Congresses  of  Glasgow,  Rouen, 
Lucerne,  Munich  and  London;  chairman 
executive  committee,  13th  International 
Peace  Congress,  Boston,  1904;  author, 
"Martin  Luther— A  Study  of  the 
Reformation,"  "The  Philosophy  of 
Carlyle,"  "The  Roman  Church  and  the 
Public  Schools,"  "Organize  the  World," 
"The  Influence  of  Emerson,"  "The 
Principles  of  the  Founders,"  etc.;  re- 
ceived honorary  A.M.,  Dartmouth, 
1913;  m.,  Sept.  29,  1898,  Lucia  True 
Ames.  Residence,  19  Euston  St., 
Brookline,  Mass. 

Mead,  Lucia  True  Ames 

Author;  lecturer;  b.,  Boscawen, 
N.  H.,  May  5,  1856;  dau.  Nathan  P. 
and  Elvira  Ames;  conducted  classes  in 
Nineteenth  Century  Thought  in  Bos- 
ton, and  lectured  on  economic  and 
social  questions  and  international  arbi- 
tration, for  many  years;  delegate  to 
several  peace  congresses;  national  secre- 
tary \Vornan's  Peace  Part}';  member 
Twentieth  Century  Club;  author, 
"Great  Thoughts  for  Little  Thinkers," 
"Memoirs  of  a  Millionaire,"  "To 
Whom  Much  is  Given,"  "Primer  of  the 
Peace  Movement,"  "Patriotism  and 
the  New  Internationalism,"  "Swords 
and  Ploughshares,"  etc.;  m.,  Sept.  29, 
1898.  (See  preceding  sketch.) 


Dixon,  Frank  Haigh 

Educator;  b.,  Winona,  Minn.,  Oct.  8, 
1869;  s.  Alfred  C.  and  Caroline  Dixon; 
ed.  Univ.  of  Mich.,  Ph.B.,  1892,  Ph.D. 
1895;  instructor  in  history  and  assist- 
ant professor  of  economics,  Univ. 
of  Mich.,  1896-8;  assistant  professor 
economics,  Dartmouth  College,  1898- 
1908;  professor  since;  secretary  Amos 
Tuck  School  of  Administration  and 
Finance,  Dartmouth,  1900-4;  expert 
F.  S.  Interstate  Commerce  Com., 
1907-8;  chief  statistician  Bureau 
Railway  Economics,  1910-;  member 
American  Economic  Ass'n;  American 


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Statistical  Ass'n,  etc.;  executive  com- 
mittee public  safety,  1917-;  author 
"State  Railroad  Control,"  1896;  m., 
April  17,  1900,  Alice  L.  Tucker,  Han- 
over. Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Greet,  Benjamin  Fuller 

Merchant  and  lumberman;  b.,  Goffs- 
town,  N.  H.,  Jan.  20,  1864;  s.  Benjamin 
and  Elizabeth  M.  (Fuller)  Greer;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Pinkerton  Academy, 
Derry,  N.  H.;  engaged  on  farm  till 


twenty-one  years  of  age;  merchant  in 
general  store  for  eighteen  years;  since 
then  extensively  engaged  in  lumbering; 
Baptist;  Progressive  Republican ; super- 
visor, member  school  board  six  years; 
appointed  postmaster  at  (irasmere 
(GofTstown)  in  1XS7.  holding  till  1904 
when  he  resigned;  member  X.  H.  house 
of  representatives  from  GofTstown 
1901-2,  serving  on  committee  on  in- 
corporations; X.  H.  state  senate,  1909- 
10,  on  same  committee;  executive  coun- 
cil, 1911-2.  chairman  committee  on 
finance;  candidate  for  U.  S.  Senator  on 
Progressive  ticket,  1911:  delegate  to 


Progressive  national  convention,  1916, 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1918; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.  and 
P.  of  H.;  m.,  June  8,  1892,  Florence  A. 
Chappell,  Manchester;  children,  two 
sons  living,  Benjamin  Fuller,  Jr.,  serv- 
ing with  A.  E.  F.  in  France,  and  Ray- 
mond Chase,  Corp.  U.  S.  T.  D.,  Han- 
over. Residence,  Grasmere  (GofTs- 
town), N.  H. 

Nichols,  William  Theophilus 

Journalist;  author;  b.,  Cincinnati,  O., 
March 31, 1863;  s.  William  N.and  Isabel 
M.  (Blackman)  Nichols;  ed.  Cincinnati 
high  school,  Yale  College,  A.B.,  1884; 
on  editorial  staff  New  Haven  Morning 
News,  1884-7,  New  York  Times,  1887- 
93,  Cincinnati  Tribune,  1894;  manag- 
ing editor  Manchester  Union,  1896- 
1910;  engaged  in  literary  work  till  1915; 
managing  editor  Manchester  Union 
since;  author,  "The  War  for  the  Island," 
"Making  Good,"  "The  Safety  First 
Club,"  "The  Safety  First  Club  and  the 
Flood";  Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
member  Derryfield  and  Intervale  Coun- 
try clubs,  Manchester;  m.,  Nov.  18, 
1896,  Helen  F.  Hull,  Cincinnati,  O.; 
two  children,  Florence  Hull,  b.  Oct. 
18,  1897  (National  School  of  Domestic 
Arts,  Washington,  1918);  Leveret t  Hull, 
b.  Oct.  14,  1901  (Norwich  University 
and  U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  Annapolis, 
Class  of  1922).  Residence,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 

McDougall,  Henry  C. 

Clergyman;  b.,  Ypsilanti,  Mich., 
Nov.  22,  1850;  s.  George  and  Mary 
(Muir)  McDougall;  ed.  Mich.  State 
Normal  School,  Ypsilanti,  1872;  Univ. 
of  Mich.,  A.B.,  1877;  Harvard  Di- 
vinity School,  1886;  principal  high 
school,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  1878-9, 
Princeton,  111.,  1879-82;  ordained  to 
the  ministry,  Rockland,  Mass.,  Oct. 
6,  1886;  held  pastorates  at  Rockland, 
Mass.,  1886-90,  Madison,  Wis.,  1891; 
Marblehead,  Mass.,  1892-9,  Frank- 
lin, N.  H.,  since  1899;  Unitarian,  In- 
dependent Republican ;  minister  at 
large  for  New  Hampshire  since  1907; 
secretarv  N.  H.  Unitarian  Ass'n  since 


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1899;  member  boards  of  education  in 
Rockland,  Mass.,  Marblehead,  Mass., 
and  Franklin,  N.  H.;  president  Board 
of  Trustees,  Proctor  Academy;  m., 
July  23,  1890,  Marion  H.  Gleason 
Abington,  Mass.;  children,  James  G., 
captain  coast  artillery,  U.  S.  service  in 
France;  Kenneth,  lieutenant  aviation 
corps,  U.  S.  service  in  France.  Resi- 
dence, Franklin,  N.  H. 

Emerson,  Benjamin  Kendall 

Geologist;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
20,  1843;  s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Elisabeth 
(Kendall)  Emerson;  ed.  Amherst  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1865;  Universities  of  Got- 
tingen  and  Berlin,  Ph.D.  1870;  LL.D. 
Amherst,  1914;  instructor  in  geology, 
Amherst  1870-2,  professor  of  Geology 
and  mineralogy,  1872-1917,  since  then 
professor  emeritus;  professor  same  in 
Smith  College,  1878-1912;  assistant 
geologist,  U.  S.  Geological  Survey, 
1890-6,  since  then  geologist;  member 
International  Geological  Congress,  St. 
Petersburg,  1897  (vice-president)  fellow 
American  Academy  Arts  and  Sciences, 
(vice-president  1896) ;  American  Geo- 
logical Soc.,  American  Philosophical 
Soc.,  Washington  Academy  Sciences; 
m.,  1st,  April  2,  1873,  Mary  Annette 
Hopkins,  d.  July  31,  1895;  2d,  Sept.  4, 
1901,  Anna  H.  Seelye,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Residence,  529  West  llth  St.,  New 
York  City. 

Ferry,  Edwin  Sidney 

Physicist;  b.,  Croydon,  N.  H.,  June 
14,  1868;  s.  Harvey  S.  and  Hattie  W. 
(Eastman)  Ferry;  ed.  Cornell  Univ., 
B.S.  1889;  graduate  student,  1891-3; 
graduate  student  and  fellow  in  physics, 
Johns  Hopkins,  1893-4;  graduate  stu- 
dent, Upsala,  Sweden,  1897-8;  pro- 
fessor of  physics,  Purdue  Univ.,  In- 
diana, since  1899;  member  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon,  Signa  Xi,  American 
Physical  Soc.,  American  Electro- 
chemical Soc.,  etc.;  author  "Elemen- 
tary Dynamics,"  1906,  "Practical 
Physics,  1907;  "Pyrometry,"  1917; 
m.,  Aug.  21,  1900,  Ruth  M.  White, 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.  Residence,  Lafayette, 
Ind. 


Meader,  John  Levi 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Gonic  (Rochester), 
N.  H.,  Sept,  11,  1878;  s.  John  E.  and 
Clara  E.  (Varney)  Meader;  ed.  public 
schools,  Rochester,  and  Moses  Brown 
School,  Providence,  R.  I.;  after  leaving 
school  entered  employ  of  the  Gonic 
Mfg.  Co.,  learning  the  practical  end  of 
the  business  in  the  different  depart- 
ments; seven  years  superintendent 
previous  to  July,  1915,  when  he  be- 
came agent,  now  holding  that  position; 
in  religion  affiliated  with  the  Friends; 


Republican;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1907-8;  mayor  of 
Rochester,  1917;  member  X.  H.  senate, 
1919-20;  member  Republican  State 
Committee  and  chairman  Rochester 
City  Committee  since  1915;  director, 
clerk  and  agent  Gonic  Mfg.  Co.; 
director  Peoples  Building  and  Loan 
Ass'n;  director  and  treasurer  Gonic 
Cemetery  Ass'n;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
lodge,  chapter,  council,  commandery 
and  shrine;  U.  ().  A.  M.;  in  ,  Oct.  IS, 
1900,  Lila  Anna  Malvern.  Chicago, 
111. -.children.  Lois  Julia,  b.  Oct.  2,  1901; 


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Ckra  Lola,  Oct.  31,  1902;  Ann  Lela, 
Aug.  23,  1916.  Residence,  Gonic, 
N.  H. 

Heard,  Arthur  Marston 

Banker;  b.,  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
13,  1866;  s.  William  Andrew  and  Emily 
(Marston)  Heard;  ed.  Tilton  Seminary, 
1884;  Amherst  College,  1888;  clerk 
First  National  Bank,  Arkansas  City, 
Kan.,  1889-93;  national  bank  examiner, 
1893-5;  cashier  Merchants  National 
Bank,  Manchester,  1896-1901;  Cashier 
Amqskeag  National  Bank,  1902-5; 
president  since  July,  1905;  president 
Peoples  Gas  Light  Co. ;  director  Federal 
Reserve  Bank,  Boston,  N.  H.  Fire 
Ins.  Co.  (finance  committee);  Man- 
chester &  Lawrence  R.  R.,  Concord  & 
Montreal  R.  R.;  trustee  Amoskeag 
Savings  Bank,  Peoples  Savings  Bank, 
member  executive  committee,  N.  H. 
Committee  on  Public  Safety,  1917-; 
Massachusetts  Commandery  Loval 
Legion;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (32d  degree), 
Exchange  and  Union  Clubs,  Boston; 
Derryfield  and  Intervale  Clubs,  Man- 
chester; Country  Club,  Nashua;  Con- 
gregationalist ;  Democrat;  m.,  June  12, 
1895,  Ora  B.  Farrar,  Arkansas  City, 
Kan.;  children,  Marston,  b.  Dec.  2, 1897 
(Harvard,  1920)  2d  lieut,  U.  S.  Field 
Artillery;  Carlton  Farrar,  b.  March  24, 
1900  (Amherst,  1921).  Student  Army 
Training  Corps.  Residence,  726  Chest- 
nut St.,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  office,  875 
Elm  St. 

Ramie,  Herbert  Williamson 

Lawyer;  b.,  Aberdeen,  Scotland, 
March  28,  1884;  s.  William  and  Jane 
(Michie)  Rainie;  came  to  America  with 
his  parents  in  1891:  ed.  public  schools 
of  Concord,  N.  H.,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1906;  Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B. 
1910;  admitted  to  the  bar  and  settled 
in  practice  in  Concord,  where  he  con- 
tinues; Methodist;  Republican;  clerk 
of  Union  School  District,  Concord, 
1916-;  elected  solicitor  of  Merrimack 
County  for  two  years  in  November, 
1918,  secretary  Concord  Board  of 
Trade,  19  IS-;  treasurer  Concord 
Charity  Organization;  member  \Vono- 


lancet  Club;  m.,  Sept.  29,  1915,  Ruth 
Mildred  Garland.  As  an  avocation 
Mr.  Rainie  has  been  greatly  interested 
in  music,  both  vocal  and  instrumental 
and  is  well  known  as  a  baritone  singer 
and  cornetist;  is  choir  director  at  the 
Baker  Memorial  M.  E.  church  of 
Concord,  a  member  of  the  Capital 
Quartette,  and  a  composer  of  some  note. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fairbanks,  Arthur 

Educator;  art  director;  b.,  Han- 
over, N.  H.,  Nov.  13,  1864;  s.  Prof. 
Henry  and  Annie  S.  (Noyes)  Fair- 
banks; ed.  Dartmouth  College,  A.B., 
1886;  Yale  Divinity  School,  1887-8, 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y., 
1888-9;  Berlin  and  Freiburg,  1889-90, 
Ph.D.,  Freiburg,  1890;  Litt.D.,  Dart- 
mouth, 1909;  instructor  in  Greek  and 
logic,  assistant  professor  German, 
Dartmouth,  1890-2;  lecturer  on  social 
science  and  the  philosophy  of  religion, 
Yale  1892-4,  instructor  in  compara- 
tive religion,  1894-9;  acting  assistant 
professor  ancient  philosophy,  Cornell, 
1899-1900;  professor  Greek  literature 
and  archeology,  Univ.  of  Iowa,  1900- 
6;  professor  Greek  and  Greek  arche- 
ology, Univ.  of  Mich.,  1906-7;  director 
Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts  since 
August,  1907;  member  American  Phil- 
osophical Ass'n,  Archeological  Insti- 
tute of  America,  etc.;  author  various 
sociological  and  philosophical  treatises, 
and  contributor  to  religious  and 
philosophical  publications;  m.,  May  2, 
1889,  Elizabeth  L.  Moody,  Hanover, 
N.  H.  Residence,  20  Elmwood  Ave., 
Cambridge,  Mass. 

Blakely,  Quincy 

Clergyman;  b.,  Campton,  N.  H., 
April  12,  1872;  s.  Rev.  Quincy  and 
Gertrude  (Sykes)  Blakely;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1894  (Phi  Beta 
Kappa),  Yale  Divinity  School,  B.D. 
1S98;  ordained  and  installed  pastor 
Congregational  church,  South  Glaston- 
bury,  Conn.,  Nov.  4,  1898;  pastor 
Farmington,  Conn.,  since  1905;  mem- 
ber Delta  Kappa  Epsilon.  Casque  and 
Gauntlet  fraternities;  Twentieth  Cen- 


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tury  Club,  Hartford,  Conn;  m.,  Oct. 
10,  1900,  Mary  Twitchell.  Residence, 
Farmington,  Conn. 

Lee,  William  Andrew 

Plumbing  and  heating  contractor;  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  April  10,  1861;  s. 
John  J.  and  Kate  (Coughlin)  Lee;  ed. 
public  schools  of  Concord;  learned  the 
plumber's  trade  in  early  life  and  has 
been  extensively  engaged  as  a  contrac- 
tor in  plumbing  and  heating  for  many 


years  past;  Catholic;  Democrat;  mem- 
ber Concord  city  council  two  years, 
board  of  Aldermen  eight  years,  assessor 
ten  years,  under  the  old  city  charter; 
member  X.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1913-14,  1915-10,  1917-18,  1919-20; 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1918; 
president  and  treasurer  Lee  Bros.  Co.; 
member  Concord  Board  of  Trade; 
in.,  Oct.  10,  1883,  Johannah  Kelloy, 
Northfield,  Vt.;  one  son,  John  J.,  h. 
Nov.  4,  1893  (ed.  Concord  public 
schools  and  business  college),  deputy 
collector  ('.  S.  Internal  Revenue. 
Portsmouth.  Residence,  Concord,  X.H. 


Fisk,  Daniel  Moses 

Clergyman;  educator;  b.,  New  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  April  10,  1846;  s.  Rev. 
Ebenezer  and  Miriam  A.  (Gordon) 
Fisk;  ed.  Brown  Univ.;  Ph.B.  1869, 
A.M.  1876;  Ph.D.,  Findlay  College, 
1890;  D.D.,  Hillsdale,  1897;  ordained 
to  the  Congregational  ministry,  1886; 
professor  biology,  Hillsdale  College, 
Michigan,  1872-86;  pastor  Jackson, 
Mich.,  1886-91 ;  First  Church,  Toledo, 
O.,  1891-7;  Compton  Hill  church, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1897-9;  First  Church, 
Topeka,  Kan.,  1899-1902;  professor 
sociology,  Washburn  College,  Top- 
eka, Kan.,  1899-;  dean  department 
of  Bible  and  social  service,  1913-; 
author,  "Introduction  to  Sociology," 
"Rise  of  Democracy  in  Church  arid 
State,"  etc.;  member  American  Socio- 
logical Soc.;  m.,  1st,  Aug.  29,  1870, 
Alma  H.  Moore,  Wilton,  N.  H., 
d.;  2d,  June  15,  1911,  L.  Louise  Fox, 
Topeka.  Residence,  1516  College  Ave., 
Topeka,  Kan. 

Crafts  Albert  Barnard 

Lawyer;  b.,  Milan,  X.  H.,  Sept.  4, 
1851;  s.  Frederick  A.  and  Maria  L. 
(Soule)  Crafts;  ed.  Wesleyan  Univ., 
A.B.  1871,  A.M.  1874;  taught  school 
in  Connecticut,  1871-2;  studied  law; 
admitted  to  the  R.  I.  bar  1875;  prac- 
ticed first  in  Westerly,  R.  I.;  in  Provi- 
dence since  1906;  Republican;  member 
R.  I.  house  of  representatives,  1904-6; 
member  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  R.  I.  Bar 
Ass'n,  Edgewood  Yatch  Club;  m.,  1st, 
Oct.  1,  1881,  Jennie  Louise  Blake,  d. 
Nov.  19,  1884;  2d,  Dec.  17,  1892, 
Mary  A.  Stark.  Residence,  Edge- 
wood,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Fiske,  Amos  Kidder 

Journalist;  author;  b.,  Whiteh'eld, 
X.  H.,  May  12,  1842;  s.  Henry  and 
Lucinda  (Keyes)  Fiske;  ed.  Harvard, 
A.B.  1866,  A.M.  1869;  associated  with 
George  Ticknor  Curtis  in  preparation 
of  Life  of  Daniel  Webster;  on  editorial 
staff  of  \.  Y.  Time*,  twenty-two 
years,  A'.  }'.  Mail  and  Exjrress,  1900- 
2;  associate  editor  A'.  Y.  Journal  of 
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since  January,  1903;  author  "Mid- 
night Talks  at  the  Club,"  1890; 
"Beyond  the  Bourn,"  1891;  "The 
Jewish  Scriptures,"  1896;  "The  Myths 
of  Israel,"  1897;  "The  Story  of  the 
Philippines,"  1897;  "The  Modern 
Bank,"  1904;  "Honest  Business," 
1914,  etc.;  m.,  Oct.  27,  1870,  Caroline 
Child.  Residence,  144  East  45th  St., 
New  York  City. 

Farley,  Frank  Edgar 

Educator;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
April  25,  1868;  s.  George  W.  and 
Lucina  C.  (Baker)  Farley;  ed.  Harvard 
Univ.,  A.B.  1893,  A.M.  1894,  Ph.D. 
1897;  assistant  in  English,  Harvard, 
1893-5;  Radcliffe,  1894-7;  instructor 
in  English,  Haverford  College,  1897-8; 
instructor,  associate  professor  and  pro- 
fessor of  English,  Syracuse  Univ., 
1898-1903;  professor  of  English,  Sim- 
mons College  since  Oct.  1,  1903; 
author  "An  Advanced  English  Gram- 
mar," 1913;  m.,  Aug.  5,  1903,  Mrs. 
Amy  Elwell  Crane,  St.  Louis,  Mich. 
Residence,  108  Fuller  St.,  Brookline, 
Mass. 

Ferguson,  Frank  William 

Architect;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
Nov.  3,  1861;  s.  Stephen  and  Martha 
M.  (Marden)  Ferguson;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Dartmouth  College,  scien- 
tific department;  member  firm  of 
Cram  <fc  Ferguson,  architects  of  build- 
ings at  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  St. 
Thomas  church,  New  York,  Rice 
Institute,  Texas,  Princeton  Univ., 
Williams  College,  etc.,  fellow  American 
Institute  of  Architects,  Boston  Soc.  of 
Architects,  Beta  Theta  Pi;  m.,  Oct.  28, 
1891,  Elizabeth  Clark  Gardner,  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.;  d.  1896.  Address,  15 
Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass.;  33  West 
42d  St.,  New  York. 

Ernst,  Clayton  Holt 

Journalist;  b.,  Franconia,  N.  H., 
Dec.  29,  1886;  s.  Frederick  William 
and  Kmeline  (Holt)  Ernst;  ed.  Har- 
vard, A.B.,  1910;  Congregationalist; 
member  Delta  Upsilon;  district  com- 
missioner Bov  Scouts  of  America; 


author  (with  Norman  B.  Cole,  M.D.) 
"First  Aid  for  Boys,"  1917;  short 
story  contributor  to  magazines;  assist- 
ant editor,  The  Youth's  Companion, 
Boston,  since  1911.  Residence,  34 
Harrington  St.,  Newton,  Mass. 

Young,  James  Burlington 

B.,  Glasgow,  Scotland,  March  4, 
1864;  s.  Alexander  and  Arabella  (Mc- 
Ilroy)  Young;  came  to  America  in 
early  life;  ed.  Rochester  public  schools; 
engaged  in  teaming  and  advertising; 


Methodist;  Republican;  member  Roch- 
ester City  council  six  years;  com- 
missioner for  Stratford  county  since 
1915;  Mayor,  Rochester,  1918;  mem- 
ber Humane  Lodge,  No.  21,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  7, 
K.  of  P.,  Chancellor  Commander  four 
terms;  Rochester  Commandery,  Golden 
Cross,  No.  50,  past  commander; 
Rochester  Grange,  No.  S6,  master 
three  terms;  district  deputy  N.  II. 
State  Grange  four  years;  in.,  August 
29,  1S90,  Lillian  J.  Evans.  Residence, 
Rochester,  N.  II . 


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Story,  Fred  Williams 

Telephone  business;  b.,  Hopkinton, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  9,  1861;  s.  David  Burnham 
and  Sarah  J.  (French)  Story;  ed.  public 
schools,  Hopkinton,  Lake  Village  and 
Laconia,  N.  H.;  Unitarian;  director 
N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.  of 
Massachusetts  and  assistant  to  the 
president,  director  Southern  Mass. 
Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.;  president 
Aroostook  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co., 
Moosehead  Telephone  Co.,  Maine  Tele- 
phone &  Telegraph  Co.  (all  in  Maine), 
Coos  Telephone  Co.,  Winnepesaukee 
Telephone  Co.,  N.  H.,  Franklin  County 
Telephone  Co.,  Vt.;  vice-president 
White  Mountain  Telephone  Co.,  and 
Carroll  County  Telephone  Co.,  N.  H. 
Gramill  Telephone  Co.,  N.  Y.  Heath 
Telephone  Co.,  Mass.,  Connecticut 
Valley  Telephone  Co.  and  White  River 
Valley  Telephone  Co.,  Vt.;  member 
Mt.  Lebanon  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
N.  H.  Consistory,  S.  P.  R.  S,  32°; 
Union  Royal  Arch  chapter,  Pilgrim 
Commandery,  K.  T.,  Mt.  Washington 
Chapter,  O.  E.  S.,  Bektash  Temple, 
N.  M.  S.;  Exchange  Club,  City  Club, 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Boston,  Mass.; 
m.,  Dec.  6,  1887,  Dolly  Frances  Went- 
worth,  dau.  Col.  Joseph  and  Sarah 
Payson  (Jones)  Wentworth,  Concord, 
N.  H.  Residence,  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
272  Pleasant  St.,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Goddard,  Christopher  Marsh 

Engineer;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  April 
16,  1856  ;s.  Edward  L.  and  Elizabeth  P. 
Marsh  Goddard;  ed.  Episcopal  Acad- 
emy, Cheshire,  Conn. ;  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, B.S.  1877;  teacher  Natural 
Sciences,  Episcopal  Academy,  1877- 
1880;  with  Hatch  &  Foote, '  bankers, 
New  York,  1880-5;  electrical  engineer, 
Plainfield,  N.  J.,  1885-90;  active  in 
promoting  adoption  of  the  Nation- 
al Electrical  Code  and  insurance 
rating  fire  prevention  work;  Con- 
gregationalist;  Republican;  member 
Council  Underwriters'  Laboratories, 
Chicago;  National  Fire  Protection 
Ass'n  (president  1908-9,  executive 
committee,  1902-15) ;  American  In- 
stitute Electrical  Engineers;  Mass. 


State  Fire  Protection  Ass'n;  m.,  Feb. 
14,  1882,  Emillie  Georgette  Brandner, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Residence,  Newton 
Center,  Mass. 

Gage,  Walter  Boutwell 

Educator;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  April 
21,  1872;  s.  Minot  Gardner  and  Ellena 
(Boutwell)  Gage;  ed.  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  1890;  Harvard,  A.B.  1894; 
Unitarian;  Republican;  instructor 
Huckley  School,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y., 
1900-8;  headmaster  since  1908;  m., 
June  28,  1900,  Florence  Davis,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.  Residence,  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y. 

Foster,  Joseph 

Rear  Admiral,  U.  S.  N.  (retired); 
b.,  Gloucester,  Mass.,  June  7,  1841; 
s.  Joseph  and  Adelaide  Coues  (Spald- 
ing)  Foster;  ed.  public  and  private 
schools,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.;  entered 
U.  S.  Navy,  Oct.  3,  1862;  appointed 
acting  assistant  paymaster,  Oct.  19, 
1863;  transferred  to  the  regular  navy, 
Oct.  10,  1866;  advanced  through  vari- 
ous grades  and  made  pay-director  with 
rank  of  captain,  Aug.  27,  1901;  ap- 
pointed rear  admiral  and  retired  after 
40  years  service,  Dec.  9,  1902;  served 
during  the  Civil  War  in  South  Atlantic 
Blockading  Squadron;  Republican; 
member  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Board  of 
Instruction,  1909-13;  member  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  N.  E.  Historic-Gen- 
ealogical Soc.,  G.  A.  R.,  S.  A.  R., 
Loyal  Legion,  Soc.  of  Colonial  Wars, 
etc.;  m.,  1st,  Oct.  1,  1875,  Helen 
Dickey,  Lowell,  Mass.,  d.  March  27, 
1904;  2d,  March  17,  1906,  Josephine 
Hunt,  Broxbourne,  Eng.  Residence, 
298  Middle  St.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Gallagher,  Thomas 

Congressman;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
June  6,  1850;  s.  John  and  Margaret 
(Tighe)  Gallagher;  ed.  public  schools; 
removed  to  Chicago  in  1886;  engaged 
in  mercantile  business;  Catholic; 
Democrat;  member  Chicago  City 
Council,  1893-7;  board  of  education 
1897-1903  (vice-president,  three  years); 
ex-chairman  Cook  County  Democratic 


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Central  Committee;  representative 
from  8th  Illinois  District,  U.  S.  house 
of  representatives,  since  1909;  m., 
Oct.  12,  1886,  Margaret  Barsh,  Chi- 
cago. Residence,  522  South  Sagamon 
St.,  Chicago. 

Winslow,  Sherburn  J. 

General  business;  b.,  Nottingham, 
N.  H.,  March  16,  1834,  but  removed 
to  Pittsfield  in  infancy;  s.  Josiah  and 
Ruth  (Tucker)  Winslow;  ed.  public 


schools  and  Pittsfield,  Pembroke  and 
Now  London  Academies;  engaged  in 
farming  and  teaching  until  forty  years 
of  age,  after  which  engaged  extensively 
in  lumbering  and  contracting;  con- 
structed the  water-works  for  Merri- 
mack  County  at  Boscawen.  also  had 
charge  of  construction  of  the  1'ittsfield 
and  Tilton  water-works;  in  1S94,  when 
the  concern  was  in  financial  straits, 
became  treasurer  of  the  Exeter  Mfg. 
Co.,  and  raised  the  necessary  funds  to 
put  it  "on  its  feet."  paying  the  first 
dividend  for  years  in  ISOti;  treasurer, 
without  bond,  of  the  ( 'rockertown 


Lumber  Co.,  spending  $200,000  an- 
nually; Episcopalian  (warden  and 
treasurer  of  St.  Stephens  Church, 
Pittsfield,  for  years);  Republican  (last 
survivor  of  the  organizers  of  the  party 
in  Pittsfield,  and  has  voted  for  every 
Republican  candidate  for  President); 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1899-1901;  chairman  selectmen,  1905- 
6,  town  treasurer,  1909-13;  member 
school  board  many  years;  president 
Pittsfield  Aqueduct  Co.,  Pittsfield  Gas 
Co.;  director  Suncook  Valley  and 
Peterboro  &  Hillsboro  It.  R.;  treasurer 
Pittsfield  Savings  Bank  since  1897, 
deposits  doubling  in  the  time;  member 
Corinthian  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Pittsfield;  Wonolancet  Club,  Concord; 
m.,  March  19,  1860,  Margaret  Denni- 
son;  two  daughters,  Cora  and  Nellie — 
Mrs.  James  L.  Hook  and  Mrs.  Frank 
H.  Sargent,  M.  D.;  one  granddaughter, 
Margaret  L.  Hook.  Residence,  Pitts- 
field,  N.  H. 

Foster,  Herbert  Darling 

Educator;  b.,  West  Newbury,  Mass., 
June  22,  1863;  s.  Davis  and  Harriet 
Louisa  (Darling)  Foster;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.,  1885;  Harvard 
Graduate  School,  1891-3,  A.M.  1892; 
Univ.  of  Geneva,  Switzerland,  Litt.D. 
1909;  professor  English  and  history, 
Worcester,  Mass.,  Academy,  1885-91; 
professor  of  history,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege since  1894,  having  spent  a  year 
previous  in  European  study;  editor 
"A  History  Syllabus  for  Secondary 
Schools,"  1904;  "The  Records  of  the 
Town  of  Hanover,  1761-1818,"  1905; 
"A  Svllabus  of  European  History" 
(with  S.  B.  Fay),  1916,  etc.;  m., 
July  7,  1897,  Lillian  Darlington  Smith, 
Liverpool,  Eng.  Residence,  Hanover, 
N.H. 

Flanders,  James  Greeley 

Lawyer;  b..  New  London,  N.  II., 
Dec.  13,  1844;  s.  Walter  Powers  and 
Susan  Everett  (Greeleyl  Flanders; 
ed.  Yale,  A.B.  1867;  Columbia  Law 
School,  1869;  located  in  practice  in 
Milwaukee,  Wis.;  member  Milwaukee 
school  board,  1X75-7;  Wisconsin  As- 


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sembly,  1877;  delegate  Democratic 
National  Convention,  1S96;  president 
Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Wisconsin, 
1899-1904;  member  Milwaukee  Bar 
Ass'n,  Wisconsin  Bar  Ass'n  (president 
1909-10),  American  Bar  Ass'n;  presi- 
dent Milwaukee  Public  Library,  1911- 
7,  University  Club,  1900-2;  m.,  June 
18,  1873,  Mary  C.  Harvey.  Residence, 
161  Prospect  Ave.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

French,  Leigh  Hill 

Physician;  soldier;  capitalist;  b., 
Dover,  N.  H.,  Oct.  1,  1863;  s.  George 
F.  and  Clara  Shackford  (Hill)  French; 
ed.  Portland,  Me.,  high  school,  Univ. 
of  Minn.,  M.D.  1894;  practiced  med- 
icine in  Washington,  1897;  captain 
and  inspector  of  rifle  practice,  1898; 
major  3d  Cavalry,  II.  S.  N.  (Rough 
Riders),  1898;  studied  law  and  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  1902;  engaged  in 
development  of  Alaska  through  build- 
ing of  railways  and  hydraulic  running 
water-ways;  president  New  Rochelle 
Home  for  the  Aged;  member  Loyal 
Legion,  Arctic  Brotherhood,  American 
Institute  Mining  Engineers;  Athletic, 
Larchmont  and  Huguenot  Clubs,  New 
York;  Cosmos,  Chevy  Chase  and 
Army  and  Navy,  Washington;  author, 
"Home  Nuggets,"  1902;  "Seward's 
Land  of  Gold,"  1905;  appointed  lieu- 
tenant commander  U.  S.  N.,  and  as- 
signed to  American  embassy,  Paris, 
P"  ranee,  as  naval  attache,  1918;  m., 
June  27,  1893,  Blanche  W.  Culbertson, 
Louisville,  Ky.  Residence,  116  East 
58th  St.,  New  York,  N.Y. 

Emery,  Natt  Morrill 

Educator;  b.,  Suncook,  N.  H., 
April  16,  1875;  s.  Natt  B.  and  Abbie 
H.  (Sargent)  Emery;  ed.  Pembroke 
Academy,  1891;  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1895;  M.A.  Lehigh  Univ., 
1899;  Litt.D.,  business  college,  1916; 
instructor,  Tilt  on  Seminary,  Tilton, 
N.  H.,  1895-6;  instructor  in  English, 
Lehigh  Univ.,  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  1896- 
1902;  registrar,  1899-1912;  assistant 
to  president,  1907-10;  vice-president, 
19 10-;  member  Phi  Beta  Kappa; 


m.,  June  23,  1904,  Bertha  Elizabeth 
Snyder.  Residence,  137  East  Mar- 
ket St.,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Emerson,  Abraham  Fitts 

Banker;  b.,  Candia,  N.  H.,  June  19, 
1864;  s.  Moses  Fitts  and  Abbie  (Patten) 
Emerson;  ed.  public  schools;  entered 
employ  of  First  National  Bank  and 
Merrimack  River  Savings  Bank,  Man- 
chester, October,  1884;  trustee  Merri- 
mack River  Savings  Bank  since  April, 
1893;  secretary  of  the  board  since 
April,  1895;  assistant  treasurer  Mer- 


riniack  River  Savings  Bank  since 
April,  191(5;  acting  treasurer  N.  H. 
College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic 
Arts.  1S95-S;  treasurer  Northern  Tel- 
egraph Co.  of  New  Hampshire;  di- 
rector of  Manchester  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
1902-13;  member  and  treasurer  Man- 
chester Food  Committee,  1917-18; 
member  Manchester  Hoard  of  Com- 
merce, Historic  Ass'n,  Institute  of 
Arts  and  Sciences:  interested  in  agri- 
culture ami  forestry,  and  was  among 


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the  first  to  recognize  the  importance  of 
conservation  and  reforestation;  set 
out,  under  the  direction  of  State 
Forester  Hirst,  a  large  number  of 
white  pines  on  the  family  estate  at 
Candia,  N.  H.;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
m.,  May  29,  1895,  Emma  Etta  Smith; 
children,  Howard  Patten,  b.  Dec.  21, 
1901;  Walter  Robie,  Sept.  10,  1903; 
Marion,  May  27,  1908;  Richard  Lane, 
March  12,  1912.  Residence,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 

Durrell,  Jesse  Murton 

Clergyman;  b.,  Boston,  Mass.,  June 
26,  1843;  s.  William  Henry  and  Sarah 
(Averill)  Durrell;  descendant  of  Philip 
Durrell,  who  emigrated  from  the  Isle 
of  Guernsey  and  settled  in  the  Pis- 
cataqua  region  previous  to  1679,  and 
of  his  son,  Maj.  Benjamin  Durrell,  of 
Revolutionary  fame;  ed.  Eliot  School 
and  Boston  Latin  School,  Boston, 
Mass.,  Tilton  Seminary,  J869;  Boston 
Univ.  School  of  Theology,  1873.  Pre- 
vious to  his  course  at  Tilton  and  the 
Divinity  school,  studied  dentistry  and 
practiced  for  four  years,  then,  feeling 
a  call  to  the  ministry,  prepared  as  be- 
fore noted;  while  studying  at  Tilton 
preached  as  supply  for  the  Methodist 
churches  in  Tilton  and  Runmey,  and 
for  the  Allen  St.  Church  in  New  Bed- 
ford, Mass.,  while  a  student  in  Boston; 
joined  the  N.  H.  Conference  in  1869; 
ordained  deacon  in  1871  and  elder  in 
1873,  spending  a  year  following  in 
European  travel  and  study;  pastor, 
Bristol,  N.  H.,  1874-6,  Wesley  Church, 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  1877-8,  Rochester, 
N.  H.,  1879-81;  travelled  in  the  East, 
1882;  pastor  St.  John's  Church,  Dover, 
1883-5;  Garden  St.  Church,  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  1886-8;  St.  Paul's,  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  1889-90;  President  N.  H.  Con- 
ference Seminary  and  Female  College 
(Tilton  Seminary),  1891-5;  pastor 
Main  St.  Church,"  Nashua,  1896-1900; 
Grace  Church,  Keene,  1901-2;  super- 
intendent Dover  District,  N.  H.  M.  E. 
Conference,  1903-4;  field  agent,  Tilton 
Seminary,  since  1905,  having  com- 
pleted the  task  of  raising  a  fund  of 

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$150,000  for  the  seminary,  with  an 
excess  of  $30,000  in  the  spring  of 
1918;  Methodist;  Republican;  member 
Nashua  school  board,  1899-1900;  pres- 
ident trustees  of  Tilton  Seminary; 
member  Olive  Branch  Lodge,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Plymouth,  N.  H.;  Temple 
R.  A.  Chapter,  Rochester;  St.  Paul 
Commandery,  K.  T.,  Dover;  Israel 
Hunt  Royal  and  Select  Masters, 
Aaron  Hughes  Lodge  of  Perfection 
14th  degree  A.  A.  S.  R.;  Oriental  Coun- 
cil of  Jerusalem  16th  degree;  St.  George 
Chapter  Rose  Croix,  18th  degree;  N.  H. 
Consistory  32nd  degree,  Nashua;  Pea- 
body  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.,  Tilton;  Vet- 
eran Ass'n,  A.  F.&  A.M.,  Concord;  Chap- 
lain Grand  Chapter  R.  A.  M.,  Grand 
Council  R.  &  S.  M.,  St.  George  Chap- 
ter Rose  Croix,  and  Veteran  Masons 
Ass'n  m.,  July  23,  1878,  Irene  Sarah 
Clark,  Plymouth,  N.  H.;  d.  Nov.  9, 
1914.  Residence,  Tilton,  N.  H. 

Gerould,  John  Hiram 

Educator;  b.,  Stoddard,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
2,  1868;  s.  Rev.  Samuel  L.  and  Laura 
Etta  (Thayer)  Gerould;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  Litt.B.  1890;  Harvard, 
A.B.  1892  A.M.  1893,  Ph.D.  1895; 
traveled  and  studied  in  Europe,  1898-9; 
teacher  natural  sciences,  Burr  and  Bur- 
ton Seminary,  Manchester,  Vt.,  1890-1; 
associate  professor  zoology,  Dart- 
mouth 19-;  Congregationalist;  mem- 
ber American  Genet  c  Ass'n,  American 
Soc.  Zoologists,  American  Soc.  Natu- 
ralists, American  Ass'n  for  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  Kappa  Kappa  Kappa; 
m.,  July  2,  1902,  Adah  May  Hasbrook, 
Minneapolis,  Minn.;  children,  May  Fos- 
ter, b.  Aug.  13,  1903;  Elizabeth, 
Sept.  20,  1904;  Virginia,  Dec.  10,  1908. 
Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Rotch,  William  Boylston 

Journalism  and  Insurance;  b.,  Am- 
herst,  N.  H.,  June  6,  1S59;  s.  Albert  A. 
and  Helen  (BoyLston)  Rotch;  descend- 
ant of  the  Boylston  family  who  were 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Boston, 
Mass.;  ed.  public  schools  of  Amherst; 
learned  the  newspaper  business  in 
vouth  in  the  office  of  the  Farmers' 


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Cabinet  at  Amherst,  since  removed  to 
Milford,  of  which  he  has  been  editor 
and  publisher  since  1891 ;  also  engaged 
in  insurance  business;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  member  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives  from  Amherst,  1895, 
also  town  clerk  and  collector,  and  first 
president  Amherst  Improvement  Soc. 
which  he  organized;  since  removal  to 
Milford  president  Milford  improve- 
ment Soc.,  secretary  and  president 
Milford  Republican  Club;  member 


X.  II.  constitutional  convention,  1902; 
director  City  Guaranty  Savings  Bank, 
Nashua ;  three  years  secretary  to 
Congressman  Currier  at  Washington; 
member  Republican  State  Committee 
since  1<)12,  and  member  executive 
committee;  I.  ().  ().  F.:  in.,  Oct.  10, 
1SS4,  Grace  Marston  Burrell,  Wey- 
mouth,  Mass.;  one  son,  Arthur  Boyl- 
ston,  b.  March  24,  1SS7,  (Dartmouth, 
190X)  now  in  the  publishing  business 


with  his  father,  m.  April  9,  1910, 
Serena  H.  Elliman,  New  York;  one 
son,  William  Boylston,  2d.  Residence, 
Milford,  N.  H. 

Gerould,  James  Thayer 

Librarian;  b.,  Goffstown,  N.  H., 
Oct.  3,  1872;  s.  Rev.  Samuel  L.  and 
Laura  Etta  (Thayer)  Gerould;  ed. 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1895;  as- 
sistant librarian  General  Theological 
Seminary,  New  York,  1896-7;  depart- 
ment chief,  Columbia  Univ.  Library, 
1897-1900;  librarian  Univ.  of  Mo., 
1900-6;  Univ.  of  Minn.,  1906—;  Fellow 
American  Library  Institute;  member 
Bibliographical  Soc.  of  America, 
American  Library  Ass'n,  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon;  director  of  Chapters,  northern 
division,  American  Red  Cross;  director 
Minneapolis  Associated  Charities; 
Episcopalian;  Democrat;  m.,  Sept. 
18,  1900,  Mary  A.  Chamberlain,  Ches- 
ter, N.  Y.  Residence,  2022  Second 
Ave.,  S.,  Mianeapolis,  Minn. 

Gerould,  Gordon  Hall 

Educator;  b.,  Goffstown,  N.  H., 
Oct.  4,  1877;  s.  Rev.  Samuel  L.  and 
Laura  Etta  (Thayer)  Gerould;  ed. 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1899;  Litt. 
B.,  Oxford  Univ.,  England,  1901; 
instructor  in  English,  Bryn  Mawr  Col- 
lege, 1901-2;  associate  professor  Eng- 
lish philosophy,  1902-5;  assistant  pro- 
fessor English,  Princeton  Univ.,  1905- 
16;  professor  English  since  1916; 
author,  "The  North  English  Homily 
Collection,"  1902;  "Sir  Guy  of  War- 
wick," 1905;  "The  Grateful  Dead— 
the  History  of  a  Folk  Story,"  1908; 
"Saints'  Legends,"  1916;  "Peter  San- 
ders, Retired"  (novel),  1917;  m.,  June 
9,  1910,  Katharine  Fullerton,  Brock- 
ton, Mass.  Residence,  341  Nassau 
street,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

S 

Dow,  George  Francis 

Secretary  Essex  Institute;  b.,  Wake- 
field,  N.  H..  Jan.  7,  1S68;  s.  George 
Prince  and  Ada  Bingham  (Tappan) 
Dow;  ed.  public  schools  and  private 
tutors;  in  trade  in  Boston  from  1886  to 
1897;  secretary  of  Essex  Institute, 


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Salem,  Mass.,  and  editor  of  its  publica- 
tion since  July,  1898;  Congregational- 
ist;  Republican;  member  Mass,  house 
of  representatives  from  Topsfield, 
1900;  chairman  board  of  trustees, 
Topsfield  town  library;  founder  and 
secretary  Topsfield  Historical  Soc., 
and  editor  of  its  publications;  member 
Essex  Institute,  American  Historical 
Ass'n,  N.  E.  Historic-Geneological 
Soc.,  American  Antiquarian  Soc., 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Residence,  Topsfield, 
Mass.  Business  address,  Salem,  Mass. 

Duncan,  George  Henry 

Druggist;  manufacturer;  b.,  Leo- 
minster,  Mass.,  Dec.  23,  1876;  s.  George 
C.  and  Mary  E.  (Coolidge)  Duncan;  ed. 
Murdock  School,  Winchendon,  Mass., 
Amherst  College,  Amherst,  Mass., 
class  of  1899,  leaving  at  the  middle  of 
senior  year  on  account  of  father's 
death,  whose  business  as  a  druggist  at 
East  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  he  took  up  and 
continued;  Democrat;  selectman,  Jaf- 
frey, 1904;  member  school  board, 
1907-8,  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1912,  1918,  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1915  (committee  on  revision  of 
laws);  post-master,  East  Jaffrey,  1915 
-17;  treasurer  Annett  Box  Co.;  mem- 
ber Charity  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
P.  of  H.,  Jaffrey  Board  of  Trade  (presi- 
dent three  years);  an  earnest  advo- 
cate of  the  Single  Tax  and  the  Initia- 
tive and  Referendum  and  active  in 
organizations  promoting  the  same;  m., 
Nov.  19,  1900,  Helen  Prescott;  one  son, 
George  Prescott.  Residence,  East 
Jaffrey,  N.  H. 

McLaughlin,  Agnes  Winifred 

Lawyer;  law  stenographer;  b., 
Groveton,  N.  H.;  dan.  Patrick  and 
Elizabeth  (Hopkins)  McLaughlin;  ed. 
Lancaster  Academy,  Burdett's  Busi- 
ness College,  Univ.  of  Maine  Law- 
school;  studied  with  Hon.  George  A. 
Wagner  of  Manchester;  admitted  to 
the  X.  H.  bar,  June  3,  1917,  first 
woman  admitted  in  the  state  on  exam- 
ination; Catholic;  in  academy  inter- 
ested in  elocution,  debates  and  athlet- 


ics; while  attending  business  college 
in  Boston  member  of  the  Halcyon 
Club,  and  identified  with  the  social  ac- 
tivities of  the  Cathedral  of  the  Holy 
Cross  parish;  in  Gorham,  active  in 
club  life,  serving  on  important  com- 


mittees, locally  and  in  the  state  fed- 
eration. Residence,  Gorham  X.  H.; 
office,  Sheridan  Building,  Berlin,  X.  H. 

Shedd,  Charles  Gale 

Pharmacist;  b.,  South  Wallingford, 
Vt.,  May  18,  18(55;  s.  Capt.  Charles 
W.  and  Sarah  Frances  (Doty)  Shedd, 
his  mother  being  a  direct  descendant  of 
Edmund  Doty,  of  the  Mayflower  party; 
removed  with  parents  to  Keene,  N.  H., 
in  early  life;  ed.  Keene  public  schools, 
high  school,  1881;  entered  the  phar- 
macy where  he  has  since  remained, 
and  in  which  he  later  became  a  partner, 
in  1886,  and  for  many  years  past  has 
conducted  the  business,  under  the 
name  of  "The  Billiard  &  Shedd  Co.," 
with  an  extensive  wholesale  and  retail 
trade;  Unitarian;  Republican;  ten 


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years  member  Keene  board  of  health 
(sometime  president) ;  member  Keene 
city  council  (president);  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1900; 
N.  H.  state  senate,  1907,  mayor 
of  Keene,  1911-3;  secretary  and 
treasurer  trustees  Glencliffe  sanitor- 
ium ;  vice-president  Keene  Commercial 
club;  president  Keene  Forestry  Ass'n., 
Keene  Park  Corporation,  Peoples  In- 
stitute, Keene  Chatauqua,  Unitarian 
club,  ten  years;  member  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  Keene  Country  club,  Keene 
Chorus  club  (treasurer),  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
up  to  and  including  33d  degree  (past 
Grand  High  Priest  Grand  Chapter  of 
X.  H.),  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion (past  president  X.  H.  Soc.),  S.  of 
V.,  K.  of  P.,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  X.  H.  X.  G., 
serving  four  years  as  hospital  steward 
in  the  2d  Regiment ;  organized  the 
X.  H.  League  for  Xational  Defense  in 
1915;  engaged  in  voluntary  service  of 
the  American  Red  Cross,  at  the  central 
pharmacy  in  Paris  in  1918;  m.,  Sept. 
23,  1891,  Rhoda  Jane  Colburn;  chil- 
dren, Gale  Colburn  and  Paul  Wesley, 
b.  July  14,  1892  (Phillips  Exeter  and 
M.  I.  T.),  the  former  serving  as  first 
lieutenant  in  146th  Field  Artillery, 
A.  E.  F.,  and  the  latter  as  first  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Aviation  Corps;  Charles 
Herbert,  b.  Feb.  7,  1907.  Residence, 
Keene,  X.  II . 

Shedd,  Rhoda  Jane  Colburn 

(Mrs.  Charles  Gale  Shedd);  b., 
Shrewsbury,  Vt.,  Aug.  17,  1867;  dau. 
Leonard  and  Mary  P.  (Martin)  Shedd; 
ed.  public  schools,  and  Black  River 
Academy,  Ludlow,  Vt.,  1886;  taught 
school  several  terms,  before  marriage, 
in  Swan/ey,  Troy  and  Fitzwilliarn, 
X.  H.;  united  in  marriage  with  Charles 
Gale  Shedd  of  Keene.  Sept.  22,  1891, 
and  has  since  resided  there,  taking  an 
active  part  in  the  social  life  and  chari- 
table work  of  the  city;  member  Ashue- 
lot  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution  (regent),  Colonial 
Club,  Fortnightly  Club.  Country  Club 
(secretary  for  the  last  eighteen  years), 
Hospital  Aid  Soc.  (secretary  for  twenty 
years);  active  in  the  organization  and 


work  of  Keene  Chapter,  American  Red 
Cross,  and  chairman  of  the  same  for  the 
first  two  years.  Three  children.  (See 
preceding  sketch.) 

Donovan,  John  Joseph 

Civil  engineer;  b.,  Rumney,  XT.  H., 
Sept.  8,  1858;  s.  Patrick  and  Julia 
(O'SulIivan)  Donovan;  ed.  Plymouth, 
X.  H.,  Xormal  School,  1877;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  Polytechnic  Inst.,  B.S.  1882; 
civil  engineer  Northern  Pacific  R.  R., 
1882-8;  chief  engineer  Fairhaven  and 
Southern  Ry.,  1888-91;  chief  engineer 
and  manager  Bellingham  Bay  and 
Eastern  R.  R.,  1891-2;  chief  engineer 
and  general  superintendent  Belling- 
ham Bay  and  British  Columbia  R.  R., 
1898-1906;  since  1906  engaged  exclu- 
sively in  lumber  business;  Catholic; 
Republican;  member  city  council, 
Fairhaven,  Wash.,  1890-2;  member 
committee  of  fifteen  framing  charter  of 
the  city  of  Bellingham,  Wash.;  alter- 
nate delegate  Republican  X'ational 
Committee,  1912;  member  and  past 
president  Bellingham  Chamber  of 
Commerce;  eight  years  trustee  Belling- 
ham State  Xormal  School;  vice-presi- 
dent Bloedel-Donovan  Lumber  Mills, 
Columbia  Valley  Lumber  Co.,  First 
Xational  Bank  of  Bellingham;  presi- 
dent Washington  State  Catholic  Ass'n; 
member  American  Soc.  Civil  Engineers, 
Xational  Civic  Federation,  American 
Irish  Historical  Soc.  American  His- 
torical Ass'n,  Xational  Municipal 
League,  and  numerous  other  organiza- 
tions and  clubs;  m.,  April  29,  1883, 
Clara  Isabel  Xichols,  Melrose,  Mass. 
Residence.  Bellingham,  Wash. 

Clow,  Fred  Ellsworth 

Physician,  b..  Wolfeboro,  X.  H., 
Oct.  25,  1881;  s.  Stephen  \\'.,  and  Car- 
rie (Canney)  Clow;  ed.  Brewster  Free 
Academy,  Wolfeboro,  Harvard  Med- 
ical School,  1901:  commenced  prac- 
tice of  medicine  in  Wolfeboro,  after 
graduation  and  has  since  continued; 
Congregationalist ;  Republican;  mem- 
ber state  board  of  registration  in  med- 
icine, local  board  for  Carroll  County; 
trustee  and  physician  Iluggins  Hos- 


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pital,  Wolfeboro;  lieutenant  Medical 
Reserve  Corps,  U.  S.  Army;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (Morning  Star  Lodge) 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry; m.,  Oct.  25,  1905,  Bessie 
Frances  Beless,  Waltham,  Mass.;  chil- 
dren: Ethel  Alma,  b.  Aug.  22, 
1906;  Mildred  Beless,  b.  May  24,  1908; 
Stephen  Ellsworth,  b.  June  9,  1910; 
John  Hildreth,  b.  March  5,  1913. 
,,  Residence,  Wolfeboro,  N.  H. 

Wheeler,  Bertrand  Thorp 

Civil  engineer;  b.,  Lempster,  N.  H., 
Nov.  25,  1863;  s.  Daniel  Bingham  and 
Maria  (Thorp)  Wheeler;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  B.S.  1884;  pursued  the 
profession  of  civil  engineer  for  many 
years  in  Boston  and  vicinity;  street 
commissioner  of  Boston  under  Mayors 
Curtis  and  Hart;  assistant  engineer  of 
construction,  N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  Hartford 
R.  R.;  chief  engineer  Me.  Central  R.  R. 
and  Portland  Terminal  Co.  since  1912; 
Unitarian ;  Republican ;  member  Amer- 
ican Soc.  Civil  Engineers;  m.,  March 
27,  1888,  Mabel  A.  Cole,  Fitchburg, 
Mass.;  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Residence,  35  West  St.,  Portland,  Me. 

Dudley,  Albertus  True 

Teacher;  author;  b.,   Paris,   N.  Y., 

June  18,  1866;  s.  Rev.  Horace  Franklin 
and  Josephine  (Lamson)  Dudley;  ed. 
Harvard,  A.B.  1887,  and  German  study; 
teacher  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1887- 
95,  Noble  &  Greenough's  School,  Bos- 
ton, 1896-1917;  Republican;  anti- 
suffragist;  secretary  N.  H.  Public  Li- 
brary Commission,  1917-;  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives,  1919-20;  author, 
"Following  the  Rail,"  1903;  "Making 
the  Nine,"  1904;  "In  the  Line,"  1905; 
"With  Mask  and  Mitt,"  1906;  "The 
Great  Year,"  1907;  "The  Yale  Cup," 
1908;  "The  School  Four,"  1909;  "At 
the  Home  Plate,"  1910;  "The  Pecks 
in  Camp,"  1911;  "The  Half  Miler," 
1913,  etc.;  m.,  July  2,  1890,  Frances 
Perry,  Exeter.  Residence,  Exeter, 
N.  II. 

Page,  Charles  Tilton 

Manufacturer  (retired);  b.,  Woburn, 
Mass.,  Aug.  5,  1846;  s.  Moses  Webster 
and  Mary  Ann  (Aver)  Page;  ed.  public 


schools  and  Eastman's  Commercial 
College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.;  engaged 
with  his  brother,  George  F.  Page,  in 
the  manufacture  of  leather  belting  at 
Franklin,  N.  H.,  after  leaving  school, 
under  firm  name  of  Page  Bros. ;  business 
removed  to  Concord  in  1871,  when  the 
now  extensive  and  widely  known  Page 
Belting  Co.  was  formed,  of  which  he 
became  treasurer,  continuing  in  that 
position  until  1913,  serving  also  for 
three  years,  1872-5,  as  Boston  agent  of 


the  firm,  during  which  time  lie  resided 
in  Medford,  but  since  then  in  Concord; 
Congregationalist ;  Republican;  active 
in  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  and  some  time 
president  of  the  Concord  Ass'n;  presi- 
dent N.  H.  Congregational  Ministers 
and  Widows  Fund;  trustee  General 
Conference  Congregational  churches 
of  New  Hampshire;  moderator,  1910; 
president  Concord  Board  of  Trade, 
1910-12:  m.,  June  2,  1870,  Almira,  dau. 
Oliver  H.  and  Sarah  F.  (Bergen)  Booth 
of  Lebanon,  N.  H.;  children,  Grace 
Farnum,  wife  of  Dr.  H.  H.  Amsden,  b. 


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Aug.  4,  1872;  Elwin  Lawrence,  b.  Feb. 
22,  1876  (Williams  1900),  lawyer  in 
Concord;  Wilbur  Jewell,  b.  Jan,  4, 
1883  (Williams  1906),  in  employ  of 
U.  S.  Department  of  Commerce. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Tobey,  Charles  William 

Banker;  b.,  Roxbury,  Mass.,  July 
22,  1880;  s.  William  A.  and  Ellen  H. 
(Parker)  Tobey;  ed.  Roxbury  Latin 


school;  engaged  in  banking  in  Boston; 
established  his  home  in  Temple.  X.  H., 
in  1903,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  and 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits;  since 
1916  lias  conducted  business  as  an  in- 
vestment banker  in  Manchester,  with 
office  in  Amoskeag  Bank  building,  re- 
taining his  legal  residence  in  Temple; 
Baptist;  Republican;  chairman  select- 
men and  school  board  in  Temple; 
member  N.  II.  house  of  representatives, 
1915  l(i,  member  committee  on  revision 
of  the  laws;  1919,  speaker;  delegate  in 
X.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1918; 
chairman  N.H.  Libert v  Loan  Commit- 


tee, 1918- ;  member  Miller  Grange,  P.  of 
H.,  Temple;  director  Rotary  Club,  Man- 
chester; m.,  June  4,  1902,  Francelia 
M.  Lovett,  Roxbury,  Mass.;  children, 
Russell  B.,  b.  June  10,  1903;  Louise 
Cone,  b.  July  6,  1907;  Francelia  M. 
Cone,  b.  June  22,  1908;  Charles  W., 
Jr.,  b.  Jan.  26,  1911.  Residence, 
Temple  and  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Elliot,  John  Wheelock 

Surgeon;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  October, 
1852;  s.  John  H.  and  Emily  Ann 
(Wheelock)  Elliot;  ed.  Harvard,  A.B. 
1874;  M.D.  1878;  Mass.  General  Hos- 
pital, 1878;  studied  in  Europe,  1879-80; 
began  practice  in  Boston,  1881;  physi- 
cian to  Boston  Dispensary,  1882; 
assistant  surgeon  Free  Hospital  for 
Women,  1883-7;  surgeon,  1894-1907; 
lecturer  on  surgery,  Harvard  Med. 
School,  1900-5;  retired  from  practice, 
1913;  Fellow  American  Surgical  Ass'n; 
chairman  N.  E.  Surgical  Dressings 
Com.,  American  Red  Cross;  director 
Sullivan  Machinery  Co.;  member  Tav- 
ern Club,  Boston;  frequent  contributor 
to  medical  journals;  m.,  May  8,  1883, 
Mary  Lee  Morse  of  Boston.  Resi- 
dence, 124  Beacon  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Ellis,  Carleton 

Chemist;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  Sept.  20, 
1876;  s.  Marcus  and  Catharine  (Good- 
now)  Ellis;  ed.  public  schools,  Mass. 
Inst.  Tech.,  B.Sc.  1900;  instructor 
Mass.  Inst.  Tech.,  1900-2;  engaged 
extensively  in  the  field  of  oils,  fats, 
waxes,  paints,  varnishes,  illuminating 
gas,  etc.,  and  has  taken  out  more  than 
200  patents;  president  Ellis-Foster  Co., 
Hydrogenated  Oil  Co.,  X.  J.  Testing 
Laboratories;  vice-president  Chade- 
loid  Chemical  Co.;  Charter  member 
Inventors  Guild;  member  American 
Chemical  Soc.,  American  Institute 
Chemical  Engineers,  Society  Chemical 
Industry,  London,  Eng.,  International 
Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry,  etc.; 
awarded  gold  medal  for  inventions  at 
Jamestown  exposition,  1907;  author 
various  scientific  and  technical  works 
and  contributor  to  technical  journals; 


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m.,  Nov.  28,  1901,  Birdelia  M.  Wood, 
Dayton,  O.  Residence,  143  Gates 
Ave.,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Hall,  Walter  Perley 

Jurist;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  May 
9,  1867;  s.  James  Perley  and  Catherine 
(Willey)  Hall;  ed.  Worcester,  Mass., 
high  school,  1885;  Brown  Univ.,  1885- 
8;  Harvard  Law  School,  1888-90; 
honorary  A.M.,  Brown,  1910;  admitted 
to  Massachusetts  bar  1891;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  town  solicitor,  Clinton, 
Mass.,  city  solicitor  Fitchburg;  assist- 
ant district  attorney  middle  Massa- 
chusetts district,  1905;  first  assistant 
attorney-general,  Massashusetts,  1906- 
7;  chairman  Mass.  R.  R.  Commission, 
1908-11;  justice  superior  court  Massa- 
chusetts, Aug.  9, 1911-  ;  formerly  cap- 
tain Mass.  Vol.  Mil.;  member  Repub- 
lican state  committee;  presidential 
elector  1904;  member  Mass.  Bar  Ass'n; 
St.  Botolph  Club,  Boston;  m.,  Dec.  4, 
1893,  Anna  Bigelow  Davis,  Worcester, 
Mass.  Residence,  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Brown,  George  Henry 

Optometrist;  b.,  Hill,  N.  H.,  June 
1,  1847;  s.  Samuel  and  Nancy  C. 
(Swain)  Brown;  od.  public  schools, 
New  Plampton  Institution,  Detroit  Op- 
tical Institute;  engaged  in  the  specta- 
cle business,  as  it  was  formerly  called, 
in  youth,  and  has  been  in  the  lead  in 
all  movements  that  have  made  optom- 
etry  the  great  profession  it  now  is; 
charter  member  of  the  N.  E.  Optical 
Ass'n,  the  first  optical  organization  in 
the  United  States,  and  wont  to  New 
York  by  request  to  assist  in  the  organ- 
ization of  the  second;  regent  for  two 
years  of  the  N.  K.  Optical  Institute, 
Boston;  charter  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Optometrical  Ass'n,  and  two  years 
regent;  many  years  president  of  the 
Granite  State  Optometrical  Ass'n; 
chairman  N.  H.  board  of  examiners  in 
optometry  from  its  establishment  in 
1911  to  the  present  time;  instrumental 
in  establishing  courses  in  optometry  in 
several  universities;  pioneer  in  ad- 
vanced eye  sight  work  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  used  the  first  special 


sight- testing  apparatus  in  the  state; 
Congregationah'st  (member  Hanover  St. 
Congregational  Church,  Manchester) ; 
Republican;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives  in  1878-9,  from  Tilton; 
president  Tilton  &  Northfield  Fire  Ins. 
Co.  several  years,  and  director  of  Til- 
ton  Nat'l  Bank;  corporate  member  of 
Amoskeag  Savings  Bank  of  Manchester; 
member  Manchester  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  three  years  president  of 
same;  always  interested  in  agriculture 


as  an  avocation,  and  while  a  resident  of 
Tilton,  whence  he  removed  to  Man- 
chester over  twenty  years  ago,  pro- 
prietor of  the  famous  "Brook  Hill" 
farm;  since  residing  in  Manchester  has 
continued  his  interest,  acquiring  a  large 
amount  of  land  which  he  has  greatly 
improved,  and  adapted  to  the  use  of 
modern  farm  machinery,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  has  been  one  of  the 
largest  growers  of  hay  and  potatoes  for 
the  local  market,  with  extensive  crops 
in  other  lines;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Knight  Templar  and  Shriner;  m.,  Dec. 


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25,  1870,  Laura  E.  Thompson;  one 
daughter,  Maude  E.  Brown.  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  X.  H. 

Huntress,  Frank 

Merchant;  b.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  Feb. 
7,  1847;  s.  Leonard  and  Lydia  Ann 
(McKenna)  Huntress;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Philips  Andover  Academy; 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods 
trade  in  Boston  many  years,  and,  later, 
established  a  train  of  retail  stores  in 


Xew  Kngland  to  whose  interests  his 
attention  lias  been  devoted,  one  of 
these  being  located  in  Keene,  X.  H., 
where  he  has  made  his  home;  Repub- 
lican; member  X.  H.  house  of  repre- 
sentatives, 1907,  1909,  1911  (chair- 
man committee  on  appropriations); 
senate,  1913  (chairman  committee  on 
banks);  executive  council,  1915-16; 
house  of  representatives,  1917;  con- 
stitutional convention.  191S;  director 
Cheshire  Xational  Bank:  trustee  Kliot 
City  Hospital;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
32d  degree  and  Shriner,  Red  Men, 
Elks  and  Grange;  in.,  1st,  Feb.  3, 


1885,  Minnie  E.  Benton,  Ogdensburg, 
N.  Y.,  d.  Nov.  25,  1885;  2d,  Oct.  15, 
1891,  Birdia  A.,  dau.  Hon.  W.  P. 
Chamberlain,  Keene;  children,  Carroll 
Benton,  b.  Nov.  25,  1885  (St.  Paul's 
School  and  Williams  College) ;  William 
Chamberlain,  b.  Sept.  5,  1892,  (Dart- 
mouth 1917)  lieutenant.  Motor  Truck 
Transport  Corps,  A.  E.  F.;  Frank 
Chamberlain,  b.  Aug.  4,  1894  (Dart- 
mouth 1917),  lieutenant  llth  machine 
gun  battalion;  Harriet  Chamberlain, 
b.  Oct.  12,  1898.  Residence,  Keene, 
X.  H. 

Evans,  Ira  Hobart 

General  business;  b.,  Piermont, 
X.  H.,  April  11,  1844;  s.  Dr.  Ira  and 
Emeline  (Hobart)  Evans;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Barre  (Vt.)  Academy, 
1862;  enlisted  in  Co.  B  10th  Vt.  Vols. 
in  the  Civil  War,  July  28,  1862;  pro- 
moted first  lieutenant,  captain  and 
brevet  major;  awarded  Medal  of  Honor 
by  Congress  "for  distinguished  brav- 
ery" at  Hatcher's  Run,  Va.,  April  2, 
1865;  honorably  mustered  out  Jan. 
31,  1867;  assistant  assessor  and  deputy 
collector  U.  S.  Internal  Revenue, 
2d  District,  Texas,  1868-9;  member 
and  speaker  Texas  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1870-1;  general  manager  Texas 
Land  Co.,  1872-80;  secretary  Houston 
«fc  Great  Xorthern  R.  R.  Co.',  1874-80; 
president  X.  Y.  &  Texas  Land  Co., 
Ltd.,  1880-6;  director  Austin  Xational 
Bank  since  1S90;  director  and  presi- 
dent Austin  Electric;  Ry.  Co.,  1902-3; 
president  board  of  trustees  Tillotson 
College,  Austin,  since  1909;  director 
Austin  United  Charities  Ass'n,  since 
1910;  member  Texas  Soc.,  S.  A.  R. 
(president  six  years),  first  vice-presi- 
dent general  Xational  Soc.,  S.  A.  R. 
1903-4;  Soc.  Colonial  Wars,  Military 
Order  Loyal  Legion;  American  His- 
torical Ass'n,  Soc.  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
Texas  Historical  Soc.,  X.  H.  Historical 
Soc.,  Xational  Economic  League, 
American  Sociological  Soc.,  American 
Social  Science  Ass'n,  University  Club, 
Austin,  Army  &  Navy  Club,  Xew 
York;  Congregationalist ;  president 
trustees.  First  Congregational  church, 


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Austin,  since  1909;  moderator  North 
Texas,  Congregational  Ass'n,  1883-6; 
vice-president  American  Missionary 
Ass'n,  1817-18;  member  National  Serv- 
ice Commission,  Congregational  church- 
es 1917-;  m.,  June  13,  1871,  Frances  A. 
Hurlbut,  Upper  Alton,  111.  Residence, 
209  West  7th  St.,  Austin,  Tex. 

Hanscom,  Charles  Ridgley 

Shipbuilder;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
June  6,  1850;  s.  Pierpont  and  Eliza  J. 
(Philbrick)  Hanscom;  ed.  public  schools 
and  private  tutors;  draftsman,  U.  S. 
Navy  Yards,  New  York,  Philadelphia, 
Boston  and  Washington,  1873-80; 
draftsman  and  naval  expert,  U.  S. 
Navy  Department,  Washington,  1880- 
90;  superintendent  Bath,  Me.,  Iron 
Works,  1890-6;  general  superintendent, 
1896-1900,  building  government  and 
merchant  vessels;  president  Eastern 
Shipbuilding  Co.,  New  London,  Conn., 
1900-6  (retired) ;  designed  and  built 
the  Aphrodite  and  many  other  notable 
steam  yachts,  and  numerous  large 
steamers;  Universalist;  Republican; 
director  Union  Bank  <fe  Trust  Co.,  New 
London;  member  Soc.  of  Naval  Archi- 
tects and  Marine  Engineers;  Mason, 
K.  T.;  Thames  Club,  New  London; 
m.,  1st,  Feb.,  1874,  Eva  L.  Pettigrew, 
Kittery,  Me.,  d.  June,  1874;  2d,  Jan.  8, 
1879,  Adah  L.  Fernald,  d.  June,  1908. 
Residence,  335  Pequot  Ave.,  New  Lon- 
don, Conn. 

Griffin,  Appleton  Prentiss  Clark 

Librarian;  b.,  Wilton,  N.  H.;  s. 
Moses  P.  and  Charlotte  Helen  (Clark) 
Griffin;  ed.  Boston  public  schools  and 
private  tutors;  custodian  of  shelves, 
Boston  public  library,  1871-90,  keeper 
of  books,  1890-4;  preparing  catalogue 
of  books  in  Boston  Athenaeum,  1895- 
7;  assistant  and  librarian,  Library 
of  Congress,  Washington,  1897-1900, 
chief  bibliographer,  1900-8,  chief  assist- 
ant librarian  since  Aug.  14,  1908; 
author  of  various  publications  relating 
to  bibliography;  contributor  to  Apple- 
ton's  Cyclopedia  of  American  Biogra- 
phy; member  Soc.  Colonial  Wars, 
Bunker  Hill  Monument  Ass'n;  in., 


Oct.  23,  1878,  Emily  C.  Osgood,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.  Residence,  2150  Florida 
Ave.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Alexander,  J.  Grace 

Banker;  b.,  Winchester,  N.  H., 
Oct.  26,  1848;  dau.  Edward  and  Lucy 
M.  (Capron)  Alexander;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Winchester;  Universalist; 
Republican;  taught  school  several 
years;  entered  the  Winchester  Na- 
tional Bank  in  1871  and  soon  became 


assistant  cashier,  and  treasurer  of  the 
savings  bank,  being  the  first  New 
Hampshire  woman  to  occupy  such 
responsible  position;  active  member 
Winchester  Universalist  Church  and 
Sunday  School;  treasurer,  N.  H. 
Universalist  Sunday  school  conven- 
tion many  years;  member,  Kleeta 
Chapter  ()'.  E.'S.  (first  Worthy  Matron), 
Arlington  (Jrange,  P.  of  H.,  Current 
Events  Club,  Winchester;  treasurer 
school  district;  trustee  public  library. 
Miss  Alexander  occupies  the  old 
Colonial  familv  home  in  Winchester, 


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where  on  the  evening  of  her  70th 
birthday  anniversary,  she  was  visited 
by  a  host  of  friends  from  Winchester 
and  adjoining  towns,  who  extended  con- 
gratulations upon  the  happy  occasion. 

Cox,  Guy  Wilbur 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Jan.  19,  1871;  s.  Charles  E.  and  Eve- 
lyn M.  (Randall)  Cox;  descendant  of 
Edward  Cox,  a  Scotch-Irish  settler  of 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  and  Charles  Cox, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Holderness; 
ed.  Manchester  schools,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1893  (valedictorian) 
A.M.  1896;  Boston  Univ.  Law  School, 
LL.B.  (Magna  curn  laude)  1896;  ad- 
mitted to  the  Suffolk  bar  and  com- 
menced practice  in  Boston  the  latter 
year,  there  continuing;  member  firm 
of  Butler,  Cox  &  Murchie;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  member  Bos- 
ton City  council  from  Ward  Ten,  1902; 
Mass,  house  of  representatives,  1903, 
1904  (chairman  committee  on  probate 
and  chancery);  senate,  1906,  1907 
(chairman  committees  on  elections, 
metropolitan  affairs  and  taxation); 
chairman  Mass,  state  tax  commission, 
1907;  chairman  Massachusetts  delega- 
tion to  National  Tax  Conference;  dele- 
gate in  Mass,  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1917-18  (chairman  committee  on 
taxation);  member  Putnam  Lodge,  I. 
O.O.  F.,  Boston  Bar  Ass'n,  Social  Law 
Library,  University  Club,  Algonquin 
Club,  Boston,  etc.  Residence,  Hotel 
Westminster;  office,  77  Franklin  St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Guernsey,  Alice  Margaret 

Editor;  b.,  Rindge,  N.  H.,  April  16, 
1850;  dau.  Rev.  J.  W.  and  Lucy  Ann 
(Tucker)  Guernsey;  ed.  Salem,  Mass. 
Normal  School,  1871;  student  at 
Wellesley  College,  1879-80;  teacher 
1872-87;  editor  books  and  papers  for 
Woman's  Temperance  Publicity  Ass'n, 
1887-94;  editor  and  business  manager 
of  general  publications  for  Woman's 
Home  Mission  Soc.,  M.  E.  Church; 
author  "Under  Our  Flag,''  1903;  "Home 
Mission  Reading,''  1905;  "Citizens  of 
To-morrow,"  1907;  "A  Queen  Esther 


Round  Robin,"  1911;  "Lands  of  Sun- 
shine," 1916;  "Under  the  North  Lights," 
1917.  Residence,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Sleeper,  Charles  Martin 

Physician;  b.,  Lakeport  (now  La- 
conia,)  N.  H.,  June  20,  1856;  s.  Alvah 
and  Rebecca  Gould  (Davis)  Sleeper;  ed. 
public  schools,  Bowdoin  Med.  School, 
Brunswick,  Me.,  M.D.  1883;  located  in 
medical  practice  at  South  Berwick, 
Me.,  in  1883,  and  has  there  continued; 
Free  Baptist;  Democrat;  member 
school  board  and  superintendent  of 
schools  many  years;  member  board  of 
trustees  of  Berwick  Academy;  York 
County  board  of  pension  surgeons, 
1893-7;  chairman  York  County  Demo- 
cratic Committee;  incorporator  South 
Berwick  Savings  Bank;  director Sanford 
Savings  Bank;  member  Me.  house  of 
representatives,  1909,  1911,  1912;  ex- 
ecutive council,  1915-16;  York  County 
Med.  Soc.,  Strafford  District  Med. 
Soc.,  Maine  Med.  Soc.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
32nd  degree,  National  Geographical 
Soc.;  m.,  June  25,  1884,  Julia  Florence 
Uniacke;  children,  Bertha  Mildred,  b. 
May  4,  1890;  Roger  Davis,  Feb.  16, 
1893.  Residence,  South  Berwick,  Me. 

Sleeper,  Alvah  Guy 

Lawyer;  b.,  Franklin,  N.  H.,  Oct.  23, 
1872;  s".  Charles  Wellington  and  Clem- 
entine (Thompson)  Sleeper;  ed.  Frank- 
lin high  school,  Tilton  Seminary,  Dart- 
mouth College,  1899,  Harvard  and 
Boston  University;  LL.B.,  Boston 
Univ.,  1902  (cum  laude);  admitted  to 
the  Massachusetts  bar  in  1902  and  in 
practice  in  Boston  since  then;  asso- 
ciated with  the  late  Alfred  S.  Hayes 
till  his  death  in  1912;  alone  since;  has 
been  counsel  in  many  important  cases 
including  the  Hiram  Barker  and  H.  W. 
Berry  will  cases,  Bromfield  St.  Church 
case,  and  the  Margaret  Galbraith 
Chatfield  litigation,  all  involving  large 
amounts;  Congirgationalist;  Republi- 
can; member  Somerville  Lodge,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  (Junior  deacon);  Mt.  Vernon 
R.  A.  Chapter,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
(King);  Boston  Council,  De  Molay 
Commandery,  K.  T.  Residence,  Som- 
erville. Muss. 


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McAllister,  George  Isaac 

Lawyer;  h.,  Londonderry,  N.  H., 
Dec.  11,  1853;  s.  Jonathan  and  Caroline 
(Choate)  McAllister;  ed.  Pinkerton 
Academy,  Derry;  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy, Meriden,  N.  H.,  1873;  Dartmouth 
College,  B.S.  1877;  studied  law  with 
Hon.  David  Cross  and  Hon.  Henry 
E.  Burnham;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
March,  1881,  and  since  in  practice  in 
Manchester;  member  of  the  firm  of 
Burnham  &  McAllister  for  several 


years;  Baptist;  Republican;  deputy 
collector  Internal  Revenue,  November, 
1885  to  December,  1880;  member 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1002,  1018;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Grand 
Master  Grand  Lodge  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1000;  CJrand  Commander  Grand 
Commandery  K.  T.,  1000;  received  the 
33  degree  (honorary)  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite,  1000;  A.  ().  U.  M.; 
I.  ().  ().  F.;  vice-president  and  chair- 
man trustees,  Masonic  Home,  Man- 
chester; member  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n, 
Hillsborough  County  Bar  Ass'n,  Thayer 


Soc.  of  Engineers,  Dartmouth  College' 
Manchester  Institute  of  Arts  ana 
Sciences,  Manchester  Historic  Ass'n; 
m.,  Dec.  22,  1886,  Mattie  M.  Hayes, 
dau.  Hon.  John  M.  and  Susan  E. 
Hayes,  Manchester;  children,  Bertha 
Hayes,  b.  Sept,  27,  1887  (Mrs.  Harry 
F.  Hawkins,  Manchester),  Harold 
Cleveland,  b.  March  28,  1893  (first 
lieutenant  U.  S.  Army,  who  m.  Meribah 
O.  French,  dau.  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  A.  French,  Aug.  16,  1917). 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Harrington,  Karl  Pomeroy 

Educator;  b.,  Somersworth,  N.  H., 
June  13,  1861;  s.  Calvin  S.  and  Eliza 
Chase  Harrington;  ed.  Wesleyan  Univ., 
Middletown,  Conn.,  A.B.  1882,  A.M. 
1885;  studied  at  Univ.  of  Berlin,  1887- 
9;  Yale,  1890-1;  teacher,  Westfield, 
Mass.,  high  school,  1882-5;  professor 
Latin,  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wilbra- 
ham,  Mass.,  1885-7;  tutor  in  Latin, 
Weslyan  Univ.,  1889-91;  professor 
Latin,  Univ.  of  N.  C.,  1891-9;  Univ.  of 
Me.,  1809-1905;  Wesleyan  Univ., 
since  1905;  greatly  interested  in  music; 
organist  and  director  in  M.  E.  churches, 
where  located;  now  in  Middletown, 
Conn.;  member  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Psi 
Upsilon,  N.  E.  Ass'n  Schools  and  Col- 
leges; Classical  Ass'n  of  N.  E.,  National 
Geographic  Soc.,  etc.;  author  many 
educational  works;  lecturer  on  classical 
subjects;  m.,  Nov.  25,  1886,  Jennie 
Eliza  Canfield.  Residence,  Middle- 
town,  Conn. 

Hanson,  Charles  Lane 

Educator;  b.,  South  Newmarket 
(now  Newfields),  N.  H.,  May  22,  1870; 
s.  John  Clinton  and  Annie  (Lane) 
Hanson;  ed.  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
1888;  Harvard,  A.B.  1802;  teacher  of 
English,  Worcester,  Mass.,  Academy, 
1892-5;  English  high  school,  Wor- 
cester, 1895-7;  Durfee  high  school, 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  1807-8;  Mechanic 
Arts  high  school,  Boston,  since  1898; 
head  of  the  department  of  English, 
since  1907;  president  N.  E.  Ass'n  of 
Teachers  of  English.  1905-7;  author 
and  editor  of  various  works  pertaining 


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to  English  composition;  m.,  June  25, 
1902,    Bertha   Winthrop    Flint.    Resi- 
dence,   28    Linnean    St.,    Cambridge, 
Mass. 
Goodall,  Louis  Bertrand 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Winchester,  N.  H., 
Sept.  23,  1851;  s.  Thomas  and  Ruth 
(Waterhouse)  Goodall;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  N.  H.;  engaged  in  Woolen 
Manufacturing  business  in  the  Mousam 
River  Mills,  Sanford,  Me.,  in  1874; 
director  Sanford  Mills  since  1886; 
director  Mousam  River  R.  R.  Co.; 
organizer  Goodall  Worsted  Co.  in 
1899,  and  since  then  treasurer  and 
agent;  treasurer  Harriman  &  North- 
eastern R.  R.  Co.  (Tenn.),  Sanford  & 
Cape  Porpoise  Ry.,  Sanford  Power 
Co.,  Goodall  Matting  Co.;  Unitarian; 
Republican;  member  staff  of  Gov. 
Fernald  1909;  member  U.  S.  house  of 
representatives,  first  Maine  district, 
since  1917;  m.,  July  21,  1877,  Rose  V. 
Goodwin,  Saco,  Me.,  d.  April  15,  1894. 
Residence,  Sanford,  Me. 
Goodrich,  Nathaniel  Lewis 

Librarian;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
9,  1880;  s.  Arthur  Lewis  and  Mary 
Eastman  (Bachelder)  Goodrich;  ed. 
public  schools;  Amherst  College,  A.B. 
1901;  B.L.S.,  N.  Y.  State  Library 
School,  1904;  Dartmouth,  A.M.  1916; 
reporter  Utica,  N.  Y.  Press,  1901-2; 
in  charge  of  order  section  N.  Y.  State 
Library,  1904-7;  librarian  West  Vir- 
ginia Univ.,  1907-9;  Univ.  of  Texas, 
1909-11,  Dartmouth  College  since 
1912;  Congregationalist;  Democrat; 
member  American  Library  Ass'n,  Ap- 
palachian Mountain  Club,  Theta  Beta 
Pi;  m.,  June  30,  1908,  Alice  Lyman, 
Albany,  N.  Y.  Residence,  Hanover, 
X.  H. 
Newton,  Earl  Frank 

Telephone  business;  b..  Fairfield, 
Vt.,  Aug.  S.  1879;  s.  Frank  and  Es- 
tella  Josephine  (Croft)  Newton; 
moved  to  Nashua.  N.  II.,  1SS8;  eel. 
Nashua  high  school,  1S9S,  private  in- 
struction the  next  year  under  1'Abbe 
Marchand  of  Laval  University,  Que- 
bec City,  Que.;  on  staff  of  L' I  in  partial 


a  French  tri-weekly  paper,  Nashua, 
1899,  1900;  assistant  teacher,  Milford, 
N.  H.,  high  school,  1901;  entered  tel- 
ephone business  fall  of  1901;  moved  to 
Concord,  N.  H.,  1905;  since  1914,  di- 
vision toll  wire  chief  in  charge  of  10,000 
miles  of  wire,  the  toll  circuits  of  the 
state;  since  1915  also  in  charge  of  the 
city  plant,  Concord;  Republican; 
member  Methodist  church,  Eureka 


Lodge,  A.  F.  «fe  AM.,.  Concord  Ora- 
torio Soc.,  N.  H.  State  Guard  (bugler, 
Co.  M);  for  several  years  choir  singer 
(basso);  m.,  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  June 
17,  1909,  Ethel  Susanna  Mitchell 
(M.D.  Tufts  Med.  College,  1903); 
children,  Nyleen  Eleanor,  b.  Feb.  12, 
1912;  Janice  Edith,  1).  Feb.  12,  1914. 
Residence,  50  North  Spring  St.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H. 
Warren,  George  Herbert 

Lawyer;  b..  Shirley,  Mass.,  Oct.  15, 
1S60;  s.  N.  Lafayette  and  Mary  iBar- 
nard)  Warren;  ed.  public  schools,  Law- 
rence Academy,  Groton,  Mass.,  1S82; 
Williams  College,  Williamstown.  Mass., 
ISSti;  studied  law  with  Burnluun  & 


HON.  GEORGK   H.   WARREN 


MRS.   GEORGE   H.   WARREX 


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Brown,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  1886  to 
1889,  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  on 
examination  in  August  of  the  latter 
year;  employed  in  the  office  of  Burn- 
ham  &  Brown  until  Sept.,  1,  1890,  when 
he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Burnham,  Brown  &  Warren,  which 
continued  till  January,  1902,  when 
Judge  Burnham  retired,  and  Edwin  F. 
Jones  was  admitted,  the  firm  name 
continuing  Burnham,  Brown,  Jones  & 
Warren;  later  Allan  M.  Wilson  and 
Robert  L.  Manning  entered  the  firm, 
with  no  change  in  the  name;  when  in 
March,  1912,  Albert  O.  Brown  retired 
to  become  treasurer  of  the  Amoskeag 
savings  bank,  the  firm  became  Jones, 
Warren,  Wilson  &  Manning,  continuing 
until  the  death  of  Mr.  Jones,  Oct.  6, 
1918;  in  January,  1919,  De  Witt  C.- 
Howe of  Concord  was  admitted  and  the 
firm  is  now  Warren,  Howe  &  Wil- 
son; Unitarian;  Republican;  chairman 
Board  of  Trustees,  State  Industrial 
School,  August,  1907  to  June,  1913; 
chairman  Board  of  Trustees  of  N.  H. 
Public  Institutions,  June,  1915  to 
June,  1917;  member  Derryfield  and 
Intervale  clubs,  Manchester;  Country 
Club,  Nashua;  Boston  City  Club;  Wil- 
liams Club,  New  York;  N.  H.  Bar 
Ass'n;  American  Bar  Ass'n;  m.,  Nov. 
19,  1891,  Mary  Hale  Palmer;  children, 
Helen  E.,  b.  Aug.  2,  ISO");  Louise,  Oct. 
19,  1896;  Mary  B.,  May  2l>,  1901; 
Robert  P.,  Oct.  24,  1902;  Elizabeth  H., 
Dec.  24,  190(5.  Residence,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 

Warren,  Mary  Hale  Palmer 

(Mrs.  George  II .  Warren),  club- 
woman; b.,  Groton,  Mass.,  Oct.  9,  1864; 
dan.  Moses  Poor  and  Martha  G. 
(Eaton)  Palmer;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Lawrence  Academy,  (Jroton,  1884, 
taught  school  several  years  before  mar- 
riage; lias  traveled  extensively  over  the 
United  States,  Cuba,  Panama,  Alaska, 
South  America,  and  was  on  her  sixth 
trip  to  Europe  when  the  \v;tr  broke  out 
in  1914:  in.,  Nov.  19,  1S91,  at  Groton, 
Mass.,  George  II .  Warren,  since  when 
her  home  h;is  been  in  Manchester  (for 
children  see  sketch  of  George  II . 


Warren);  Unitarian;  president  Man- 
chester Woman's  Alliance,  New  Eng- 
land Associate  Alliance  (Unitarian), 
has  also  served  as  regent  of  Molly 
Stark  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  president 
Manchester  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  president  Historic  Art  Club  and 
New  Century  Club,  Manchester;  mem- 
ber art  committee  and  Bureau  of  Pub- 
lic Speakers,  N.  H.  Federation  of 
Women's  Clubs,  Elliot  Hospital  Asso- 
ciates, District  Nursing  Ass'n,  Man- 
chester Institute  Arts  and  Sciences, 
Red  Cross,  Navy  League,  Anti-Suf- 
frage Ass'n;  president  and  director 
Calumet  Club,  Woman's  Auxiliary; 
speaker  in  Liberty  Loan  campaigns. 
Residence.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

V 
Rundlett,  Louis  John 

Educator;  b.,  Bedford,  N.H.,  March 
14,  1858;  s.  William  Ayers  and  Louisa 
(McPherson)  Rundlett;  ed.  Bedford 
common  schools,  Manchester  public 
schools,  Dartmouth  College,  A. B.,  1881, 
A.M.,  1887;  principal,  Penacook  gram- 
mar school,  1881-5;  superintendent  of 
schools,  Concord,  since  1885;  financial 
agent,  Union  School  District;  Uni- 
tarian; Democrat;  Mason,  Horace 
Chase  Lodge,  Trinity  Chapter,  Mt. 
Horeb  Commandery;  member,  Wono- 
lancet  and  Passaconaway  clubs  and 
Capital  Grange;  P.  of  II.,  Concord; 
m.,  Sept.  5,  1891,  Carrie  Belle  Copley, 
who  d.  Sept.  30-  1915;  children,  Copley 
McPherson  b.' April  22,  1S93  (Dart- 
mouth, 191(5),  enlisted  March,  1918, 
in  Co.  B,  42d  corps  U.  S.  Engineers, 
and  served  in  France.  Lois,  b.  Sept.  4, 
1904  (Concord  high  school,  1919). 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  II. 

Morrison,  William  H. 

Clergyman;  b.,  Farmington,  Me., 
Nov.  4,  1850;  s.  William  and  Esther 
(Allen)  Morrison;  ed.  Farmington, 
Me.,  Normal  School;  Wilton  Academy; 
West  brook  Seminary,  1871;  Tufts 
College-.  A.B.  1875,  A.M.  1878,  B.D. 
187S,  p.D.  1914;  ordained  in  the  Uni- 
versalist  ministry,  1S78;  pastor,  War- 
ren, Mass.,  1878-80;  Wakefield,  1880- 
5;  Manchester,  N.  II.,  1885-99;  Brock- 


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ton,  Mass.,  1899-1909;  Nashua,  N.  H., 
since  1909;  Republican;  member  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
K.  T. ;  prelate  St.  George  Commandery, 
Nashua;  m.,  June  24,  1879,  Alice  W. 
Beckford,  Salem,  Mass.  Residence,  8 
Auburn  St.,  Nashua. 

Masseck,  Frank  Lincoln 

Clergyman;  b.,  Milford,  N.  H., 
March  19,  1865;  s.  Joseph  Sewall  and 
Sarah  Frances  (Hurd)  Masseck;  ed. 
public  schools,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  St. 
Lawrence  Univ.,  Canton,  N.  Y.,  B.D. 
1886;  summer  courses,  Harvard  and 
Clark  Universities;  special  courses, 
School  of  Social  Economics,  Ne-\v  York; 
ordained  in  the  Universalist  ministry, 
1888;  pastor  Universalist  churches  in 
Huntington,  Brooklyn,  Mt.  Vornon 
and  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  North  Attleboro, 
Spencer,  and  Warren,  Mass.,  and 
Brattleboro,  Vt.;  now,  and  for.  some 
years  past,  pastor  at  Arlington,  Mass.; 
king  of  the  international  order  Knights 
of  King  Arthur,  1902-15;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  author  (with  William 
Byron  Forbush)  "The  Boys  Round 
Table,"  1906;  m.,  April  17,  1889, 
Luella  Mary  Clark,  Potsdam,  N.  Y.; 
one  dan.,  Carol  Luella.  Residence, 
Arlington,  Mass. 

Hackett,  Frank  Warren 

Lawyer;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
April  11,  1841;  s.  William  H.  Y.  and 
Olive  (Pickering)  Hackett;  ed.  Har- 
vard College,  A.B.  1S(>1,  A.M.  1864; 
studied  law  at  home,  with  B.  H.  Brews- 
ter  of  Philadelphia  and  at  the  Harvard 
Law  School;  acting  assistant  pay- 
master, U.  S.  N.,  1862-64;  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  18(5(5,  and  opened  a  law 
office  in  Boston;  private  secretary  to 
Caleb  Gushing,  senior  counsel  Geneva 
Arbitration  Commission,  1872;  in 
practice  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  since 
1873;  Republican;  assistant  secretary 
of  the  Navy  April,  1900  to  December, 
1901;  member  N.  II.  Historical  Soc. 
(president  1912-13);  author  "Memoir 
of  W.  H.  Y.  Hackett,"  1878;  "The 
Geneva  Award  Acts,"  1882;  "A 
Sketch  of  the  Life  and  Public  Services 
of  William  Adams  Richardson,"  1898; 


"The  Gavel  and  the  Man,"  1900; 
"Deck  and  Field,"  1909,  etc.;  m., 
April,  1880,  Ida,  dau.  Rear  Ad- 
miral Thomas  T.  Craven.  Residence, 
"Craighfen,"  New  Castle,  N.  H.;  of- 
fice, 1211  A.  Connecticut  Ave.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Niles,  Harold  Herbert 

Clergyman;  b.,  Salem,  Mass.,  Dec. 
26,  1892;  s.  Charles  H.  and  Henrietta 
(Parkhurst)  Niles;  ed.  public  schools, 


Marlboro,  Mass.,  St.  Lawrence  Univ., 
Canton,  N.  Y.,  B.D.  1915;  ordained 
to  the  Universalist  ministry  at  Hender- 
son, N.  Y.,  1914;  pastor  at  Henderson 
and  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  1913-15;  Lyndon- 
ville,  Vt.,  191(5-18;  Concord,  N.  H., 
19 18-;  president  N.  II.  Universalist 
Sunday  School  Convention  19 18-; 
president  N.  H.  Young  Peoples  Chris- 
tian Union  19 IS-;  secretary  Concord 
Ministerial  Ass'n;  chaplain  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1919;  spoke 
extensively  in  the  Red  Cross,  Liberty 
Loan  and  other  war  work  campaigns; 
member  Sons  of  Veterans,  P.  of  H.,. 


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I.  O.  O.  F.;  m.,  Aug.  4,  1915,  Hildred 
Irene  Orr,  Enosburg  Falls,  Vt.;  chil- 
dren, Albert  C.,  b.  June  24,  1916; 
Nathan  O.,  b.  May  3,  1918.  Resi- 
dence, 98  School  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Thompson,  Willis  Duer 

Merchant,  hardware,  wholesale  and 
retail;  b.,  Alton,  N.  H.,  Oct.  13,  1853; 
s.  John  S.  and  Charlotte  A.  S.  (Wood- 
man) Thompson;  moved  to  Concord 
in  childhood;  ed.  Concord  public 


schools;  treasurer  Thompson  &  Hoague 
Co.;  director  Xat'l  State  Capital 
Bank;  vice-president  Merrimack 
County  Savings  Bank;  director  Page 
Belting  Co.,  State  Dwelling  House 
Ins.  Co.,  Concord  Mutual  Fire  Ins. 
Co.;  Capital  Fire  Insurance  Co. 
Trustee  Margaret  Pillsbury  General 
Hospital,  Concord  public  library;  for 
some  years  park  commissioner,  also 
member  Concord  board  of  education; 
on  examining  board  Concord  branch  of 
Red  Cross;  Democrat;  member  South 
•Congregational  church,  N.  H.  His- 


torical Soc.,  Wonolancet  Club;  m., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Oct.  27,  1887,  Abby 
Morris  Whiton;  children,  (1)  Ray- 
mond Whiton,  b.  Concord,  Aug.  8, 
1888;  ed.  Concord  schools,  Lawrence- 
ville  school,  N.  J.,  1906,  two  years 
Dartmouth  College;  with  the  firm  of 
Thompson  &  Hoague  nine  years;  m., 
Margaret  'Carpenter,  Oct.  12,  1914; 
entered  the  service,  June,  1917;  seven 
weeks'  training  at  Tuck  School  of 
Military  Stores,  Dartmouth  College, 
July,  August,  1917;  Camp  Johnston, 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  December,  1917- 
June,  1918;  commissioned  Second 
Lieutenant,  Q.  M.C.;  d.  Sept,  13,  1918, 
Boston  depot,  Q.  M.  C.;  (2)  Willis 
Duer,  Jr.,  b.  May  26,  1895;  ed.  Con- 
cord schools,  A.B.,  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, 1917;  enlisted  Naval  Flying 
Corps,  Flight  A,  April,  1917,  training 
at  Mass.  Inst.  Tech.;  Norfolk,  Va., 
Naval  Base,  September,  1917-Jan- 
uary,  1918;  commissioned  ensign,  Pen- 
sacola,  Fla.,  Feb.  25,  1918;  convoying 
ships  in  English  Channel  and  patrol 
work  overseas,  March  9-December  1, 
1918.  Residence,  Pine  street,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

Hoitt,  Charles  William 

Lawyer;  b.,  Newmarket,  N.  II., 
Oct.  26,  1S4S;  s.  William  K.  A.  and 
Sarah  C.  (Swain)  Hoitt;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth, A.B.  1871;  taught  school  three 
years  in  Nashua  and  Boston;  studied 
law  with  Hon.  Samuel  M.  Wheeler  of 
Dover  and  (ien.  Aaron  F.  Stevens  of 
Nashua,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1877,  locating  in  practice  at  Nashua; 
Republican;  police  justice  of  Nashua, 
1X89-1907;  member  N.  II.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1889,  N.  II.  house 
of  representatives,  1901,  N.  II.  senate, 
1903  (president);  U.  S.  District  At- 
torney for  New  Hampshire,  1907-13; 
m.,  Jan.  14,  1875,  Harriette  Louise 
Oilman.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Holden,  Gerry  Rounds 

Surgeon;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
12,  1874;  s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Sarah  E. 
(Rounds)  Holden;  ed.  public  schools; 
Yale  Univ.,  A.B.  1897;  M.D.,  Johns 


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Hopkins,  1901 ;  special  student,  Berlin, 
1901 ;  house  surgeon,  Roosevelt  Hos- 
pital, New  York,  1903;  resident  gyne- 
cologist, Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  Bal- 
timore, 1905;  attending  gynecologist, 
St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Jacksonville,  Fla., 
1906-  ;  Florida  State  Hospital  of  In- 
sane, 1910-  ;  Presbyterian;  Fellow, 
American  College  of  Surgeons;  member 
American  Med.  Ass'n,  Southern,  Med. 
Ass'n,  Southern  Surgical  Ass'n,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  m.,  Nov.  8,  1905,  Anne 
Ridgeway  Milliken,  Summit,  N.  J. 
Residence,  205  Goodwin  St.,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 
s 

Hayes,  Francis  Little 

Clergyman;  b.,  New  Hampton,  N.  H., 
Jan.  5,  1858;  s.  Benjamin  Francis 
and  Arcy  (Gary)  Hayes;  ed.  Nichols 
Latin  School,  Lewiston,  Me.;  Halle, 
Germany;  Bates  College,  A.B.  1880; 
A.M.  1883;  Cobb  Divinity  School, 
B.D.  1885;  D.D.,  Bates,  1902;  in- 
structor in  Greek,  Hillsdale  College, 
Mich.,  1880;  professor  of  Greek  lan- 
guage and  literature,  1881-3;  general 
secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Lewiston,  Me., 
1884;  ordained  Free  Baptist  minis- 
trv,  1885;  pastor  First  Church,  Bos- 
ton, 1885-90;  First  Church,  Minneap- 
olis, Minn.,  1890-4;  Congregational 
Church,  Manitou,  Colo.,  1896-1902; 
First  Congregational  Church,  Topeka, 
Kan.,  1902-11;  California  Ave.  Church, 
Chicago,  1911-14;  Western  secretary, 
Congregational  Board,  Ministerial  Re- 
lief, 1914-  ;  president  Evangelical  Al- 
liance, Boston,  1889-90;  Western  Free 
Baptist  Pub.  Co.,  1890-4;  lecturer  on 
homiletics,  Biblical  Department,  Wash- 
burn  College,  1909-10;  trustee  Wash- 
burn  College,  1902-11;  director  Chi- 
cago Theological  Seminary,  1905-11; 
life  member  American  Bible  Soc.;  m., 
June  26,  1884,  Cora  Walker,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  Residence,  5415  University 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Kidder,  Daniel 

Mechanical  engineer;  b.,  Lowell, 
Mass.,  June  15,  1838;  s.  John  and 
Betsey  (Metcalf)  Kidder;  removed 
with  parents  to  Groton,  N.  H.,  in  1844. 


where  he  had  his  home  and  legal  resi- 
dence till  1908;  learned  the  trade  of 
machinist  in  youth,  and  has  followed 
the  profession  of  mechanical  engineer 
most  of  his  life;  master  mechanic  and 
superintendent  Aiken's  Knitting  and 
Machine  Shops,  1862-70;  master  me- 
chanic Mt.  Washington  Ry.,  1870-3, 
Brown's  Lumber  Co.,  Whiteneld,  and 
Whitefield  <fe  Jefferson  R.  R.,  1873- 
88;  afterward  engaged  in  his  profession 
in  different  localities  until  1909,  when 


he  removed  to  Rumney,  X.  II.,  and  is 
now  practically  retired;  Universalist; 
Democrat;  held  most  town  offices  in 
Groton  for  36  years;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives  1S91  and 
constitutional  convention  1902,  also 
representative  from  Rumney  1915, 
1917,  1919;  member  G.  A.  R.',  having 
served  as  a  private  in  the  First  X.  II. 
Yols.;  vice-president  and  director  Na- 
tional Veterans  Ass'n;  member  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  Maccabees  and  P.  of  H., 
director  Union  Grange  Fair,  Ply- 
mouth, and  associated  in  the  manage 


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ment  of  all  fairs  at  Plymouth  since 
1870;  m.,  1st,  May  27,  1862,  Emeline 
Hardy,  Groton,  d.  Jan.  5,  1908;  chil- 
dren, Fred,  b.  April  16,  1864,  farmer 
in  Groton  (m.  Sept.  IS,  1887,  Ida  M. 
Dunklee,  one  daughter,  Lena  G.); 
Ada,  b.  July  22,  1868,  (m.  Nov.  28, 
1900,  Henry  W.  Blanchard,  one  daugh- 
ter, Helen  M.,  b.  Sept.  8,  1902);  2d, 
March  1,  1909,  Carrie  Abbott,  Rumney. 
Residence,  Rumney,  N.  H. 

Daley,  Daniel  James 

Lawyer;  b.,  Lancaster,  X.  H., 
July  27,  1858;  s.  John  and  Bridget 
(Dougherty)  Daley;  ed.  public  schools 
and  Lancaster  Academy;  taught  school 
winters  and  engaged  in  farm  work  in 
summer  to  meet  his  educational  ex- 
penses; studied  law  with  William  and 
Henry  Heywood  of  Lancaster  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  March,  1885, 
and  on  Nov.  9  of  the  same  year  located 
in  practice  in  Berlin,  where  he  has  since 
remained;  was  for  a  time  a  partner 
with  Herbert  I.  Goss,  Edward  C.  Niles 
being  later  admitted  to  the  firm. 
Since  1906  Mr.  Daley  has  been  asso- 
ciated in  practice  with  Edmund  Sulli- 
van; Catholic;  Democrat;  supervisor, 
Lancaster,  1882-3;  treasurer,  Berlin, 
1886-7;  solicitor,  Cops  County,  1889- 
93;  member  Berlin  city  council,  1901- 
2-3;  board  of  education,  1907-8-9 
(chairman  in  1909);  member  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention,  1902;  mayor 
of  Berlin,  1910,  and  four  times  suc- 
cessively re-elected  by  large  majorities, 
though  the  city  is  strongly  Republican; 
member  N.  H.  senate,  1917,  and  re- 
elected  for  1919 — the  only  senator  re- 
elected;  now  director  of  Berlin  Na- 
tional Bank  (president  several  years) 
and  of  the  Fidelity  Savings  Bank;  was 
also  for  some  time  president  of  the 
Peoples  Building  &  Loan  Ass'n;  and 
the  Berlin  Water  Co.;  trustee  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  member  Berlin  Yacht  Club;  in., 
May  8,  1886,  Ardelle  A.  Cowan,  Lan- 
caster; one  daughter,  Helen  J.,  trained 
musician  (studied  in  Boston  and 
Quiney,  Mass.)  and  teacher  of  the 
pianoforte.  Residence,  Berlin,  New 
Hampshire . 


Noyes,  Charles  Hermon 

Educator;  b.,  Atkinson,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
30,  1867;  s.  Hermon  and  Harriet  A. 
(Bailey)  Noyes;  ed.  Atkinson  Acad- 
emy, Dartmouth  College,  B.L.,  1892; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  teacher 
in  Nashua  since  graduation;  principal 
high  school  for  eleyen  years  previous  to 
1918;  acting  superintendent  of  schools, 
1918-19;  during  absence  of  Superinten- 
dent Fassett  on  year's  leave;  president 
Oak  Grove  Realty  Co.;  m.,  June  22, 
1898,  Caroline  R.  Bemis,  Burke,  Vt.; 
children,  Hermon  Bemis,  b.  March  18, 
1899  (Dartmouth,  1921);  Rebecca,  b. 
July  15,  1901  (Nashua  high  school, 
1919);  Beatrice  Ellen,  July  1,  1903. 

Hartshorn,  William  Newton 

Publisher;  b.,  Greenville,  N.  H., 
Oct.  28,  1843;  s.  George  and  Mary 
A.  (Putnam)  Hartshorn;  ed.  public 
schools,  Milford,  N.  H.,  Appleton 
Academy,  Mont  Vernon,  N.  H.;  Bap- 
tist; president  of  the  Priscilla  Pub.  Co., 
publishers  of  the  Modern  Priscilla,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.;  chairman  executive  com- 
mittee International  S.  S.  Ass'n,  1902 
-11;  president  1911-14;  vice-president 
World's  S.  S.  Ass'n;  ex-president  Bos- 
ton Baptist  Social  Union,  and  vari- 
ous state  and  local,  denominational 
and  charitable  institutions;  m.,  Oct. 
28,  1875,  Ella  S.  Ford,  Boston,  Mass. 
Residence,  11  Fresh  Pond  Lane,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 
Harris,  Thomas  Jefferson 

Physcian;  b.  Claremont,  N.  H., 
July  26,  1865;  s.  Thomas  J.  and  Myra 
(Beaumont)  Harris;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1886;  Univ. 
of  Pa.,  M.D.  1889;  post  graduate 
work,  Univ  of  Berlin,  1890-1;  prac- 
ticed in  Philadelphia  two  years,  since 
then  in  New  York  City;  adjunct  pro- 
fessor, diseases  of  the  nose,  throat  and 
ear,  N.  Y.  Post  Graduate  Med.  School; 
junior  surgeon  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat 
Hospital;  trustee  Jennie  Clarkson 
Home  for  Children;  member  N.  Y. 
Med.  Soc.,  American  Med.  Ass'n, 
Theta  Delta  Chi,  etc.;  Baptist;  m., 
Oct.  21,  1896,  Lena  Breed,  Lynn, 
Mass.  Residence,  Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 


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Greeley,  Harry  Parker 

Lawyer;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  March 
21,  1874;  s.  Onslow  S.  and  Gertrude 
E.  (Parker)  Greeley;  ed.  Nashua  high 
school;  Amherst  college,  1898;  Bos- 
ton Univ.  Law  school,  LL.B.  1900; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1900  and  in 
practice  in  Nashua  since;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  city  solicitor 
Nashua,  1900,  1901,  1915-19;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1907, 
serving  on  Committee  on  Revision  of 


Statutes,  X.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1912;  counsel  for  Nashua  Build- 
ing and  Loan  Ass'n;  member  Rising 
Sun  Lodge,  A.  F  &  A.  M.  Residence, 
24  Manchester  St.,  Nashua,  N.  II. 

Harrwell,  Edward  Mussey 

Statistician;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  II., 
1850;  s.  Shattuck  and  Catherine 
Stowe  CMussey)  Hartwell;  ed.  Am- 
herst College,  A.B.  1S73,  A.M.  187(5; 
Ph.D..  Johns  Hopkins,  1SS1;  M.D., 
Miami  Mod.  College,  Cincinnati,  1882; 
LL.D.,  Amherst,  1S98;  vice-principal 
Orange,  N.  J.,  high  school,  1874;  teacher 


Boston  Latin  School,  1874-7;  asso- 
ciate in  physical  training  and  director 
gymnasium,  Johns  Hopkins  ITniv., 
1883-91;  director  physical  training, 
Boston,  Mass.,  public  schools,  1891-7; 
secretary  statistical  department,  city 
of  Boston  since  establishment  in  1897; 
chairman  Mass.  State  commission  for 
the  blind,  1906-8;  special  expert  agent 
U.  S.  Department  of  Labor  in  Europe, 
1888-9;  author  of  many  pamphlets 
and  articles  upon  physical  training, 
school  hygiene,  the  condition  of  the 
blind,  etc. ;  member  numerous  asso- 
ciations and  clubs;  m.,  July  25,  1889, 
Mary  L.  Brown,  Baltimore,  Md.  Res- 
idence, 24  Burroughs  St.,  Jamaica 
Plain,  Mass. 

Britton,  Arthur  Harvey 

Hardware  merchant;  b.,  Surry, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  28,  1865;  s.  George  W. 
and  Sarah  (Harvey)  Britton;  ed.  public 
schools,  Newport,  and  Eastman's  Na- 
tional Business  College,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.,  1883;  removed  to  Concord  with 
his  father  and  engaged  in  the  hardware 
trade  in  the  establishment  of  Scribner 
&  Britton,  his  father  being  the  junior 
member  of  the  firm,  and  succeeding  to 
the  business  on  the  death  of  Mr. 
Scribner;  upon  the  death  of  his  father 
the  business  passed  into  his  hands  and 
he  has  conducted  the  same  for  the  last 
twenty  years;  Universalist  (member 
prudential  committee  First  Universa- 
list Soc.  of  Concord);  Republican; 
member  N.  II.  house  of  representatives, 
1901-2;  commissioner  for  Merrimack 
County  since  1905  (eight  times  elected; 
chairman  of  the  board);  director 
Mechanicks  National  Bank;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  I.  O.  ().  F.  (colonel  First 
Reg't,  N.  H.  Patriarchs  Militant); 
P.  of  H.;  B.  P.  O.  E.;  Wonolancet 
Club;  m.,  Feb.  14,  1895,  Myrta  M. 
Chase,  Newport,  N.  II.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  II. 

Gale,  Stephen  Henry 

Shoe  manufacturer;  b.,  East  Kings- 
ton, N.  H.,  March  23,  1846;  s.  Elbridge 
Gerry  and  Ann  Maria  (Barnes)  Gale; 
ed.  public  schools,  Kingston  Academy, 
Boston  Cornmerical  College;  at  the  age 


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of  sixteen  went  to  Haverhill,  Mass.,  to 
learn  the  shoe  manufacturing  business, 
•engaging  first  in  the  factory  of  William 
M.  Chase  and  later  with  his  brother, 
John  E.  Gale;  soon  started  out  on  a 
small  scale  for  himself;  was  then,  for  a 
time,  a  partner  with  Samuel  L.  Blais- 
dell,  but  in  1869  joined  his  brother  in 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Gale 
Bros.,  with  factory  in  Haverhill,  also 
building,  and  subsequently  greatly  en- 
larging one  in  Exeter,  N.  H.,  where  he 
removed,  later,  serving  as  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  company,  whose  busi- 
ness— the  manufacture  of  women's 
shoes — became  one  of  the  most  exten- 
sive in  New  England,  another  factory 
also  being  established  at  Portsmouth; 
Congregationalist ;  Republican ;  mem- 
ber city  council  and  Republican  city 
committee  while  residing  in  Haver- 
hill; commissary  general  on  staff  of 
Gov.  John  B.  Smith  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1893-5;  member  N.  H.  Senate, 
1895-7;  alternate  delegate  Repub- 
lican National  Convention,  1896; 
member  N.  H.  executive  council,  1899- 
1900;  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1905-6,  1907-8;  Republican  Club, 
Exeter;  Derryfield,  Manchester;  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  to  and  including  32d  degree; 
m.,  Nov.  22,  1866,  Anna  M.  Brown, 
Haverhill,  Mass.  Residence  Exter, 
N.  H. 

Fiske,  Abby  Oilman 

Philanthropy  and  club  work;  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  dau.  Francis  Allen 
and  Abby  Gilrnan  (Perry)  Fiske,  great- 
great-granddaughter,  Rev.  Timothy 
Walker,  first  minister  of  Concord 
(1730-82) ;  grand-daughter  of  the  elder 
Dr.  William  Perry  of  Exeter;  tenth  in 
descent  from  Edward  Oilman,  Hing- 
hain,  Mass.,  1638,  who  later  settled 
in  Exeter,  X.  H.  Miss  Fiske's  line 
includes  her  great-grandfather,  Col. 
Nathaniel  Gilman,  state  treasurer, 
1805-14;  his  father,  Nicholas  Gilman, 
state  treasurer,  1775-82;  and  the 
latter's  grandfather,  Judge  Nicholas 
Gilman,  b.  1672;  ed.  schools  of  Con- 
cord, Bradford  (Mass.)  Academy, 
1880-2;  member  board  of  lady  man- 


agers of  Rolfe  and  Rumford  Home, 
Concord,  founded  by  her  grand- 
mother's cousin,  the  Countess  of  Rum- 
ford;  president,  Concord  Female  Char- 
itable Soc.,  1916-19;  president,  N.  H. 
Branch  of  International  Order  King's 
Daughters,  1910-14  and  member  of 
Central  Council;  charter  member  of 
N.  H.  Branch,  King's  Daughters, 
1886;  president,  Concord  Diet  Kitchen 
since  organization,  1900;  member  First 
Congregational  church  and  for  thirty- 


five  years  teacher  in  the  Sunday 
School;  Concord  Woman's  Club  (secre- 
tary 1901-5);  Concord  District  Nurs- 
ing Ass'n;  Concord  Friendly  Club 
(vice-president  upon  organization); 
Country  Club  (charter,  1897);  War- 
wick (Shakespeare)  Club  (1890-1900); 
Charity  Organization  Soc.,  N.  H. 
Home  Mission  Soc.  and  Cent  Institu- 
tion, Woman's  Board  of  Missions; 
active  Red  Cross  worker  in  surgical 
dressings  department.  Residence  in 
home  built  by  her  grandfather,  Francis 
N.  Fiske,  Concord,  X.  H. 


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Thomas,  Edwin  Herbert 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Lawrence, 
St.  Lawrence  County,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  19, 
1857;  s.  Harris  J.  and  Lucy  D. 
(Wright)  Thomas;  ed.  public  schools, 
Nicholville,  N.  Y.,  and  St.  Albans,  Vt.; 
learned  the  printer's  trade  with  the 
St.  Albans  Messenger;  subsequently 
foreman  and  superintendent  of  a  Mon- 
treal, P.  Q.,  printing  establishment; 
served  five  years,  from  18S7,  on  the 
reportorial  staff  of  the  Rutland,  Vt., 


Hcralil;  later  assisted  in  establishing 
the  Rutland  Daihj  Evening  A'fir.s;  in 
November,  1X99,  purchased  the  Farin- 
ington,  X.  H.,  \cirs,  removing  there; 
in  charge  of  that  paper  till  1917  when 
he  retired;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1915-16,  1917-18,  serving  on  ap- 
propriations committee  each  session; 
delegate"  Republican  national  conven- 
tion, 1916;  secretary  and  treasurer 
StrafTord  County  Republican  Club; 
president  Farmington  Board  of  Trade; 
trustee  Farmington  Savings  Bank; 
member  N.  H.  Pilgrim  Tercentennial 


committee,  1917-,  Fraternal  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Columbian  Chapter, 
O.  E.  S.,  Harmony  Lodge,  K.  of  P.; 
m.,  February,  1880,  Jennie  I.  Shipman, 
Hardwick,  Vt.;  two  sons,  Carl  S.,  b. 
June  3,  1883,  now  proprietor  Farming- 
ton  News;  Guy  E.,  b.  Feb.  8,  1889, 
now  associated  with  the  Du  Pont  Mfg. 
Co.,  Portland,  Me.  Residence,  Farm- 
ington, N.  H. 

Rich,  George  Frank 

Lawyer;  b.,  Bethel,  Me.,  Dec.  1, 
1868;  s.  James  Frank  and  Sarah  Ellen 
(Bean)  Rich;  ed.  public  schools; 
Gould's  Academy,  Bethel,  Me.;  Univ. 
of  Me.,  1892;  Univ.  of  Mich.,  law  de- 
partment, LL.B.  1893;  admitted  to 
X.  H.  bar,  1894;  member  firm  of 
Chambcrlin  &  Rich,  Berlin,  1894-1904; 
Rich  &  Marble,  1905-17;  since  then 
alone  in  practice;  Congrcgationalist; 
Republican;  judge  Berlin  municipal 
court,  1894-1913;  member  city  council, 
Berlin,  1914;  mayor  of  Berlin,  1915-19; 
member  Republican  state  committee, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  32 d  degree  and  Shriner; 
Knights  of  Pythias;  m.,  June  10,  1896, 
Persis  M.  Mason,  Berlin;  two  children, 
Robert,  b.  March  25,  1897  (in  U.  S. 
Navy);  Barbara,  b.  Aug.  2,  1904. 
Residence,  143  Prospect  St.,  Berlin, 
X.  H. 


Goldthwaite,  James  Walter 

Educator;  b.,  Lynn,  Mass.,  March 
22,  18SO;  s.  James  W.  and  Olive  J. 
(Parker)  Goldthwaite;  ed.  Lynn,  Mass., 
classical  high  school,  1898;  Harvard, 
A.B.  1902,  A.M.  1903,  Ph.D.  1906; 
assistant  professor  geologv,  North- 
western Univ.,  1904-8;  assistant  pro- 
fessor geology,  Dartmouth,  1908-11, 
Hale  professor  geology  since  1911; 
engaged  in  summers  in  field  work  for 
geological  surveys  of  Wisconsin  and 
Illinois,  for  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey, 
and  Canadian  Geological  Survey;  Fel- 
low Geological  Soc.  of  America,  Amer- 
ican Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences, 
etc.;  author  various  geological  reports 
and  publications;  Congrcgationalist; 
m.,  June  25,  1906,  Edith  Dunnels 
Richards,  Xewtonville,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, Hanover,  X.  H. 


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Jenks,  Arthur  Whipple 

Clergyman;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Aug.  9,  1863;  s.  George  E.  and  Ella  J. 
(Grover)  Jenks;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1884,  A.M. 
1887;  B.D.,  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary, 1896;  D.D.,  Dartmouth  1911; 
ordained  deacon  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  1892;  priest,  1893;  rector  St. 
Luke's  Church,  Woodsville,  N.  H., 
1892-5;  professor  ecclesiastical  history, 
Nashotah  House,  Wis.,  1895-1901; 
Trinity  College,  Toronto,  Can.,  1901- 
10;  General  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York,  1910-  ;  mem.,  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
Alpha  Delta  Phi,  American  Historical 
Ass'n;  author  "Beatitudes  of  the  Psal- 
ter," 1914;  "Use  and  Abuse  of  Church 
History,"  1915,  etc.  Address,  General 
Theological  Seminary,  New  York. 

Kendall,  John  Chester 

Agriculturist  and  dairy  expert;  b., 
Harrisville,  N.  H.,  March  13,  1877;  ed. 
public  schools,  N.  H.  College,  Durham, 
B.S.  1902;  post  graduate  work,  Ohio 
State  Univ.;  instructor  and  assistant 
professor,  in  charge  of  dairying,  North 
Carolina  Agricultural  College,  1902-7; 
state  dairy  Commissioner,  Kansas, 
1907-8;  director  N.  H.  Agricultural 
Experiment  Sta.,  1910-  ;  director  of 
extension  work ;  Unitarian;  Republican; 
member  Ass'n  for  Promotion  of  Agri- 
cultural Sciences,  Official  Dairy  In- 
structors Ass'n,  etc.;  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Kappa  Sigma,  Alpha  Zeta;  m.,  Oct.  2, 
1912,  Marjorie  Louise  Foster,  Maiden, 
Mass.  Residence,  Durham,  N.  H. 

Ross,  Winfred  Smith 

Teacher;  scholar;  b.,  Somersworth, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  3,  1865,  in  the  eleventh 
generation  from  Thomas  Dudley,  num- 
bering among  ancestral  relatives  John 
Winthrop,  Simon  and  Anne  Brad- 
street,  John  Hancock  and  Israel  Put- 
nam; s.  Jonathan  Smith  Ross,  M.D., 
Surgeon-in-chief  Ninth  Army  Corps, 
Civil  War,  and  Martha  Ann,  dau.  Aaron 
Brackett,  a  maker  of  Littleton,  N.  H., 
and  cousin  to  William  Baldwin,  Bos- 
ton philanthropist;  A.B.,  Dartmouth, 
1887;  A.M.,  Harvard,  1892;  two  years 


Andover  Thepl.  Sem.  Learned  teach- 
ing under  William  H.  Ladd,  3d  prin- 
cipal Chauncy-Hall  School  since  1828; 
taught  twenty  years,  some  in  famous 
schools.  Student  from  childhood; 
expert  engrosser  and  illuminator; 
verbatim  shorthand  writer;  journalis- 
tic experience  as  reporter,  proof-reader, 
editor;  speaks  or  reads  fluently  ten 
languages;  owns  large  library  master- 


pieces of  literature  in  many  languages, 
rare  works  of  reference,  seventy  dic- 
tionaries and  enclycopaedias,  astronom- 
ical observatory,  five  and  nine-inch 
telescopes,  microscopes,  polariscope, 
spectroscopes  and  chemical  laboratory; 
several  months  trustee  Somersworth 
public  library;  member  Thcta  Delta 
Chi,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Deutscher  Orden  der  Harugari;  an 
officer  in  Libanus  Lodge  49,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  Somersworth;  on  two  oc- 
casions recently  ran  fourteen  miles 
and  walked  fifty  miles  without  stop- 
ping; m.,  1st,  Aug.  8,  1893,  Mary 
Frances  Allen,  Honeove  Falls,  N.  Y., 
divorced,  1901 ;  2d, " Feb.  19,  1912, 


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, 


Hila  Maria  Guptill,  Berwick,  Me., 
d.  Nov.  21,  1917,  leaving  children — 
Jonathan  Smith,  b.  Aug.  26,  1913, 
and  Martha  Brackett,  b.  May  26, 
1916.  Mr.  Ross  is  at  present 
teaching  in  Lawrence  and  Methuen, 
Mass.,  doing  expert  work  in  higher 
accountancy  and  preparing  literary 
work.  Residence,  Somersworth,  N.  H. 

Spaulding,  Huntley  Nowell 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Townsend,  Mass., 
Oct.  30,  1869;  s.  Jonas  and  Emeline 
(Cummings)  Spaulding;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Townsend,  Phillips  (Andover) 
Academy,  1889;  entered  business  after 
graduation  in  the  firm  established  by 
his  father  and  since  continued  as 
Jonas  Spaulding  &  Sons  Co.  (Inc.), 
manufacturers  of  leather-board,  count- 
ers, novelties,  etc.,  at  Townsend  Har- 
bor, Mass.,  Rochester,  North  Roches- 
ter, and  Milton,  N.  H.,  and  Tona- 
wanda,  N.  Y.;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  Federal  Food  Admin- 
istrator for  New  Hampshire,  1917-  ; 
president  N.  H.  League  of  Free  Nations 
Ass'n. ;  member  J.  Spaulding  &  Sons  Co. ; 
treasurer  Kenebunk  Mfg.  Co.;  president 
International  Leather  Co.,  president 
Atlas  Leather  Co.,  director  Spaulding  & 
Sons  (Ltd.),  London,  England;  mem- 
ber Algonquin  Club,  Boston,  Country 
Club,  Brookline,  Mass.,  Countrv 
Club,  Rochester,  N.  H.,  Beaver 
Meadow  Golf  Club,  Concord,  N.  II.; 
Sc.D.,  New  Hampshire  College,  1918; 
m.,  Aug.  11,  1901,  Harriet  Mason, 
St.  PauL  Minn.  Residence,  North 
Rochester,  N.  H. 

King,  Charles  Francis 

Geographer;  b.,  Wilton,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
30,  1843;  s.  Sanford  and  Susan  (Burn- 
ham)  King;  ed.  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1867;  commenced  teaching  in 
1867;  principal  Dearborn  grammar 
school,  Boston,  1887-1913;  lectured 
for  many  years  on  methods  of  teaching 
geography  before  educational  associa- 
tions and  institutes;  founder  and  mana- 
ger National  School  of  Methods, 
Saratoga  and  Glenns  Falls,  N.  Y.; 
pres.  Mass.  Geographical  Club;  mem- 


ber and  secretary  Committee  of  ten  on 
Geography;  author  "Methods  and  Aids 
in  Geography,"  1888;  "Picturesque 
Geographical  Readers  for  Home  and 
School,"  1889;  "This  Continent  of 
Ours,"  1890;  "The  Land  We  Live  In" 
(3  vols.),  1892;  "Rocky  Mountains," 
1894;  "Northern  Europe,"  1896; 
"Round  About  Rambles,"  1898;  "Ele- 
mentary Geography,"  1903;  "Advanced 
Geography,"  1906,  etc.;  retired,  1913; 
m.,  1st,  Aug.  1,  1867,  Elizabeth  Board- 
man,  Lowell;  2d,  July  6,  1897,  Gratia 
Cobb,  Philadelphia.  Residence,  107 
Elm  Hill  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Keyes,  Homer  Eaton 

Educator  and  business  director;  b. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  21,  1875;  ed. 
Pratt  Institute,  Brooklyn;  Dartmouth 
College  B.L.  1900;  traveled  and  studied 
in  Europe;  Princeton,  A.M.  1912;  in- 
structor in  English,  Dartmouth,  1900-3; 
assistant  professor  Modern  Art,  1906- 
13;  business  director,  1913-  ;  Congre- 
gationalist;  member  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
Psi  Upsilon,  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Archaeological  Institute  of  America, 
College  Art  Ass'n;  editor  Dana's  "Two 
Years  Before  the  Mast/'  1908;  contrib- 
utor to  various  publications;  m.,  April  2, 
1903,  Caroline  Gardner  Abbott,  Cleve- 
land, O.  Residence,  Hanover,  N.  H. 

Kimball,  Herbert  Harvey 

Meteorologist;  b.,  Hopkinton,  N.  H., 
Feb.  13.  1862;  s.  Klbridge  Gerry  and 
Mary  (Butler)  Kimball;  ed.  public 
schools,  N.  H.  College,  Durham,  B.S., 
1884,  M.S.  George  Washington  Univ., 
1900,  Ph.D.  1910;  fellow  Univ.  of  Pitts- 
burgh, 1912-13;  Meteorological  Observ- 
er, U.  S.  Meteorological  Service,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  1884-5;  clerk  at  central 
office,  1886-1900;  assistant  editor 
Monthly  Weather  Review,  1901-3; 
librarian,  1904-X;  professor  of  meteor- 
ology in  charge  of  solar  radiation  in- 
vestigations, since  July,  1908;  member 
National  Geographical  Soc.,  Philo- 
sophical Soc.,  Washington,  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  American  Astronom- 
ical Soc.,  etc.;  Baptist;  Independent; 
author  many  papers  on  meteorological 


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subjects;  m.,  Nov.  14,  1891,  Margaret 
Gertrude  Cowling,  Washington.  Resi- 
dence, 1819  Monroe  St.,  N.  W.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Ledoux,  Henri  Toussaint 

Lawyer;  postmaster  of  Nashua;  b., 
St.  Albans,  Vt,,  Nov.  4,  1873;  s.  Tous- 
saint and  Elmire  (Bourgeois)  Ledoux; 
ed.  public  and  parochial  schools, 
Nashua,  N.  H.;  Theresa  Classical  Col- 
lege, Quebec,  1893;  Boston  Univ.  Law 


School,  LL.B.  1896;  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  commenced  practice  in  Nashua 
in  the  latter  year,  there  continuing; 
Catholic;  Democrat;  member  Nashua 
common  council,  1895,  N.  II.  house  of 
representatives,  1897-9;  N.  II.  consti- 
tutional convention.  1902;  member 
Nashua  board  of  Public  Works,  1903-0; 
collector  of  taxes,  1907-13;  Democratic 
candidate  for  Congress,  2d  N.  IF. 
district,  1900;  delegate  to  Democratic 
national  convention,  Baltimore,  1912; 
postmaster  of  Nashua  since  April  10, 
1917;  National  President  L'Union  St. 
Jean  Baptiste  D'Ameriquc,  since  1911; 


director  American  Historical  Soc.; 
vice-chairman  Nashua  Chapter  Ameri- 
can Red  Cross;  secretary-treasurer 
French  American  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce for  New  England;  director 
Citizens  Guaranty  Savings  Bank, 
Nashua,  First  National  Bank,  Van 
Buren,  Me.;  director  and  treasurer 
Union  Novelty  Co.,  Leominster,  Mass.; 
m.,  June  0,  1904,  Agnes  A.  Manseau, 
Nashua.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Thayer,  Lucius  Harrison 

Clergyman;  b.,  Westfield,  Mass., 
Nov.  28,  1857;  s.  Lucius  Fowler  and 
Martha  A.  (Harrison)  Thayer;  ed. 
Westfield  public  schools;  Amherst 
College,  A.B.  1882;  Yale  Univ.,  B.D. 
1888,  Dwight  Fellow,  1889;  D.D., 
Dartmouth,  1909;  ordained  to  the 
Congregational  ministry,  1891;  pastor 
North  Church,  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
since  1890;  Congregationalist;  Pro- 
gressive Republican;  president  N.  H. 
Home  Missionary  Soc.;  member  Pru- 
dential Committee,  American  Board 
C.  F.  M.;  member  Psi  Upsilon  college 
fraternity,  Winthrop  Club,  Boston, 
Mass.;  m.,  June  29,  1892,  Helen  Chad- 
wick  Rand;  children,  Dorothy  Gold- 
thwait,  b.,  Aug.  29,  1X93  (Smith  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1910),  Lucius  Ellsworth,  b. 
June  19,  189(5  (Amherst,  A.B.  1918); 
Sherman  Rand,  b.  Sept.  28,  1904.  In 
youth  Dr.  Thayer  served  for  two  years, 
1876-8  as  supercargo  on  the  ship  Lucy 
S.  Mills,  and  after  leaving  college  was 
engaged  for  a  time  with  the  Franklin 
Foundry  <fc  Machine  Co.,  Providence, 
R.  I.  Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Thayer,  Helen  Chadwick  Rand 

(Mrs.  Lucius  H.  Thayer);  philan- 
thropist and  social  worker;  b.,  Moris- 
ania,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3,  1803;  dan.,  Albert 
Tyler  and  Sophia  Anna  (Chadwick) 
Rand;  ed.  private  schools,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.;  Adelphi  Academy;  Burnham 
School,  Northampton,  Mass.;  Smith 
College,  A.B.  1884;  student,  of  his- 
tory Newnham  College,  Cambridge, 
Kng.,  1880-7;  a  founder,  in  1889,  of 
the  College  Settlement,  Rivington  St., 
New  York  City;  president  College 


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Settlements  Ass'n,  since  1907  ?•  vice- 
president  Smith  College  Alumnae 
Ass'n  (secretary,  1888-92);  alumnae 
trustee  Smith  College  1901-07;  mem- 
ber advisory  board  N.  H.  Equal  Suf- 
frage Ass'n,  College  Equal  Suffrage 
League,  Ass'n  of  Collegiate  Alumnae, 
National  Congress  of  Mothers;  director 
N.  H.  Children's  Aid  Soc.,  N.  H.  Soc. 
Charities  and  Corrections;  member 
State  Commission  for  Belgian  Relief, 
Ass'n  for  Labor  Legislation,  chairman 
Smith  College  Unit  war  work  com- 
mittee, and  active  in  various  other 
philanthropic  and  civic  organizations; 
m.,  June  29,  1892,  Rev.  Lucius  H. 
Thayer  (see  preceding  sketch).  Resi- 
dence, 664  State  St.,  Portsmouth, 
N.  H. 

Lane,  Francis  Ransom 

Educator;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Dec.  23,  1858;  s.  John  G.  and  Caroline 
(Anderson)  Lane;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1881;  M.D. 
George  Washington  Univ.,  1885;  A.M. 
(hon.)  Lafayette  College,  1907;  princi- 
pal Franklin  School,  Washington,  D.  C., 
1881-2;  head  of  English  Dept.,  Wash- 
ington high  school,  1882-8;  principal 
Central  high  school,  1888-94;  director 
high  schools,  Washington,  1894-1902; 
principal  Polytechnic  Preparatory 
School,  Brooklyn,  1902-6;  director 
Jacob  Tome  Institute,  Port  Deposit, 
Md.,  1906-8;  principal  Worcester, 
Mass.,  State  Normal  School,  1909-12; 
headmaster  Brooklyn  Polytechnic 
Preparatory  school  since  1912;  m.,  1st, 
June  23,  1891,  Elinor  Macartney,  d. 
March  17,  1909;  2d,  June  12,  1915, 
Kathleen  Langton.  Residence,  3456 
Broadway,  N.  Y. 
Marshall,  Roujet  DeLisle 

Jurist;  1)..  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Dec.  27, 
1S47;  s.  Thomas  and  Emeline  M. 
Marshall;  removed  with  parents  to 
Delton,  Sank  County,  Wisconsin,  in 
1854;  ed.  Delton  Academy,  Baraboo 
(Wis.)  Collegiate  Inst.  and  Lawrence 
Univ.,  LI, .D.  1904;  Univ.  of  Wisconsin, 
1905;  admitted  to  Wisconsin  bar  1873; 
county  court  judge,  1876-82;  circuit 
court,  1889-95;  supreme  court,  1895- 


1917;  Republican;  m.,  1869,  Mary  E. 
Jenkins,  Baraboo.  Residence,  Chip- 
pewa  Falls,  Wis. 

Amey,  Harry  Burton 

Lawyer;  b.,  Pittsburg,  N.  H.,  Dec. 
21,  1868;  s.  John  T.  and  Emily 
(Haynes)  Amey;  ed.  Public  schools, 
Lancaster  Academy  1890,  Dartmouth 
College,  1894;  taught  school  nine 
years  while  securing  education ;  studied 
law  with  Ladd  &  Fletcher  at  Lancaster, 


admitted  to  the  bar  inT1898,  com- 
menced practice  that  year  in^  Milton, 
N.  11.,  removing  thence  to  Island  Pond, 
Vt.,  where  lie  has  since  remained  in 
practice;  Unitarian;  Republican;  mem- 
ber Vt.  house  of  representatives, 
1910;  state's  attorney  for  Essex 
County,  1904-S,  1910-2;  state  senate, 
Essex  County,  191S-9;  attorney 
Grand  Trunk  Ry.,  1902-10;  general 
counsel,  Central  Vt.,  Ry.,  1910-13;  di- 
rector Island  Pond  National  Bank; 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Knight  Templar  and 
Shriner;  m.,  April,  1S96,  Graeia  N 


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Norton;  children,  Henry  T.,  b.  Nov. 
21,  1898;  Alpa  N.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1900. 
Residence,  Island  Pond,  Vt. 

Hodsdon,  Ervin  Wilbur 

Physician;  b.,  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  April 
8, 1863;  s.  Edward  Payson  and  Emma 
B.  (Demeritt)  Hodsdon;  ed.  Dover 
high  school,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
Washington  Univ.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
M.D.  1884;  interne  St.  Louis  City 
hospital  two  years;  practiced  in  Dover 
and  at  Center  Sandwich  before  locating 


in  Ossipee  twenty-three  years  ago, 
where  he  lias  since  remained  in  prac- 
tice; Methodist;  Republican;  member 
Ossipee  board  of  health  since  residing 
in  town,  town  clerk,  selectman  four 
years,  member  school  committee  twelve 
years,  postmaster  seventeen  years,  phy- 
sician to  Carroll  county  farm,  medical 
referee,  Carroll  county,  twelve  years; 
member  X.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1915-1<>,  1917-18,  1919-20;  chairman 
committee  on  state  hospital  each  ses- 
sion; member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (past 


master);  I.  O.  R.  M.  (P.  S.  S.),  A.  O. 
U.  W.,  P.  of  H.,  K.  of  P.;  N.  H.  His- 
torical Soc.,  N.  H.  Med.  Soc.,  American 
Med.  Ass'n;  m.,  Feb.  25,  1917,  Mary 
L.  Price.  Residence,  Ossipee,  N.  H. 
(Mountain  View,  P.  O.). 

Hill,  Joseph  Adna 

Statistician;  b.,  Stewartstown,  N.  H., 
May  5,  1860;  s.  Rev.  Joseph  B. 
and  Harriet  (Brown)  Hill;  ed.  Har- 
vard, A.B.  1885;  A.M.  1887;  Ph.D. 
Halle,  Germany,  1892;  lecturer,  Univ. 
of  Pa.,  1893;  instructor,  Harvard  Univ., 
1895;  went  to  Europe  for  the  Mass. 
Tax  Commission,  to  investigate 
European  systems  of  taxation,  1897; 
statistician,  U.  S.  Census  Bureau,  since 
1898;  appointed  chief  statistician, 
1909;  member  American  Economic 
Ass'n,  American  Statistical  Ass'n  (vice- 
president),  Cosmo  Club;  author  "The 
English  Income  Tax,"  1899;  prepared 
many  important  reports  for  the  last 
census;  contributor  to  various  eco- 
nomic journals.  Residence,  8  Iowa 
Circle,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Chellis,  Frank  Otis 

Lawyer;  b.,  Meriden  (Plainfield), 
N.  H.,"  Aug.  7,  1858;  s.  Otis  H.  and 
Betsey  M.  (Morrill)  Chellis;  ed.  New- 
port high  school,  1878;  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  Meriden,  1880;  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.  18S5;  studied  law 
with  Albert  S.  Wait  of  Newport  three 
years;  admitted  to  the  bar  1888  and 
entered  practice1  as  a  partner  with  Mr. 
Wait;  taught  district  schools  in  Croy- 
don  and  Enfield  before  entering  college, 
and  was  principal  of  the  Newport  high 
school  for  nine  years  after  admission  to 
the  bar;  interested  in  athletic  sports 
while  in  college,  and  played  two  years 
on  the  Varsity  baseball,  and  two  years 
on  the  football  team;  Unitarian;  Demo- 
crat; has  served  as  town  moderator,  and 
two  terms  as  solicitor  for  Sullivan 
County  (1007-8  and  1913-4),  the  only 
Democrat  elected  to  the  office  in  fifty 
years;  several  years  a  member  of  the 
Newport  school  board  and  superinten- 
dent of  schools;  member  Newport  fire 
department  over  twenty  years  and  six 


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years  member  N.  H.  Firemen's  Ass'n; 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  local  politics 
in  his  party's  interest,  and  labored  for 
the  promotion  of  the  civic,  social  and 
educational  welfare  of  the  community; 
gave  much  time  to  war  work,  serving 
as  secretary  of  the  Sullivan  County 
draft  board;  trustee  Sugar  River  Sav- 
ings Bank,  Carrie  F.  Wright  Hospital; 
member  Mt.  Vernon  Lodge,  No.  15, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (historian  at  its  100th 
anniversary),  Chapter  of  the  Taber- 
nacle, No.  19,  and  Sullivan  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T.;  Sugar  River  Lodge 
No.  1236,  Loyal  Order  of  the  Moose, 
Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Newport  Playground 
Ass'n,  Outing  Club,  Board  of  Trade; 
m.,  Dec.  8,  1892,  Emma  G.  Wilmarth; 
children,  Bernice  Louise,  b.  April  20, 
1894  (Newport  high  school,  1912, 
Wellesley  College  1916);  Robert  Wil- 
marth, b.  Dec.  6,  1898  (Newport  high 
school,  1915,-  Dean  Academy,  1916). 
Residence  Newport,  N.  H. 

McDonald,  Etta  Austin  Blaisdell 

(Mrs.  James  R.  McDonald);  author; 
b.,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  dau.  Clark  and 
Clara  M.  Blaisdell;  ed.  public  schools, 
Mass.  State  Normal  School,  Fram- 
ingham,  1891 ;  taught  school  in  Massa- 
chusetts, 1892-6;  supervisor  primary 
schools,  Brockton,  Mass.,  1896-9; 
author  (with  Mary  Frances  Blaisdell) 
"Child  Life,"  1899;  "Child  Life  in 
Many  Lands,"  1900;  "The  Child  Life 
Primer,"  1901;  "The  Blaisdell  Spell- 
ers," 1901;  "The  Child  Life  Fifth 
Reader,"  1902;  "Boy  Blue  and  His 
Friends,"  1907,  and  many  child  books 
of  travel;  member  Boston  Authors 
Club,  Women's  City  Club,  N.  E. 
Women's  Press  Ass'n;  m.,  Aug.  3, 
1899,  James  Richard  McDonald. 
Residence,  West  Medford,  Mass. 

Stoddard,  Edward  Percy 

Insurance  and  Real  Estate,  b.,  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  Jan.  2,  1877;    s.  D.  Fox 
and  Mary  Joy  (Pendexter-)  Stoddard; 
•ed.  Dover  and  Portsmouth  schools  and 
Dartmouth  College;  reporter  for  Ports- 
mouth   Times  and   Manchester   Daily 
Union,  1900-3;  U.  S.  deputy  marshal  at 
31 


Concord,  1903-8;  in  general  insurance 
and  real  estate  business  at  Portsmouth 
since  latter  date;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  member  Portsmouth  city 
council,  1910;  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1911-12;  1913-14;  cham- 
pioned the  movement  for  the  Ports- 
mouth armory  in  the  former  session; 
Republican  candidate  for  state 
senator  in  District  No.  24,  1918;  mem- 


ber A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  32d  degree,  Knight 
Templar  and  Shriner,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
K.  of  P.,  Derryfield  Club,  Manchester; 
Athletic  Club,  Warwick  Club,  Country 
Club,  Portsmouth.  Residence,  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H. 

Richardson,  Henry  Sturtevant 

Lawyer;  probate  judge;  b.,  Brandon, 
Vt.,  Sept.  19,  1873;  s.  Sidney  K.  and 
Ella  I.  (Sturtevant)  Richardson;  ed. 
public  schools,  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy, 1892;  Dartmouth  College,  1896. 
studied  law  in  office  of  Smith  &  Smith 
at  Woodsville,  N.  H.;  admitted  to  the 
N.  H.  bar,  Juno  18,  1903;  located  in 
practice  in  Claremont;  Unitarian;  Re- 


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publican;  judge  Claremont  police 
court,  1912-13;  member  school  board, 
1915-17;  solicitor,  Sullivan  County, 
1917;  judge  of  probate,  1917-  ;  trustee 
Fiske  Free  Library,  1911-  ;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (lodge,  chapter,  com- 
mandery  and  shrine),  Sons  of  Veterans 
(past  commander  N.  H.  division);  m., 
June  12,  1906,  Valina  J.  Darling;  one 
dau.,  Barbara.  Residence,  Claremont, 
N.  H. 

Colony,  Horatio 

Lawyer;  manufacturer;  b.,  Keene, 
Nov.  14,  1835;  s.  Josiah  and  Hannah 
(Taylor)  Colony;  descendant  of  John 
Colony,  Wrentham,  Mass.,  1640;  ed. 
public  and  private  schools,  Keene 
Academy,  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1860,  having  studied  in  the 
office  of  Hon.  Levi  Chamberlain;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  New  York  and 
New  Hampshire  in  1860,  and  practiced 
in  Keene  till  1867,  when,  having  ac- 
quired an  interest  in  the  firm  of  Faulk- 
ner &  Colony,  woolen  manufacturers,  of 
which  his  father  had  been  a  member, 
he  relinquished  his  profession  and  de- 
voted himself  thereafter  to  the  interests 
of  the  firm,  of  which  he  became  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  upon  its  incorpora- 
tion; subsequently  interested  in  the 
Cheshire  Mills,  Harrisville,  N.  H.,  and 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  same; 
Unitarian;  Democrat;  member  first 
N.  H.  board  of  labor  statistics,  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Weston;  first 
mayor  of  Keene,  1874-5;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1877; 
Democratic  nominee  for  speaker  and 
member  judiciary  committee;  delegate 
Democratic  National  Convention,  New 
York,  1868;  some  time  president  Keene 
Steam  Power  Co.;  director  Cheshire, 
Ashuelot  and  Citizens'  National  banks 
of  Keene,  and  Winchester  National 
Bank;  president  Cheshire  County 
Humane  Soc.;  trustee  Thayer  public 
library  and  president  of  the  board; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M..  K.  T.,  P.  of  II.; 
m.,  Dec.  10,  1863,  Emeline  Fames  Jos- 
lin  of  Keene;  d.,  Oct.  11,  1907;  children, 
John  Joslin  (see  page  135) ;  Charles 


Taylor,  b.  April  20,  1867;  Kate  (Mrs. 
James  A.  Frye).  Residence,  104  West 
St.,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Merrill,    Charles    Clarkson 

Clergyman;  secretarial  worker;  b., 
Marlboro,  N.  H.,  March  3,  1873;  s. 
John  L.  and  Mary  L.  (Murphy)  Mer- 
rill; ed.  Gushing  Academy,  Ashburn- 
ham,  Mass.,  1890,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1894;  B.D.  Yale  Divinity  School, 
1897;  ordained  Congregational  min- 
istry, 1897;  pastor  First  Church  Steu- 
benville,  O.,  1897-1902;  North  Church, 
Winchendon,  Mass.,  1902-11;  secre- 
tary National  Council  Apportionment 
Commission,  Congregational  Churches, 
1911-14;  N.  E.  secretary  Laymen's 
Missionary  Movement,  Boston,  1914- 
17;  secretary  Vermont  Domestic  Mis- 
sionary Soc.,  1917-  ;  Independent  Re- 
publican; trustee  Gushing  Academy; 
member  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon;  m.,  Oct.  8,  1907,  Bessie  Louise 
Nichols,  Winchendon,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, 112  Loomis  St.,  Burlington,  Vt. 

Abbott,  Sewall  Wester 

Lawyer;  b.,  Tuftonboro,  N.  H., 
April  11,  1859;  s.  George  and  Phebe 
Jane  (Graves)  Abbott;  ed.  public 
schools  of  Ossipee;  Hebron  (Me.) 
Academy,  1878;  Union  College  of  Law, 
Chicago,  1883;  admitted  to  Illinois  bar 
same  year;  practiced  one  year  in  Chi- 
cago; returned  Fast  and  commenced 
practice  in  Wolfeboro,  N.  H.,  Dec.  18, 
1885  and  has  there  continued;  Unita- 
rian ;  Republican ;  moderator,  Wolfeboro, 
twenty-two  years;  member  school  board 
twelve  years;  solicitor  for  Carroll 
County,  1903-7;  judge  of  Probate  since 
Dec.  27,  1889;  chairman  Legal  Ad- 
visory Board,  Carroll  County,  1917-  ; 
chairman  fuel  committee,  Wolfeboro 
district  1917-  ;  president  Wolfeboro 
Woolen  Mills;  president  trustees  Hug- 
gins  Hospital  since  foundation,  Dec. 31, 
1907;  trustee  Brewster  Free  Academy 
since  1895;  member  A.  F.  A.  M.,  lodge, 
chapter,  commandery  and  32d  degree 
(Past  D.  D.  G.  M.,  N".  H.  Grand  Lodge, 
and  member  committee  on  trials  and 
appeals), O.E.S.;  I. ().().  F.,  Rebekahs, 


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>.  B.  O.  E.,  P.  of  H.,  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution;  m.,  June  10,  1893, 
Elma  King  (Hodgdon).  Residence, 
Wolfeboro,  N.  H. 

.'MacMurphy,  Mary  L.  Stuart  James 

(Mrs.  Jesse  G.  MacMurphy.) 
'Teacher;  lecturer;  b.,  Deerfield,  N.  H., 
.Sept.  1,  1846;  dau.  Joseph  Warren  and 
Harriet  Neeley  (Hoyt)  James;  ed. 
Pinkerton  Academy,  Deny,  N.  H., 
Salem,  Mass.,  Normal  School,  first 


course,  1864;  advanced  course,  1866; 
special  work  Vassal-  College  and  Chi- 
cago University;  in  the  autumn  of 
1866  became  head  of  the  Senior  de- 
partment of  the  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Female 
Academy;  later  at  request  of  Eben  S. 
Stearns,  principal,  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  preceptress  at  Robinson  Fe- 
male Seminary;  on  April  22,  1870, 
united  in  marriage  with  Rev.  Jesse  G. 
MacMurphy,  and  became  a  resident  of 
Racine,  Wis.,  where  she  soon  became 
principal  of  a  college  preparatory 
school,  and  lecturer  to  the  Avon  Art 
Club;  in  1895  she  was  called  to  Chicago 


as  head  of  the  history  department  in  the 
Waller  High  School,  remaining  until 
1911,  when  she  returned  to  New  Eng- 
land, but  has  retained!  a  deep  interest 
in  the  work  to  which  User  active  life  has 
been  devoted  and  fw  which  work  she 
had  prepared  herself  by  foreign  travel 
and  close  study.  Sfae  was  a  member  of 
the  Woman's  Chtb  and  Avon  Art  Club, 
Racine,  Wis.  (president  of  the  former 
1894-6;  director  of  latter,  1879-94) ;  the-, 
Chicago  and  Oak  Park  Woman's  Clubs-, 
and  The  Gbux  Syntelia,  Chicago.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  D.  A.  R.  and  the 
Derry  Woman's  Club,  in  both  of  whijch 
organizations  as  well  as  the  Red  Cross 
she  is  an  active  worker;  she  serv*d  as 
chairman  of  the  Art  Department,  N.  H. 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs,  1915-~ 
17.  Two  children.  Residence,  Derry 
Village,  N.  H. 

Marvin,  Winthrop  Lippitt 

Journalist;  b.,  New  Castle,  N.  H., 
May  15,  1863;  s.  Thomas  E.  O.  and 
Anne  (Lippitt)  Marvin;  ed.  public 
Schools,  Tufts  College,  A.B.  1884; 
Litt.D.  1903;  reporter  and  night  editor 
Boston  Advertiser,  1884-6;  on  Boston 
Journal  in  various  capacities,  1886- 
1903;  member  Mass.  Civil  Service 
Commission,  1901-4;  secretary  Mer- 
chant Marine  Commission,  Washing- 
ton, 1904-5;  secretary-treasurer  Na- 
tional Ass'n  Woolen  Manufacturers 
since  1908;  associate  editor  Marine 
Journal,  New  York  City;  member  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  Theta  Delta  Chi;  Uni- 
versalist;  Republican;  m.,  June  17, 
1885,  Nellie  Meloon,  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.  Residence,  Marvin's  Island, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

McDaniel,  Allen  Boyer 

Civil  engineer;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H., 
Sept.  5,  1879;  s.  Benjamin  F.  and  Mary 
E.  (Wellman)  McDaniel;  ed.  Mass. 
Inst.  Tech.,  B.S.  in  architectural 
engineering,  1901;  structural  engineer, 
N.  E.  Structural  Co.,  Boston,  1901-2; 
Fort  Pitt  Bridge  Works,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.,  1903-5;  instructor  in  civil  engi- 
neering, Case  School  of  Applied 
Science,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  1906-7; 


ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


professor  civil  engineering,  Univ.  of 
South  Dakota,  1907-12;  assistant 
professor  civil  engineering,  Univ.  of 
IHiftpis,  1912-16;  professor  civil  engi- 
nwrring,  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
N.'Y.,  1917-  ;  fellow  American  Acad. 
A*ts  and  Sciences;  member  Amer. 
Sac.  Civil  Engineers,  etc.;  m.,  Oct.  21, 
1903,  Amanda  Fowler,  Boston,  Mass. 
Residence,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

MacGreggor,  Henry  Frederick 

Railroading  and  real  estate;  b., 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  April  25,  1855; 
s.  Lewis  Aiken  and  Augusta  (Watts) 
Btodgett;  ed.  Pinkerton  Academy  f 
Deny,  and  Bryant  &  Stratton  Com- 
merical  College,  Manchester;  removed 
to  Texas  in  youth;  secretary  Galveston 
CHty  R.  R.  Co.,  1879-83 ;  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  Houston  Rail- 
way System,  1883-1903;  engaged  in 
real  estate  operations  since  1903;  vice- 
president  and  director,  State  Land  Oil 
•Co.;  director,  South  Texas  National 
Bank,  Houston  Printing  Co.,  Glen 
Park  Co.;  Presbyterian;  Republican; 
chairman,  state  executive  committee, 
1894-6;  Texas  member  Republican 
National  Committee  since  1912;  m.r 
Dec.  10,  1885;  Elizabeth  Stevens. 
Residence,  3530  Fannin  St.,  Houston, 
'Texas. 

Howes,  Benjamin  Alfred 

Engineer;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  Aug.  4r 
1875;  s.  Benjamin  Thomas  and  Maria 
Adelaide  (Holt)  Howes;  ed.  public 
schools,  Mass.  Institute  Technologv, 
B.S.  1897;  with  Frank  Sprague, 
Sprague  Multiple  Unit  System,  New 
Yerk,  1897-1900;  with  Randfontein 
Estates,  mining  equipment  and  con- 
struction, South  Africa,  and  Thomas 
Robins,  Paris  and  London,  1900-3;  in 
research  and  construction  work,  1903- 
5;  in  private  practice  in  New  York 
sinre  1905;  advisory  to  various  ship- 
building undertakings  in  concrete, 
1918;  member  American  Soc.  Mining 
Engineers,  American  Concrete  Insti- 
tute, American  Soc.  Civil  Engineers, 
etc.;  author  "Building  by  a  Builder," 
1914,  and  various  technical  articles  on 
concrete  and  building  construction; 


-m.,  Aug.  5,  1908,  Ethel  D.  Puffer, 
Framingham,  Mass.  Residence,  Scars- 
dale,  N.  Y. 

Hoyt,  Louis  G. 

Lawyer;  probate  judge;  b.,  Exeter, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  23,  1856;  s.  Oilman  B.  and 
Marianna  (Jewell)  Hoyt;  ed.  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  1873;  Dartmouth 
College,  1877;  studied  law  and  com- 
menced practice  at  Kingston,  N.  H.>. 


1878;  member  banking  firm  of  E.  H. 
Rollins  &  Sons,  Boston,  1888-1900; 
Universalist;  Republican;  superintend- 
ent of  schools,  Kingston,  1880  to  1886; 
solicitor  of  Rockingham  County,  1892- 
1900;  judge  of  probate,  Rockingham 
County,  since  September,  1902;  trus- 
tee Union  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank, 
Exeter;  Sanborn  Seminary,  Kingston; 
Brown's  Academy,  East  Kingston; 
secretary,  Republican  state  committee, 
1899-1901;  member  Gideon  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  author  "Hoyt's  Probate 
Practice,"  "Hoyt's  Law  of  Adminis- 
tration in  New  Hampshire."  "Hoyt's 
Homestead  Right";  m.,  March  30, 
1893,  Mary  S.  Towle.  Residence, 
Kingston,  N.  H. 


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French,  George  Barstow 

Lawyer;  b.,  Tuftonborough,  N.  H., 
Nov.  27,  1846;  s.  James  and  Eveline 
A.  (Moulton)  French;  ed.  Tilton  Sem- 
inary, 1868;  Dartmouth  College,  1872; 
principal  Milford,  N.  H.,  high  school, 
1872-4;  studied  law  with  Judge  Rob- 
ert M.  Wallace  of  Milford  and  at  Bos- 
ton Univ.  Law  School;  admitted  to 
Suffolk  County,  Mass.,  bar  in  May, 
1876,  and  N.  H.  bar,  September,  1876, 
since  when  he  has  been  in  practice  in 


Nashua;  Congregationalist ;  Republi- 
can; member  Nashua  board  of  educa- 
tion several  years,  N.  H.  constitu- 
tional convention,  1880;  ch;iirman 
Legal  Advisory  Board  under  Selective 
Service  Act,  1018;  member  Lincoln 
Club;  president  non-partisan  Civic 
League;  formerly  president  Nashua 
Trust  Co.,  and  director  Pennichuck 
Water  Works;  I).  K.  E.  frater- 
nity, Dartmouth  College;  Rising  Sun 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  in.,  Dec.  24, 
1870,  Sarah  F.  Burnharn.  Milford, 
N.'H.;  children,  Ruth  II. ,  b.  Oct.  17, 


1880  (Smith  College,  1002,  Teachers 
College,  Columbia  Univ.  in  Domestic 
Science,  1010),  member  of  Nashua 
board  of  education,  and  for  over  a  year 
past  in  Bureau  of  Military  Intelligence, 
U.  S.  War  Department,  Washington; 
Robert  A.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1882  (Dart- 
mouth, 1005,  Harvard  Law  School, 
1008),  lawyer  in  practice  in  Nashua 
till  commissioned  captain,  Bureau  of 
Military  Intelligence,  War  Depart- 
ment, Washington,  August,  1018; 
served  three  terms  in  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  and  was  associate  jus- 
tice Nashua  police  court;  d.  in  the  serv- 
ice at  Washington,  Dec.  17,  1018;  Helen 
B.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1884  (ed.  in  Nashua 
high  school,  Abbott  Academy  and 
Smith  College  one  year);  George  M., 
b.  May  2,  1888  (Dartmouth,  1911, 
Boston  Univ.  Law  School,  1014);  prac- 
ticed law  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  till 
June,  1917,  when  he  enlisted  in  the 
104th  infantry  regiment,  26th  division, 
went  to  France  in  October,  was  made 
a  sergeant,  served  till  Oct.  29,  1018, 
when  he  was  sent  to  a  hospital  and 
was  invalided  home  in  November. 
Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Merrill,  William  Bradford 

Journalist;  b.,  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
27,  1861;  s.  Horatio  and  Sarah  B. 
(Whitman)  Merrill;  ed.  Boston  Latin 
School,  1874-6;  finished  studies  in 
Paris,  France,  1876-8;  reporter  on 
Philadelphia  Xorth  American,  1870; 
telegraphic  editor,  1880,  Philadelphia 
Press;  dramatic  and  Sunday  editor 
1881-5;  managing  editor  '1886-01; 
managing  editor  New  York  Press, 
1891-5;  financial  manager  New  York 
World,  1001-7;  managing  editor  New 
York  American  since  February,  1007; 
author  Guide  to  Railways  of  the 
United  States,  1881;  m.,  Sept.  12,  1882, 
Sara  Louise  Taylor,  Georgetown,  D.  C. 
Residence,  Great  Neck,  L.  I. 

Messer,  Loring  Wilbur 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretary;  b.,  Somers- 
worth,  N.  H.,  March  1,  1856;  s.  Charles 
and  Emily  A.  (Leathers)  Messer;  ed. 
public  schools;  A.M.  Northwestern 


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Univ.,  1908;  with  B.  &  M.  R.  R.,  Bos- 
ton, 1872-4;  in  dry  goods  trade,  Read- 
ing, Mass.,  1874-81;  general  secretary 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Peoria,  111.,  1881-3;  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  1883-8;  Chicago,  111., 
since  April,  1888;  director  and  instruc- 
tor, Y.  M.  C.  A.  College,  Chicago; 
trustee  International  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Col- 
lege, Springfield,  Mass. ;  director  United 
Charities;  member  State  executive 
committee,  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  member  execu- 
tive committee  National  War  Work 
Council  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  ass'ns;  Union 
League  University  Club;  Republican; 
m.,  Sept.  14,  1887,  Elizabeth  I.  Garce- 
lon,  Lewiston,  Me.  Residence,  5729 
Blackstone  ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Morrill,  Albro  David 

Educator;  b.,  Tilton,  N.  H.,  Aug. 
29,  1854;  s.  Smith  and  Mary  (Clark) 
Morrill;  ed.  Dartmouth  College,  B.S. 
1876,  M.S.  1879;  studied  in  Univ.  of 
Mich.,  1876-7;  teacher  of  science, 
Lewiston,  Pa.,  1878-83;  professor  of 
chemistry,  physics  and  higher  mathe- 
matics, Belmont  College,  1883-8; 
professor  biology  and  geology,  Ohio 
Univ.,  Athens,  Ohio,  1888-92;"  profes- 
sor chemistry  and  biology,  Hamilton 
College,  1892-6;  professor  biology 
since  1896;  fellow  American  Acad. 
Arts  and  Sciences;  member  Amer.  Soc. 
Naturalists,  Amer.  Soc.  Zoologists, 
Boston  Soc.  Natural  History;  Pres- 
byterian; Republican ;  m.,  Dec.  23, 
1879,  Lena  E.  Carver,  Binghampton, 
N.  Y.  Residence,  Clinton,  N.  Y. 

Gould,  Robert  Truman 

Dairy  and  fruit  farmer;  b.,  Hopkin- 
ton,  N.  H.,  May  23,  1861;  s.  Charles 
and  Ruth  (Hill)  Gould;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Contoocook  Academy; 
Methodist;  Democrat;  selectman,  Hop- 
kinton,  1907,  1914-15  (chairman  of  the 
board);  member  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1917-18,  serving  on  Com- 
mittee on  railroads,  and  joining  in 
the  minority  report  against  the  "re- 
organization" bill;  member  Committee 
of  Public  Safety;  chairman  War  Sav- 
ings Committee,  local  food  representa- 
tive, member  Liberty  Loan  committee 


and  in  Red  Cross  and  Red  Triangle 
drives;  member  Harris  Lodge  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  Patrons  of  Husbandry  (past 
master  Union  Grange,  No.  56  and 
Contoocook,  No.  216).  Mr.  Gould  re- 
sides upon  the  farm  on  "Gould  Hill" 
in  Hopkinton,  owned  and  occupied  by 
the  Goulds  for  four  generations;  his 
great-great-grandfather,  Joseph  Gould, 
was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
Hopkinton;  Thomas  Hill  and  Moses 
Hill,  his  maternal  great-grandfather 


and  grandfather  were  both  soldiers  of 
the  Revolution  and  fought  at  Bunker 
Hill,  and  the  latter  was  a  member  of 
the  Committee  of  Safety  in  Hopkinton 
during  the  Revolution,  as  was  Robert 
T.  Gould  during  the  recent  war.  The 
Gould  Hill  farm  is  noted  for  its  first 
class  fruit  and  excellent  dairy  prod- 
ucts; m.,  April  3,  1894,  Mary  M. 
Currier;  one  dan.,  Jessie,  b.  May  12, 
1900,  graduate  of  Hopkinton  high 
school.  Residence,  Hopkinton,  N.  H. 
(Contoocook,  P.  O.). 


HON.  J.   DUNCAN   UPHAM 


473 


Upham,  James  Duncan 

Manufacturer;  banker;  b.,  Clare- 
mont,  N.  H.,  Nov.  7,  1853;  s.  James 
Phineas  and  Elizabeth  Walker  (Rice) 
Upham;  ed.  public  schools,  Claremont; 
Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden, 
1870;  Dartmouth  College,  Cornell 
Univ.,  B.S.,  1874;  entered  employ  of 
Sullivan  Machine  Co.,  Claremont,  as 
clerk  and  paymaster,  continuing  until 
chosen  treasurer  and  manager  of  the 
Brandon  (Vt.)  Italian  Marble  Co., 
July,  1886,  which  position  he  held  until 
July,  1891,  when  he  returned  to  Clare- 
mont to  become  treasurer  and  director 
of  the  Sullivan  Machine  Co.,  serving 
as  such  till  April,  1892,  when  the  con- 
cern was  reorganized  and  he  became 
treasurer  and  director  of  the  Sullivan 
Machinery  Co.  of  Claremont,  N.  H., 
and  Chicago,  111.,  in  which  position  he 
continues,  also  member  executive  com- 
mittee of  said  corporation;  president 
Brandon  Italian  Marble  Co.,  May, 
1895,  until  sale  of  same  in  December, 
1909;  director,  Claremont  National 
Bank  since  Jan.  10,  1893;  vice-presi- 
dent same  from  Nov.  10,  1896,  to 
Sept.  19,  1905;  president  since  Sept. 
19,  1905;  director  B.  &  M.  R.  R.  since 
October,  1913;  director  United  Life 
and  Accident  Ins.  Co.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
since  1913;  first  president  N.  H.  Man- 
ufacturers' Ass'n,  1913-14  and  director 
in  same  till  1918;  vice-president  for 
New  Hampshire  American  Bankers' 
Ass'n,  1916-17;  member  and  former 
director,  vice-president  and  president 
Claremont  board  of  trade;  Episcopal- 
ian; Progressive  Republican;  trustee 
town  of  Claremont  trust  funds  since 
1903;  member  N.  H.  executive  council, 
1907-8;  constitutional  convention  1912; 
member  N.  H.  public  safety  committee 
of  one  hundred;  chairman  Claremont 
public  safety  committee;  chairman 
Claremont  Liberty  Loan  Committee; 
member  N.  H.  League  for  National 
Defense,  Red  Cross,  N.  H.  Children's 
Aid  and  Protective  Soc.,  N.  H.  Ass'n 
for  Prevention  of  Tuberculosis,  N.  H. 
Soc.  for  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Ani- 
mals, Soc.  for  Protection  of  New  Hamp- 
shire Forests,  Lincoln  Club,  1906-10; 


N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Claremont 
Country  Club;  Zeta  Psi  (Cornell  Univ.), 
Cornell  New  England  club;  m.,  Oct.  25, 
1882,  Katharine  Hall  Deane  of  Clare- 
mont; children,  Katharine  Duncan 
(Mrs.  Roy  D.  Hunter)  and  Sarah 
Elizabeth  (Mrs.  Percy  R.  Brooks). 
Residence,  Claremont,  N.  H. 

Miller,  Charles  Ransom 

Journalist;  b.,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
17,  1849;  s.  Elijah  T.  and  Chastina 
(Hoyt)  Miller;  ed.  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1872,  LL.D.  1905;  Litt.D. 
Columbia,  1915;  on  staff  of  Springfield 
Republican,  1872-5;  New  York  Times 
since  1875;  editor  in  chief  since  1883; 
director  N.  Y.  Times  Co.;  director 
Tidewater  Paper  Co.;  Century,  Metro- 
politan and  Garden  City  Golf  clubs, 
New  York;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1876,  Frances 
Daniels,  Plainfield,  N.  H.  Residence, 
21  East  9th  St.,  New  York. 

Mitchell,  Harry  Walter 

Physician;  b.,  Plymouth,  N.  H., 
Nov.  6,  1867;  s.  Harris  B.  and  Frances 
(Blair)  Mitchell;  ed.  Peacham  (Vt.) 
Academy,  Univ.  of  Vermont,  M.D. 
1896;  ass't  physician,  State  Farm, 
Bridgewater,  Mass.,  1896-9;  Danvers 
(Mass.)  State  Hospital,  1899-1907; 
superintendent  Eastern  (Me.)  State 
Hospital,  1907-10;  Danvers  (Mass.) 
State  Hospital,  1910-12;  State  Hospital 
for  Insane,  Warren,  Pa.,  1912-  ;  mem- 
ber American  Med.  Ass'n,  Pa.  State 
Med.  Ass'n,  Mass.  State  Med.  Soc., 
Boston  Soc.  Psychiatry  and  Neurology, 
etc.;  Unitarian;  m.,  Aug.  16,  1902, 
Mary  Paulsell,  San  Francisco.  Resi- 
dence, Warren,  Pa. 

Melville,  Henry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Nelson,  N.  H.,  Aug.  25, 
1858;  s.  Josiah  H.  and  Nancy  R.  (Ne- 
smith)  Melville;  ed.  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1879;  Harvard,  A.M.  and  LL.B., 
cum  laude,  1884;  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1885,  and  since  in  practice  in  New 
York  City;  partner  of  Roscoe  Conkling, 
1885-8;  captain  Co.  A,  8th  N.  Y.  Vol- 
unteers, Spanish  American  War;  presi- 
dent State  Board  of  Managers,  Elmira 


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and  Napanooh  reformatories;  member 
N.  Y.  Bar  Ass'n,  Naval  and  Military 
Order,  Spanish  American  War,  Spc.  Co- 
lonial Wars;  Republican.  Residence, 
69  East  55th  St.,  New  York  City. 

Wellman,  Justin  Owen 

Educator;  head  master  Colby  Acad- 
emy; b.,  Belgrade,  Me.,  Sept.  19,  1875; 
s.  Owen  Rogers  and  Ella  (Russell) 
Wellman;  ed.  public  schools,  Augusta, 
Me.;  Colby  College,  1898;  principal 


Paris  Hill  (Me.)  Academy,  1898;  mas- 
ter of  mathematics,  Bangor  (Me.) 
high  school,  1899-1901;  principal 
Ricker  Classical  Institute,  Houlton 
(Me.),  1901-5;  headmaster  Colby 
Academy,  New  London,  N.  H.,  1905 
to  date;  Baptist;  Republican;  town 
auditor,  New  London,  1907-10,  1914 
to  date;  delegate  N.  H.  constitutional 
convention,  1912;  war  historian  for 
New  London,  1918-  ;  chairman  town 
War  S.  S.  committee.  1918-  ;  four 
minute  speaker  in  war  work  cam- 
paign; trustee  New  London  Hospital 
Ass'n;  trustee  N.  H.  United  Baptist 


Convention;  member  National  Edu- 
cational Ass'n,  N.  E.  Ass'n  of  Colleges 
and  Secondary  Schools;  N.  H.  Teach- 
ers'Ass'n;  N.  E.  Ass'n  of  Mathematics 
Teachers;  collaborator  of  National 
Institute  for  Moral  Instruction;  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  to  and  including  32d  degree 
and  K.  T.,  O.  E.  S.  (past  Grand  Pa- 
tron); I.  O.  O.  F.,  P.  of  H.,  American 
Red  Cross,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Delta 
Upsilon;  m.,  Aug.  14,  1901,  Caroline 
Blanch  Walker;  children,  Eleanor 
Blanch,  b.  Feb.  19,  1907;  Muriel  Jus- 
tine, b.  Sept.  9,  1912.  Residence,  New 
London,  N.  H. 

Gove,  Charles  Augustus 

Naval  officer;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H., 
July  5,  1854;  s.  Col.  Jesse  A.  and  Maria 
Louise  (Sherburne)  Gove;  ed.  public 
schools,  U.  S.  Naval  Academy,  Annap- 
olis, 1876;  promoted  ensign,  March 
29,  1879;  lieutenant,  Aug.  4,  1891; 
lieutenant  commander,  July  1,  1899; 
commander,  May  6,  1905;  cap- 
tain, Jan.  9,  1909;  rear  admiral,  July 
11,  1914;  served  on  all  principal  sta- 
tions and  at  sea  twenty-one  years  and 
six  months;  on  U.  S.  S.  Topeka  during 
Spanish  American  War,  1898;  com- 
mandant of  midshipmen  at  U.  S.  Naval 
Academy,  1908-9;  commanded  the 
new  dreadnought,  Delaware  1910,  mak- 
ing the  trip  around  Cape  Horn  and, 
later  in  the  naval  review  off  Spithead 
at  the  Coronation  of  King  George  V, 
it  being  the  largest  warship  there; 
commander  U.  S.  Naval  Training 
Station  at  San  Francisco,  1912-3; 
retired,  Dec.  11,  1914;  Episcopalian; 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  member  Army  and 
Navy  Club,  Washington,  D.  C.,  Bo- 
hemian Club,  San  Francisco;  m.,  May 
23,  1887,  Minnie  Webster.  Residence, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Cavis,  Kate  Chandler 

(Mrs.  Harry  M.  Cavis);  b.,  Balti- 
more, Md.;  dau.  Maj.  George  Henry 
and  Elvira  Sargent  (Coffin)  Chandler; 
niece  of  Senator  William  E.  Chandler 
(see  p.  1);  granddaughter  of  Capt. 
Samuel  Coffin,  Concord,  N.  H.  (Maj. 
George  H.  Chandler,  A.B.,  Dartmouth, 


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1860,  f>BK,  LL.B.,  Harvard,  1867; 
served  in  the  9th  N.  H.  Volunteers 
during  the  Civil  War  and  was  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Spottsylvania) ;  Mrs. 
Cavis  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Concord,  N.  H.,  and  at  the  Oldfield 
School,  Baltimore,  Md.,  1887-9;  spent 
much  of  her  youth  in  Washington, 
D.  C.;  became  a  permanent  resident 
of  Concord,  N.  H.,  upon  her  marriage; 
communicant  of  St.  Paul's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  warden  of  Guild, 
St.  Anna  Branch,  and  active  in  church 
work;  member  board  of  managers, 
Orphans'  Home  at  Millville,  Stratford 
(Shakespeare)  Club  (president,  1908- 
11),  N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Concord 
Female  Charitable  Soc.,  Country  Club, 
Beaver  Meadow  Golf  Club  (charter, 
1897),  Friendly  Club,  District  Nursing 
Ass'n,  Charity  Organization  Soc.,  Hos- 
pital Associates,  S.  P.  C.  A.,  N.  H. 
Children's  Aid  and  Protective  Soc.;  m., 
Washington,  D.  C.,  May  12,  1897, 
Harry  Minot  Cavis,  lawyer  of  Con- 
cord, who  d.  July  8,  1915;  one  son, 
George  Chandler  Cavis,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1898;  ed.  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  1916,  Yale  Univ.,  1921;  in 
training,  Plattsburgh,  N.  Y.,  summer 
of  1916;  served  as  ambulance  driver  in 
France  (Yale  Unit),  five  months  in 
1917;  second  lieutenant,  Field  Artil- 
lery, Camp  Jackson,  Columbia,  S.  C., 
1918.  Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Runnells,  Everett  Hazen 

Farmer  and  contractor;  b.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  June  7,  1851;  s.  Deacon 
Hazen  and  Sarah  E.  (Corliss)  Runnells; 
sixth  in  descent  from  Sergt.  Samuel 
Runnells,  of  Bradford,  Mass.,  before 
1710;  fifth  in  descent  from  Lieut. 
Samuel  Runnells  and  fourth  in  descent 
from  Lieut.  Samuel  Runnells,  Jr.,  of 
Boxford,  Mass.,  both  of  whom  served 
in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars,  1755-6; 
grandson  of  Joseph  Runnells,  who 
served  in  the  Revolution;  ed.  Concord 
schools;  one  year  (1868),  at  Oberlin  Col- 
lege, Ohio;  Congregationalist;  Repub- 
lican; supervisor  of  check  list,  Ward  4, 
several  years;  in.,  Oct.  20,  1880,  Clara 
Frances  Potter  of  East  Concord,  X.  H., 


descended  from  Robert  Potter,  Lynn, 
Mass.,  1630,  great-granddaughter  of 
Richard  Potter,  who  served  in  the 
Revolution  under  Gen.  Sullivan,  niece 
of  Gen.  Joseph  H.  Potter,  U.  S.  A. 
(West  Point,  1843);  children,  (1)  Clar- 
ence Everett,  b.  Dec.  10,  1881;  ed. 
Concord  high  school;  employed  by 
Lynn,  Mass.,  Electric  R.  R.;  m.  June 
15,  1904,  Katharine  Isabel  McClure, 
Maynard,  Mass.;  their  children,  John 
Franklin,  b.  Jan.  29,  1909;  Maude 


Frances,  Dec.  14,  1915;  (2)  Maude 
Edith,  b.  Nov.  10,  1886,  d.  Feb.  12, 
1897;  (3)  Morrill  Potter,  b.  Jan.  28, 
1892;  ed.  Concord  schools;  foreman  in 
machine  shops,  U.  S.  Navy  Yard, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.;  m.  April  8,  1917, 
Blanche  Evelyn  Moran,  Lowell,  Mass.; 
(4  and  5)  twin  sons,  Ernest  Potter  and 
Ellsworth  Potter,  b.  April  7,  1894  (see 
succeeding  sketches).  Residence,  6 
Lyndon  St..,  Concord,  X.  II. 

Runnells,  Ernest  Potter 

Soldier;  b.,  Concord,  X.  H.,  April  7, 
1894;    s.    Everett    Hazen    and    Clara 


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Frances  (Potter)  Runnells  (see  preced- 
ing); ed.  Concord  high  school ;  employed 
National  State  Capital  Bank;  Episco- 
palian; Republican;  entered  the  U.  S. 
service,  July  25,  1917;  sailed  for 
France,  Oct.  3,  1917;  in  the  Medical 
Corps  of  the  26th  Division,  later  in  the 
101st  Ambulance  Corps;  cited  for 
bravery  by  Major-Gen.  C.  R.  Edwards 
in  the  second  battle  of  the  Marne,  July 
18-26,  1918,  "for  rescuing  wounded 
comrades  under  heavy  enemy  fire"; 
cited  by  Major-Gen.  C.  R.  Edwards 


Episcopalian;  Republican;  member 
White  Mountain  Lodge.  I.  O.  O.  F.; 
employed  in  the  People's  Market,  1912- 
17;  entered  the  U.  S.  service,  July  25, 
1917;  sailed  for  France,  Oct.  3,  1917; 
in  the  103d  Machine  Gun  Battalion, 
26th  Division,  52d  Brigade,  Co.  B; 
decorated  with  the  Croix  de  Guerre, 
Dec.  17,  1918,  standing  beside  his 
twin  brother  who  received  the  Ameri- 
can Cross  at  the  same  time  (this  is 
believed  to  be  the  only  instance  where 
twin  brothers  were  simultaneously 


for  "exceptionally  meritorious  service 
and  gallant  conduct  under  a  terrific 
enemy  artillery  bombardment,"  Sept. 
25  and  26,  1918;  decorated  with  Dis- 
tinguished Sen-ice  Cross  (American), 
Dec.  17,  1918  (see  succeeding).  Resi- 
dence, 6  Lyndon  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Runnells,  Ellsworth  Potter 

Soldier  (twin  brother  to  preceding); 
b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  April  7,  1894;  a. 
Everett  Hazen  and  Clara  Frances 
(Potter)  Runnells;  ed.  Concord  schools; 


decorated  with  French  and  American- 
crosses  during  the  Great  War);  m., 
May  14,  1917,  Amy  Isabel  Milton, 
Penacook,  N.  H.  Residence,  6  Lyndon 
St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Gove  Aaron 

Educator;  b.,  Hampton  Falls,  N.  H., 
Sept.  26,  1838;  s.  John  Francis  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Wadleigh)  Gove;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Illinois  Normal  Univ.,  1861; 
honorary  A.M.,  Dartmouth,  1878; 


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LL.D.,  Univ.  of  Colorado,  1888;  served 
in  Union  Army  Sept.,  1861  to 
Aug.,  1864,  when  honorably  discharged 
as  brevet  major;  superintendent  of 
schools,  Normal,  111,  1864-74;  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  Denver,  Colo.,  1874 
-1904;  representative  of  the  beet  sugar 
industry  in  the  arid  states  1905-  ;  com- 
mander Loyal  Legion,  Colorado  Com- 
mandery,  two  years;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  33d 
degree;  Grand  Commander  K.  T.  of 
Colorado,  three  years;  president  Na- 
tional Educational  Ass'n,  three  years; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  m., Feb. 
13,  1865,  Caroline  Spofford,  North  An- 
dover,  Mass.  Residence,  Denver,  Colo. 

McLaughlin,  George  Asbury 

Clergyman;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
13,  1851;  s.  John  and  Mary  A.  (Towle) 
McLaughlin;  ed.  public  schools,  Wes- 
leyan  University  (Conn.),  A.B.  1873; 
A.M.  1875;  D.D.  Taylor  Univ.,  1903; 
•ordained  M.  E.  ministry,  1875;  pastor, 
Franklin  Falls,  N.  H.,  1875-7;  White- 
field,  1877-9;  Littleton  1879-82;  First 
Church,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1882-5; 
Laconia,  N.  H.,  1885-8;  Exeter.  1888- 
92;  in  evangelistic  work,  Chicago, 
1892-1912;  editor  Christian  Witness, 
•Chicago,  1901-17;  author  of  several 
commentaries  and  pamphlets;  Pro- 
hibitionist; m.,  1st,  Oct.  27,  1875,  Mary 
Ella  Henshaw,  Middletown,  Conn.; 
d.,  Jan.  21,  1910;  2d,  Oct.  20,  1914, 
Mrs.  Jennie  Reeves  Walker.  Resi- 
dence, Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Marden,  Orison  Swett 

Author  and  editor;  b.,  Thornton, 
N.  H.,  s.  Louis  and  Martha  (Cilley) 
Marden;  ed.  public  schools,  Boston 
Univ.,  B.S.  1877;  A.M.  and  Bachelor  of 
Oratory,  1879;  LL.B.  1882;  M.D., 
Harvard,  1881 ;  author  "Rushing  to 
the  Front,"  1894,  and  about  fifty 
other  books;  founder  of  the  Success 
Magazine  in  1897,  and  editor  of  the 
same  to  1912;  editor  Consolidated 
Encyclopedic  Library  (10  vqls.),  1901; 
editor  New  Success  Magazine;  presi- 
dent Aldine  Club;  president  League  for 
the  Larger  Life;  m.,  May,  1905,  Clara 
L.  Evans,  Louisville,  Ky.  Residence, 
Sea  Cliff,  L.  I. 


Rogers,  William  Nathaniel 

Lawyer;  b.,  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
10,  1892;  s.  Herbert  E.  and  Lilian  A. 
(Sanborn)  Rogers;  ed.  public  schools, 
Wakefield,  Brewster  Free  Academy, 
Wolfeboro;  Dartmouth  College;  Uni- 
versity of  Maine  School  of  Law,  1916; 
admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  in  1916  and 
practiced  that  year  at  Sanbornyille  and 
Wolfeboro;  since  July,  1917,  in  Con- 
cord ;  member  firm  of  Streeter,  Demqnd, 
Woodworth  &  Sulloway;  Episcopalian; 


Democrat;  member  N.  H.  house  of  rep- 
resentatives, 1917-18,  1919-20;  mem- 
ber judiciary  committee  both  sessions; 
Democratic  candidate  for  Congress, 
1st  N.  H.  District,  1918;  for  speaker  of 
the  house  in  the  legislature  of  1919; 
member  Phi  Kappa  Psi,  Dartmouth; 
Phi  Alpha  Delta,  Univ.  of  Maine, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
K.  T.,  N.  H.  Bar  Ass'n;  m.,  Aug.  31, 
1912,  Winnie  E.  Stevens,  Farmington, 
N.  H.;  children,  Pauline  E.,  b.  April 
29,  1913;  Una  C.,  b.  July  3,  1915. 
Residence,  Sanbornville,  X.  H.;  bus- 
iness address,  Concord,  X.  II. 


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Perry,  Daniel  Webster 

Paymaster,  Nashua  Mf'g  Co.;  b., 
Dublin,  N.  H.,  June  21,  1852;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Peterboro  high  school,  1873; 
freight  cashier,  C.  R.  R..  at  Nashua, 
1873-81;  in  employ  of  Fisk  Mf'g  Co., 
Springfield,  Mass.,  1881-4;  assistant 
paymaster,  Nashua  Mf'g  Co.,  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  1884-1903;  succeeded  the  late 
Webster  P.  Hussey  as  proprietors'  clerk 
and  paymaster  in  the  latter  year,  con- 
tinuing until  the  present  time,  making 
thirty-five  years  of  continuous  service 
for  this  corporation;  Universalist; 
Democrat;  member  Nashua  board  of 
education,  1906-12;  treasurer  First 
Universalist  Society,  Nashua,  from 
1898  to  the  present  time;  superintend- 
ent First  Universalist  Sunday  School, 
1894-1914;  treasurer  N.  H.  Univer- 
salist State  Convention,  since  Sept. 
1907;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.; 
m.,  Oct.  8,  1879,  Emma  Augusta  Cook 
of  Nashua;  children,  Grace  M.,  b. 
Springfield,  Mass.,  1882  (Nashua  high 
school,  1901,  Teachers'  Training  School, 
1903,  teacher  in  Nashua  public  schools 
four  years;  m.,  1907,  Edward  Otis 
Brown,  South  Weymouth,  Mass); 
Fanny  Gertrude,  b.  Nashua,  N.  H., 
1890  f  Nashua  high  school,  1909, 
Massachusetts  Normal  Art  School, 
1914;  supervisor  of  drawing,  Milford, 
N.  II.,  schools,  1914-15;  Barre,  Vt., 
schools,  1916-17;  now  teacher  of  Art 
in  Rhode  Island  State  Normal  School, 
Providence.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Weeks,  Albert  J. 

Pharmacist;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  June 
12,  1866;  s.  John  W.  and  Caroline  A. 
(Colcord)  Weeks;  ed.  public  schools. 
Exeter;  Unitarian;  Republican;  mem- 
ber N.  II.  house  of  representatives, 
1909-10,  serving  on  the  committees  on 
normal  school  and  public  health; 
trustee  Robinson  Female  Seminary, 
Exeter  Public  Library;  director  Exeter 
Co-operative  Bank;  member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  (lodge,  chapter,  council  and 
commandery),  O.  E.  S.,  I.  O.  R.  M. 
(past  Great  Sachem),  A.  O.  U.  W. 
(past  Master);  Royal  Arcanum,  Grand 
treasurer,  X.  H.  Grand  Council; 


Foresters  of  America;  Sportsman's 
Club,  Exeter;  m.,  June  20,  1893, 
Gertrude  R.  Towle,  Exeter;  children, 
Harold  J.,  b.  Dec.  12,  1894  (Dart- 
mouth, 1917),  second  lieutenant,  ord- 
nance department,  U.  S.  A.,  Middle- 
town,  Pa.;  Laura  T.,  b.  Dec.  4,  1897 
(Robinson  Female  Seminary,  1916). 
Residence,  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Marshall,  Harold 

Clergyman;  b.,  Kingston,  N.  H., 
June  8,  1866;  s.  James  F.  and  Mary 
Miranda  (George)  Marshall;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Tufts  College;  ordained  to 
the  Universalist  ministry,  1891;  pastor 
successively  at  Beverly,  Swampscott 
and  Melrose,  Mass.,  1891-1917;  now 
manager  Universalist  Publishing  House, 
Boston  and  Chicago;  president  Mass. 
Universalist  state  convention,  Boston 
Flower  Mission;  founder  Marshall  Hall 
Forum;  secretary  National  Open  Fo- 
rum Council;  joint  author  "Democ- 
racy in  the  Making,"  1915;  magazine 
writer;  m.,  Sept.  11,  1893,  Bertha  Hills, 
Boston.  Residence,  Melrose,  Mass. 

Carter,  William  Scott 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Warner,  N.  H., 
Sept.  28,  1842;  s.  William  and  Hannah 
(Badger)  Carter;  descendant  of  Thomas 
Carter,  a  graduate  of  St.  Thomas 
College.  Cambridge,  who  came  from 
St.  Albans,  Hertfordshire,  England,  in 
1635,  and  settled  in  Dedham,  and  later 
in  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  became  the 
first  minister  of  Woburn;  ed.  Warner 
public  schools,  Henniker  Academy  and 
Dartmouth  College,  leaving  the  latter 
in  his  freshman  year  and  enlisting  as  a 
private  in  Co.  D,  llth  N.  H.  Volun- 
teers, for  service  in  the  Civil  War;  ap- 
pointed commissary  sergeant  and 
served  with  his  regiment,  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Vicksburg,  Jackson,  Miss.,  and 
elsewhere;  spent  some  time  in  hospital 
with  chills  and  fever,  and  subsequently 
served  as  quartermaster  at  a  convales- 
cent camp  at  Annapolis,  Md.;  later 
returned  to  his  regiment  and  served  in 
Grant's  campaign  up  to  the  battle  of 
Petersburg;  after  discharge,  in  1S65, 
entered  the  employ  of  H.  W.  Carter  of 


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Lebanon,  conducting  a  large  mercantile 
business;  five  years  later  started  in 
business  himself,  subsequently  forming 
a  partnership  with  Frank  C.  Churchill 
which  continued  till  1898,  when  the 
latter  withdrew;  since  then  Mr.  Carter 
has  been  president  and  manager  of  the 
corporation  known  as  the  Carter  & 
Churchill  Co.,  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  shirts,  lined  coats,  overalls, 
jumpers,  etc.,  in  addition  to  this  busi- 
ness he  is  also  interested  in  manufac- 


turing in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  and  in  the 
South;  Republican;  has  held  various 
town  offices  and  served  in  the  N.  H. 
state  senate  in  1891-2;  auditor  state 
treasurer's  accounts,  1891;  appointed 
by  Governor  Jordan,  in  1901,  member 
of  commission  to  determine  the  position 
of  N.  H.  regiments  in  the  siege  of  Vicks- 
burg,  and  by  Governor  Bachelder,  in 
1903,  to  select  a  monument  in  com- 
memoration of  their  service;  president 
Lebanon  Electric  Light  Co.  for  eight 
years  previous  to  1906;  director  Leb- 
anon National  Bank;  trustee  public 
library;  president  llth  N.  H.  Reg't 
Building  A.s.s'n;  member  James  B. 


Perry  Post  G.  A.  R.,  and  past  com- 
mander N.  H.  Department;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge,  chapter,  com- 
mandery  and  shrine;  m.,  Aug.  20, 
1868,  Theodora  Bugbee,  Lakeport,  N. 
H.  Residence,  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

Blaisdell,  Bertram 

Lawyer;  b.,  Meredith,  N.  H.,  April 

13,  1869;  s.  Philip  and  Jane  (Leayitt) 
Blaisdell;   ed.    public   schools,    Tilton 
Seminary,    1888;   Brown   Univ.,   A.B. 
1892;    teacher   in    Meredith,    1892-5; 
studied  law  and  admitted  to  the  N.  H. 
bar,  July,  1897;  in  practice  at  Meredith; 
Congregationalist;     Democrat;     chair- 
man  Meredith  school  board;   special 
justice  Laconia  district  court,  1913-15; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1915;  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Delta  Upsilon, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  to  and   including  32d 
degree;  past  grand  patron  O.  E.  S.  of 
New    Hampshire;     trustee     Meredith 
Village  Savings  Bank;  president  Mere- 
dith Casket  Co.;  member  N.  H.  Bar 
Ass'n;    m.,    April    25,    1893,    Georgia 
Moulton;  children,   Beatrice,   b.   Dec. 

14,  1898;  Dorothy  F.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1901. 
Residence,  Meredith,  N.  H. 

Hamlin,  Frank  Wilbert 

Merchant;  banker ;  b.,  North  Charles- 
town,  N.  H.,  June  14,  1863;  s.  George 
Washington  and  Ellen  L.  Hamlin;  ed. 
public  schools  of  Charlestown;  proprie- 
tor of  the  Hamlin  Department  Store, 
Charlestown,  N.  H.,  since  1887; 
Episcopalian  (treasurer  and  junior 
warden  St.  Luke's  Church) ;  Republi- 
can; justice  municipal  court;  trustee 
town  trust  funds,  trustee  and  treasurer 
Silsby  Free  Library;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1903;  Senate, 
1909;  constitutional  convention,  1918; 
president  and  director  Connecticut 
River  National  Bank,  Charlestown; 
member  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Charlestown 
Lodge,  No.  88;  Evening  Star  Encamp- 
ment, No.  25,  Claremont;  Canton 
Oasis,  No.  18,  Claremont;  Rebekah 
Lodge,  No.  77;  m.,  Dec.  26,  1887,  Ada 
E.  Perry.  Residence,  Charlestown, 
N.  H. 


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Prescott,  Charles  Henry 

Editor;  banker;  b.,  Barnstead,  N.  H., 
Aug.  3,  1857;  s.  James  Lewis  and 
Harriet  Morrill  (Tripp)  Prescott;  ed. 
Berwick  (Me.)  Academy;  Boston 
Univ.;  studied  law  and  admitted  to 
the  Maine  bar,  1880;  founder  and  sole 
proprietor  Biddeford  (Me.)  Daily  Jour- 
nal, 1884-  ;  Republican;  member  Me. 
house  of  representatives,  1883-4;  sen- 
ate, 1895-6;  member  governor's  staff, 
1893-7;  executive  council,  1901-6; 
treasurer  York  County,  Me.,  1887-90; 
delegate  at  large  Republican  National 
Convention,  1888;  president  York 
County  Savings  Bank,  First  National 
Bank,  Biddeford;  director  North  Ber- 
wick Mfg.  Co.,  Union  Mutual  Life 
Ins.  Co.,  Portland;  m.,  Jan.  17,  1882, 
Ellen  S.  Hobbs,  No.  Berwick,  Me. 
Residence,  Saco,  Me. 

Porter,  John  Lincoln 

Surgeon;  b.,  Alstead,  N.  H.,  June  2, 
1864;  s.  Samuel  H.  and  Harriet  (Emer- 
son) Porter;  ed.  public  schools;  North- 
western Univ.,  M.D.  1894;  interne, 
St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago,  1894-5; 
professor  orthopedic  surgery,  Univ.  of 
Illinois  Med.  School,  1900-17;  same 
in  Northwestern  Univ.  Med.  School, 
since  1917;  attending  orthopedic  sur- 
geon, St.  Luke's  Hospital;  appointed 
member  advisory  board  on  orthopedics, 
U.  S.  A.,  Aug.,  1917;  member  American 
Med.  Ass'n,  American  Orthopedic 
Ass'n  (president,  1918-19,  Illinois  State 
Med.  Soc.);  Republican;  member  Uni- 
versity, Quadrangle  and  Flossmoor 
Country  clubs;  m.,  Feb.  9,  1899,  Ethel 
Quigg.  Residence,  5116  Kenwood  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Lord,  Harry  True 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  II.,  May 
7,  1863;  s.  Harrison  Dearborn  and 
Juliette  (True)  Lord;  ed.  Manchester 
public  schools  (high  school  1882); 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1887;  stud- 
ied law  with  Hon.  David  A.  Taggart 
and  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  in 
1894,  since  when  he  has  been  in  prac- 
tice in  Manchester;  Episcopalian;  Re- 
publican; president  Manchester  Com- 


mon Council,  1899-1902;  member 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1902; 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1905- 
6,  1907-8;  N.  H.  Senate  (president), 
1909-10;  executive  council,  1911-12; 
member  local  Draft  Board,  Div.  No.  1, 
city  of  Manchester,  1917-19;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Knight  Templar  and 
Shriner;  I.  O.  R.  M.;  N..  H.  Soc.,  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution  (vice- 
president);  Manchester  Historical  Soc. 
(treasurer);  Calumet  Club,  Manches- 


ter (secretary,  1893-1914);  m.,  1st, 
Sept.  29,  1897,  Flora  I.  Cooper,  Man- 
chester, d.;  m.,  2d,  Oct.  16,  1912, 
Florence  M.  Stanley;  one  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  b.  July  13,  1899,  now  in 
school  of  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  II . 

Lund,  Fred  Bates 

Surgeon;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Jan.  4, 
1865;  s.  Charles  C.  and  Lydia  (French) 
Lund;  ed.  public  schools,  Phillips  An- 
dover  Academy;  Harvard  College, 
A.B.  1888  (summa  cum  laude,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa);  A.M.  1892;  M.D.,  Harvard 


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Med.  School,  1892;  interne  Mass.  Gen- 
eral Hospital,  1900-3;  in  practice  in 
Boston  since  latter  date;  established 
wide  reputation  for  surgical  skill;  in 
U.  S.  Medical  Service  in  France  during 
war  with  Germany.  Address,  529 
Beacon  St.,  Boston. 

Kimball,  William  Henry 

Farmer;  lumberman;  b.,  Columbia, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  18,  1853;  s.  Edward  Walter 
and  M.  Jannette  (Lucy)  Kimball;  ed. 
public  schools  of  Stratford,  N.  H.; 


engaged  in  agriculture  in  early  He,  and 
has  since  carried  on  extrusive1  lumber- 
ing operations;  Methodist;  Democrat; 
member  Stratford  school  board  sev- 
eral years;  selectman  twenty-five  years; 
member  X.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1901-2,  1909-10,  1917-18;  com- 
missary-general of  New  Hampshire 
1913-14;  member  Democratic  state 
committee  since  1910;  member  Knights 
of  Pythias;  director  Coos  County 
National  Bank,  Groveton;  m.,  Dec.  31, 
1885,  Kmma  J.  Buss  of  Stratford; 
children,  George  Marden,  b.  March  27, 


1891  (Shaw's  Business  College,  Port- 
land, Me.,  1908);  Lina  Jannette,  b. 
Sept.  1,  1897.  Residence,  Stratford, 
N.  H. 

Peterson,  Oscar  William 

Clergyman;  b.,  Lingdal,  Wardnas 
Parish,  Ostergolland,  Sweden;  s.  Peter 
Johan  Johanson  and  Johanna  (Anders- 
dotter)  Peterson;  ed.  public  schools  in 
Sweden,  Rice  Collegiate-  Institute, 
Paxton,  111.;  Bangor  Theological  Sem- 
inary, 1902;  Bowdoin  College,  Bruns- 
wick, Me.,  1906;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  pastor  Congregational 
churches,  Phillips  and  Strong,  Me., 
1902-4;  Cornish  and  East  Baldwin,  Me., 
1904-9;  principal  Parsonfield  (Me.) 
Seminary,  1909-10;  pastor  Congrega- 
tional churches,  Brownfield  and  Den- 
mark, Me.,  1911-13,  Newcastle,  Me., 
1913-17,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  1917-  ; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa;  published,  1909,  patriotic 
hymn,  "God  Save  the  President";  in 
1910,  "Songs  and  Lyrics,"  translated 
from  the  Swedish;  in  1917,  "Abigail 
Goodhue  Bayley,"  a  memoir;  exten- 
sively engaged  as  a  speaker  for  various 
war  causes;  m.,  1905,  Emma  Augusta 
Stubbs,  Strong,  Me.;  children,  Alma 
Stubbs,  Hilda  Stubbs.  Residence, 
Claremont,  N.  H. 

Chutter,  Frederick  George 

Clergyman;  b.,  Chard,  Somerset, 
England,  Sept.  12,  1857;  s.  George  and 
Hannah  Chutter;  ed.  Phillips  Andover 
Academy,  Colburn  Institute,  Colby 
College  (A.B.  and  A.M.),  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  (B.D.),  Oxford 
University,  Edinburgh  and  Paris; 
preached  in  various  places  in  Maine  and 
New  Hampshire  while  pursuing  his 
studies;  ordained  in  the  Congrega- 
tional ministry  and  installed  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Littleton,  N.  H.,  Sept.  9, 
1887;  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health, 
Sept.,  1890;  traveled  in  P>urope  and 
the  East  two  years;  later  for  several 
years  in  mercantile  business  in  Little- 
ton; resumed  ministerial  work  as  pas- 
tor of  the  Congregational  Church  at 
Norwich,  Vt.,  and  later  at  Lebanon, 


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N.  H.,  where  he  is  now  engaged;  Re- 
publican; member  Littleton  board  of 
education,  1888-90;  1895-8;  president 
trustees  Littleton  public  library  sev- 
eral years;  has  lectured  on  various 
topics  suggested  by  his  travels,  and 
published  a  book  on  the  "Art  of  the 
Lagoons";  m.,  Oct.  19,  1887,  Caroline 
Clark,  Newton,  Mass.;  two  children, 
Mildred  Caroline,  b.  Aug.  29,  1892; 
Reginald  Frederick,  b.  Aug.  23,  1893. 
Residence,  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
Riley,  Phil  Madison 

Editor;  writer;  b.,  Belmont,  N.  H., 
Sept.  25,  1882;  s.  James  Francis  and 
Elizabeth  L.  (Williams)  Riley;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Burdett's  Business  College; 
secretary  and  director,  Laconia,  N.  H., 
Lumber  Works,  1899-1904;  teacher, 
Waltham,  Mass.,  public  schools,  1904- 
5;  associate  editor,  Photo  Era,  Boston, 
1905-10,  1913-16;  architectural  editor, 
Country  Life  in  America,  1910-3;  on 
editorial  staff,  India  Rubber  World, 
New  York,  since  1916;  Congregational- 
ist;  Democrat ;  co-author,  "The  Wood 
Carver  of  Salem,"  1916;  "The  Colonial 
Architecture  of  Salem,"  1918;  con- 
tributor to  various  magazines  on  archi- 
tecture and  photography;  m.,  Dec.  24, 
1910,  Caroline  Mabell  Sanderson, 
Springfield,  Mass.  Residence,  6  Dear- 
born St.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 

Tilton,  George  Henry 

Clergvman;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
31,  1845;  s.  William  Wells  and  Sarah 
Ann  (Morrill)  Tilton;  ed.  Williston 
Seminary,  Easthampton,  Mass.,  1866; 
Amherst  College,  A.B.  1870;  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  1873;  ordained 
to  Congregational  ministry,  Hopkin- 
ton,  N.  H.,  1874;  pastor,  Attleboro 
Falls,  Mass.,  1874-5;  Wolfeboro,  N.  H., 
1876-7;  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  1878-91; 
Lancaster,  N.  H.,  1891-6;  Woburn, 
Mass.,  since  1896;  Republican;  mem- 
ber Rehoboth  school  board,  1885-6; 
founder  and  first  president  Rehoboth 
Antiquarian  Soc.;  interested  in  his- 
torical matters  and  botanical  study;  m., 
June  6,  1876,  Ella  Minerva  Mann, 
Attleboro  P'alls,  Mass.;  two  children. 
Residence,  41  Elm  St.,  Woburn,  Mass. 


Brehaut,  James  William 

Educator;  b.,  Murray  Harbor,  P.  E. 
Island,  July  7,  1863;  s.  Thomas  S.  and 
Janet  (Clow)  Brehaut;  ed.  Prince  of 
Wales  College,  Dalhousie  Univ.,  Har- 
vard Univ.,  A.B.  1892;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  principal  high  school, 
North  Attleboro,  Mass.,  1894-8;  super- 
intendent of  schools,  same  town,  1898- 
1907;  proprietor  Bryant  &  Stratton 
Business  College,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
since  Aug.  1,  1907;  Local  War  Historian 
of  Manchester;  member  I.  O.  O.  F.. 
P.  of  H.;  m.  Dec.  27,  1894  Annabell 
Hawkins;  children,  Wilfred  Hawkins, 


b.,  Oct.  22,  1895  (Phillips  Exeter,  1914; 
Harvard,  1918),  first  lieutenant  56th 
Regiment  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  at 
front  from  July  to  Oct.  18,  1918;  Eller- 
ton  James,  b.  April  6,  1897  (Harvard, 
1918),  corporal  in  S.  O.  S.  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Dept.,  went  to  France 
in  June,  1918.  Residence,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H. 


CHARLOTTE   STEWARTSON  SMITH,   M.D. 


J.  BKODIE  SMITH 


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Smith,  (Joseph)  Brodie 

Electrician;  b.,  Richville,  St.  Law- 
rence County,  N.  Y.,  April  6,  1861;  s. 
William  Priest  and  Sarah  (Hungerford) 
Smith;  ed.  public  schools  of  Richville, 
N.  Y.,  and  special  course  in  higher 
mathematics  in  Manchester,  N.  H., 
fitting  himself  to  become  an  expert 
electrician;  came  to  Manchester  in 
1880  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business 
with  his  brother  Amasa  D.Smith,  Ph.C., 
becoming  a  registered  pharmacist  in 
both  New  Hampshire  and  New  York; 
retired  from  the  drug  business  in  1885 
to  devote  his  time  to  electrical  work; 
in  1886  elected  the  first  superintendent 
of  the  Ben  Franklin  Electric  Light  Co. 
of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  which  was  after- 
ward consolidated  with  the  Manchester 
Electric  Light  Co.,  and,  later,  purchased 
by  the  Manchester  Traction,  Light  & 
Power  Co.;  Republican;  vice-president 
and  general  manager,  Manchester  Trac- 
tion Light  &  Power  Co.;  general  man- 
ager Manchester  St.  Ry.,  Manchester 
&  Nashua  St.  Ry.,  Manchester  &  Derry 
St.  Ry.;  trustee  Manchester  Savings 
Bank;  president  Elliot  Hospital  trus- 
tees; director  Manchester  Chamber  of 
Commerce;  member  Manchester  Water 
Board,  member  N.  H.  Pharmaceutical 
Ass'n;  Associate  Member  American 
Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Association  of 
Public  Utilities  of  New  Hampshire; 
member  council  of  Manchester  Insti- 
tute of  Arts  and  Sciences;  vice-president 
for  New  Hampshire,  New  England 
Street  Railway  Club;  appointed,  April 
3,  1918,  associate  member  and  N.  H. 
director  U.  S.  Naval  Consulting  Board; 
president  N.  H.  Ass'n  for  Prevention  of 
Tuberculosis,  1917-18;  member  Ridgely 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  also  Wonolancet 
Encampment  and  Canton  Ridgely; 
member  Washington  Lodge  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  Mount  Horeb  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  Adoniram  Council  and  Trinity 
Commandery,  K.  T.;  past  master  Ado- 
niram Council  and  past  grand  master 
Grand  Council  of  New  Hampshire; 
member  Bektash  Temple,  A.  A.  O.  N. 
M.  S.,  Concord,  N.  H.;  member 
Scottish  Rite  bodies  of  Nashua,  N.  H., 


32d  degree;  received  33d  degree  in 
Scottish  Rite  Masonry  at  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  in  1905;  trustee  Masonic  Home, 
Manchester,  N.  H.;  member  Rotary, 
Derryfield,  Calumet  and  Intervale 
Country  clubs,  Manchester,  and 
Nashua  Country  Club,  Nashua,  N.  H. ; 
m.,  July  14,  1909,  Charlotte  Dodd 
Stewartson,  M.D.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Smith,  Charlotte  Stewartson,  M.D. 

Physician;  b.,  West  Medway,  Mass., 
Jan.  22, 1864;  dau.  Robert  E.  and  Sylvia 
F.  (Bisbee)  Stewartson;  descendant 
of  Charles  Bisbee,  the  seventh  pioneer 
of  Sumner,  Me.,  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution and  a  direct  descendant  in  the 
5th  generation  from  Thomas  Besbedge 
(the  original  spelling)  who  sailed  from 
Sandwich,  England,  in  the  ship, 
Hercules,  and  landed  at  Scituate  Har- 
bor in  1634;  from  Charles  the  descent 
is  traced  through  his  son,  Elisha,  a 
lieutenant  in  the  Revolution,  and  his 
wife  Molly  Pettingill,  their  son,  Daniel, 
and  his  wife  Sylvia  Stevens,  their 
daughter  Sylvia  F.  Bisbee  and  her  hus- 
band, Robert  E.  Stewartson;  ed.  in  the 
West  Medway  schools  and  special 
courses  in  Manchester,  N.  H.;  grad- 
uated M.D.,  Tufts  Medical  College, 
1900;  externe  one  year,  Mass.  Home 
Hospital,  Boston;  interne,  one  year, 
Woman's  Charity  Club  Hospital,  Bos- 
ton; in  practice  of  medicine,  in  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  since  1902;  member 
Mass.  Med.  Soc.,  N.  H.  Med.  Soc., 
Hillsborough  County  Med.  Ass'n, 
Manchester  Institute  Arts  and  Sciences; 
m.,  July  14,  1909,  J.  Brodie  Smith, 
Manchester.  (See  preceding  sketch.) 

Richardson,  William  Cummings 

Architect;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  March 
12,  1854;  s.  David  Cummings  and 
Henrietta  G.  (Barnard)  Richardson; 
ed.  Lawrence,  Mass.,  high  school,  1872; 
special  course  in  architecture,  Mass. 
Inst.  Tech.,  1873-5;  spent  several 
years  as  assistant  in  architecture  offi- 
ces and  made  several  trips  abroad  for 
observation  and  study;  in  practice  in 
Boston  since  1881;  member  firm  of 


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Hartwell  &  Richardson  many  years; 
now  Hartwell,  Richardson  &  Driver; 
designed  Youth's  Companion  building, 
Boston;  First  Church,  Plymouth; 
Springfield,  Mass.,  high  school;  Abbot 
Academy  buildings,  Andover,  Mass., 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  Latin  School  and 
other  notable  structures;  Swedenbor- 
gian;  Republican;  fellow  American 
Inst.  of  Architects;  Boston  Soc.  of 
Architects;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  T.;  m., 
Oct.  5,  1882,  Frances  Shippen  Webster, 
Northampton,  Mass.  Residence,  New- 
tonville,  Mass. 

Quincy,  Josiah  Hatch 

Lawyer;  b.,  Rumney,  N.  H.,  March 
8,  1860;  s.  Samuel  Hatch  and  Sarah 
Ann  (Webster)  Quincy;  ed.  New  Hamp- 
ton Institute,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
Dartmouth  College,  B.L.,  1884  (Phi 
Beta  Kappa),  Boston  Univ.  Law 
School,  LL.B.  1887;  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1887,  and  in  practice  in  Boston 
since;  Episcopalian  (senior  warden 
Emmanuel  Church,  West  Roxbury); 
Republican;  director  Boston  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  sixteen  years;  director  Mass. 
S.  P.  C.  A.,  Wells  Memorial  Ass'n; 
member  Mass,  and  American  Bar 
Ass'ns,  Social  Law  Library,  Boston 
City  Club;  m.,  Oct.  11,  1899,  Irene 
Margaret  Brown.  Residence,  37  Strat- 
ford St.,  Boston. 

Ladd,  William  Palmer 

Clergyman;  b.,  Lancaster,  N.  H., 
May  13,  1870;  s.  William  Spencer  and 
Mira  Barnes  (Fletcher)  Ladd;  ed.  public 
schools,  Dartmouth  College  A.B.,  1891; 
studied  two  years  in  Europe;  B.D. 
General  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York.  1897;  A.M.,  Harvard,  1903; 
ordained  deacon,  P.  E.  Church,  1897; 
priest,  1898;  rector  St.  Barnabas 
Church,  Berlin,  N.  H.,  1897-1902; 
professor  church  history,  Berkeley 
Divinity  School,  Middletown,  Conn., 
since  Sept.,  1904,  acting  dean,  1917-18; 
dean,  1919;  examining  chaplain,  Conn., 
since  1905,  N.  H.  since  1913;  m.,  Jan. 
17,  1916,  Ailsie  Taylor,  London,  Eng- 
land. Residence,  Middletown,  Conn. 


Thurber,  Lester  Freeman 

Manufacturer;  banker;  b.,  Washing- 
ton, Vt..  Aug.  24,  1858;  s.  Liberty  Free- 
man ana  Sarah  E.  (Chapman)  Thurber; 
ed.  public  schools  and  Goddard  Semi- 
nary, Barre,  Vt.;  private  secretary  to 
Gov.  Roswell  Farnham  of  Vermont, 
1880-2;  removed  to  Nashua,  N.  H., 
in  1882,  where  he  has  since  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  business;  Congrega- 


tionalist;  Republican;  served  in  both 
branches  Nashua  city  government,  six 
years  member  board  of  education 
(president  one  year);  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1895,  serving 
on  railroad  committee;  delegate  to 
Republican  national  convention,  Chi- 
cago, 1908;  member  executive  commit- 
tee N.  H.  committee  of  public  safety, 
1918-  ;  president  Second  National 
Bank,  City  Guaranty  Savings  Bank, 
and  WonalancetCo.,  Nashua;  treasurer 
and  manager  White  Mountain  Freezer 
Co.,  Nashua  (president,  1914);  mem- 
ber N.  H.  Bankers'  Ass'n,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.,  32d  degree  and  Knight  Templar; 
Nashua  Country  Club  and  Derryfield 


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Club  Manchester;  m.,  April  25, 
1885,  Lizzie  Ellen,  daughter  of  George 
P.  and  Elizabeth  A.  Little,  Pembroke, 
N.  H.;  children,  George  Freeman,  b. 
Feb.  5,  1888  (Dartmouth,  1911), 
Dorothy  (Mrs.  Frederick  \V.  Cox),  b. 
April  25,  1892.  Residence,  Nashua, 
N.  H. 

Lamb,  Fred  William 

Machinist;  journalist;  b.,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  Jan.  22,  1876;  s.  Franklin 
Lee  and  Josephine  Augusta  (Savory) 


Lamb;  cd.  Manchester  public  schools; 
employee  of  the  Amoskeag  Mfg  Co., 
and  associate  editor  of  the  Amoskeag 
Bulletin;  Congregationalist ;  Republi- 
can; member  X.  II.  house  of  represen- 
tatives, 1911-12  and  1913-14.  serving 
in  both  terms  on  education  and  state 
library  committees,  being  clerk  of  the 
former  committee  in  the  latter  session; 
during  the  sessions  of  1915  and  1917 
served  as  library  messenger  of  the  house 
of  representatives  of  which  lie  was  again 
a  member  for  1919-20,  serving  on  the 


Normal  School  and  School  for  Feeble- 
Minded  committees  and  clerk  of  the 
former;  former  member  and  past  presi- 
dent, N.  H.  Soc.,  S.  A.  R.;  former  mem- 
ber and  past  commander  W.  W.  Brown 
camp  S.  of  V.;  member  Amoskeag 
Textile  Club,  Franklin  St.  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  the  Manchester 
Historic  Ass'n,  of  which  he  is  curator, 
corresponding  secretary  and  librarian, 
being  deeply  interested  in  historical 
pursuits;  has  written  much  upon  the 
early  history  of  Manchester  and  vicin- 
ity, and  also  several  historical  and  gen- 
ealogical monographs,  particularly  one 
upon  the  "Great  Tornado  in  New 
Hampshire,"  in  1821;  has  a  fine  his- 
torical library  specially  covering  the 
Indian,  Colonial,  Revolutionary  and 
Civil  War  periods.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Robinson,  Maurice  Henry 

Educator;  economist;  b.,  Meredith, 
N.  H.;  s.  Joseph  Wadleigh  and  Eli/a 
Frances  (Weld)  Robinson;  ed.  public 
schools,  Dartmouth  College,  B.L.  1890; 
Yale,  Ph.D.,  1902;  superintendent  of 
schools  in  North  Dakota  and  Minne- 
sota, 1890-6;  assistant  in  political 
science,  Dartmouth,  1896-8;  instructor 
in  economics,  Yale,  1899-1902;  profes- 
sor of  economics,  Univ.  of  Illinois, 
since  Sept.,  1902;  special  expert  Census 
Bureau,  1903,  in  valuation  of  railways; 
expert  on  supervision  of  corporations, 
Illinois  efficiency  and  economy  commis- 
sion, 1914-5;  author  various  economic 
treatises,  including  a  "History  of  Tax- 
ation in  New  Hampshire";  Episco- 
palian; m.,  Sept.  10,  1890,  Elinor 
Corse,  West  Dover,  Vt.  Residence, 
Urbana,  111. 

Robie,  Virginia  Huntington 

Writer;  h.,  Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.; 
dau.  Rev.  Thomas  Sargent  and  Vir- 
ginia Dare  (Pendleton)  Robie;  ed.  pub- 
lic and  private  schools,  Boston,  Mass., 
School  of  Decorative  Design,  Museum 
of  Fine  Arts,  Boston,  Art  Institute  of 
Chicago;  associate  editor,  "The  House 
Beautiful,"  1903-13;  editor,  1913-15; 
author,  "Historic  Styles  in  Furniture," 


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1905,  1916;  "By  Paths  in  Collecting," 
1912;  "Quest  of  the  Quaint,"  1916; 
member  Pen  and  Brush  Club,  New 
York;  Woman's  Club,  Chicago.  Resi- 
dence, East  29th  St.,  New  York;  Yar- 
mouth, Me.  (summer). 

Richardson,  Leon  Josiah 

Educator;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  Feb.  22, 
1868;  s.  Josiah  Crosby  and  Isabel  J. 
(Chamberlain)  Richardson;  ed.  public 
schools,  Univ.  of  Mich.,  A.B.  1890; 
studied  in  Europe,  1895-7;  teacher, 
Greek  and  English  literature,  Jackson, 
Mich.,  high  school,  1890-1 ;  assistant  in 
Latin,  Univ.  of  California,  1891-2; 
instructor,  1892-5  and  1897-8;  assist- 
ant professor,  1898-1907;  associate 
professor  since  1907;  dean  Univ.  of 
California  summer  school  several  years; 
president  board  of  trustees,  Berkeley 
public  library;  adjutant  Intercollegiate 
Intelligence  Bureau,  Univ.  of  Cali- 
fornia, 1917-  ;  author  several  educa- 
tional works;  member  Berkeley,  Fac- 
ulty and  Claremont  Country  clubs; 
m.,  April  26,  1900,  Maud  Wilkinson. 
Residence,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Learned,  Henry  Barrett 

Educator;  writer;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H., 
March  31,  1868;  s.  John  C.  and  Lucelia 
(Wakefield)  Learned;  ed.  Harvard 
Univ.,  A.B.  1890;  A.M.  1897;  Univ.  of 
Chicago,  A.M.  1894;  Ph.D.,  Yale, 
1909;  studied  at  the  Univ.  of  Leipzig, 
1899-1900;  principal  private  school, 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  1890-2;  teacher  of 
history,  University  School,  Chicago, 
1892-3;  head  of  department  of  history, 
Armour  Institute  of  Technology, 
Chicago,  1894-6;  assistant  in  history, 
Harvard,  1897-8;  literary  editor  Hart- 
ford Courant,  Hartford,  Conn.,  1900; 
instructor  in  history,  Sheffield  Scien- 
tific School  (Yale),  "Hartford,  190CMJ; 
lecturer  on  history,  Wesleyan  Univ., 
1909-10;  in  Bureau  of  Investigation, 
Dept.  of  Justice,  1917-  ;  member  Dis- 
trict o  f  Columbia  Board  of  Education, 
1917-20;  member  American  Historical 
Ass'n,  American  Political  Science  Ass'n; 
trustee  All  Souls  (Unitarian)  Church, 
Washington;  author  "The  President's 


Cabinet,"  1911:  "The  Vice-Presidency," 
1918;  m.,  June  14,  1899,  Emily  Cheney, 
South  Manchester,  Conn.  Residence, 
2123  Bancroft  Place,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Putnam,  George  Martin 

Dairy  and  fruit  farmer;  b.,  Hopkin- 
ton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  18,  1864;  s.  Charles 
and  Almira  (Eastman)  Putnam;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Contoocook  Acad- 
emy; proprietor  of  the  Mt.  Putney  dairy 
farm,  on  Putney  Hill,  upon  which  he 


was  born,  and  for  which  he  has  estab- 
lished a  reputation  as  one  of  the  best 
dairy  farms  in  New  Hampshire,  and 
which  is  also  noted  for  fruit  production; 
Unitarian;  Democrat;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1899-1900, 
serving  on  committee  on  agriculture; 
N.  H.  constitutional  convention,  1902; 
N.  H.  board  of  agriculture,  1912-13; 
member  Agricultural  Advisory  Com- 
mittee, appointed  by  Governor  Bart- 
lett;  member  and  first  president  Merri- 
mack  County  Farm  Bureau;  president 
Merrimack  County  Farmers'  Exchange; 
president  N.  H.  State  Farm  Bureau 


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Federation;  member  State  Emergency 
Food  Production  Committee,  1918; 
president  West  Hopkinton  Telephone 
Co.;  member  Patrons  of  Husbandry 
(past  master);  m.,  Jan.  19,  1899,  Flora 
E.  Clough,  Hopkinton.  Residence, 
Hopkinton,  N.  H.  (Contoocook,  P.  O.). 

Norris,  True  Livingston 

Lawyer;  editor  and  publisher;  b., 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  May  4,  1848;  s. 
Arthur  F.  L.  and  Olive  (Wallace) 
Norris;  ed.  public  schools;  served  as  a 
private  in  the  5th  Mass.  Vols.  in  the 
Civil  War,  1864-5;  studied  law  and 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1868;  practiced 
in  Boston,  1868-72;  Washington,  D.  C., 
1872-6;  Concord,  N.  H.,  1876-80;  on 
staff  of  New  York  Herald,  1883-5, 
Boston  Globe,  1885-8;  editor  Ports- 
mouth Times  daily,  and  States  and 
Union,  weekly,  from  1888,  and  editor 
and  proprietor  from  1893  to  1918; 
Democrat;  member  N.  H.  executive 
council  1893;  resigned  to  accept  ap- 
pointment as  Collector  of  Customs  for 
the  District  of  New  Hampshire,  which 
he  held  till  1898;  New  Hampshire  mem- 
ber Democratic  national  committee 
1896-1908;  delegate  at  large  from  New 
Hampshire  to  the  Democratic  national 
convention  at  Kansas  City  in  1900,  and 
St.  Louis,  1904;  member  N.  H.  con- 
stitutional convention  1902;  trustee 
N.  H.  state  normal  schools,  by  ap- 
pointment of  Gov.  Samuel  D.  Felker, 
1913-18;  member  St.  John's  Lodge, 
A.  F.,  &  A.  M.,  Portsmouth,  Ports- 
mouth Lodge,  No.  9,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  and 
Storer  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  Portsmouth;  m., 
May  20,  1890,  Lillian  G.  Hurst,  Eliot, 
Me.  Residence,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Pillsbury,  Arthur  Judson 

Editor;  b.,  Londonderry,  X.  H., 
Jan.  31,  1856;  s.  Josiah  Hobart  and 
Francos  Alnora  (Pervier)  Pillsbury; 
ed.  public  schools;  Kansas  Agricultural 
College;  studied  law  and  admitted  to 
Kansas  bar,  but  went  into  journalism 
and  published  the  Tulare  Register, 
1883-1903;  editorial  writer  Oakland 
Herald  (Cal.),  1903-4;  secretary  Cali- 
fornia State  Board  of  Examiners,  1904 


-7;  editor  Sacramento  Union,  1907-8; 
founder  California  Weekly,  organ  of 
Progressive  Republicans,  and  editor 
same  till  its  merger  in  the  California 
Outlook,  1911;  chairman  Industrial 
Accident  Board  of  California  1911-  ; 
Unitarian;  m.,  Sept.  15,  1881,  DeEtta 
Warren,  Lawrence,  Kan.  Residence, 
224  Pala  Ave.,  Piedmont  Station,  Oak- 
land, Cal. 

Hoyt,  Deristhe  Lavinta 

Teacher;  lecturer;  b.,  Wentworth, 
N.  H.;  dau.  Dr.  Peter  Livingston  and 
Elizabeth  (Aspinwall)  Hoyt;  ed.  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  1864; 
teacher  Appleton  Academy,  New  Ips- 
wich, N.  H.,  1865-7;  Reading,  Mass., 
high  school,  1869-70;  studied  in  South 
Kensington,  Art  School,  London,  Eng., 
1872-3;  teacher  Mass.  Normal  Art 
School,  1874-91;  lecturer  in  same  on 
history  of  painting,  1891-1913;  author 
"Historic  Schools  of  Painting,"  "The 
World's  Painters  and  Their  Pictures," 
"Barbara's  Heritage."  Residence, 
Maiden,  Mass. 

Pollard,  John  William  Hobbs 

Physician;  educator;  b.,  Brentwood, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  22,  1872;  s.  Francis  Dow 
and  Mary  Jane  (Gray)  Pollard;  ed. 
Dartmouth,  B.L.  1895;  M.D.,  Univ. 
of  Vermont,  1901;  student  in  physical 
culture,  Harvard  summer  school,  1896, 
1902;  post-graduate  work  in  medicine, 
Harvard,  1905-6;  physical  director 
and  instructor,  Union  College,  Schenec- 
tady,  N.  Y.,  1897-1900;  physical  di- 
rector, Lehigh  Univ.,  1901-2;  Univ.  of 
Rochester,  1902-5;  professor  of  physi- 
cal education  and  lecturer  on  hygiene, 
Univ.  of  Alabama,  1906-10;  professor 
of  physical  education  and  associate 
professor  of  biology,  Washington  and 
Lee  Univ.,  1910-15;  professor  of  hy- 
giene and  physical  education,  1915-; 
president  South  Atlantic  Intercolle- 
giate Athletic  Ass'n,  Virginia  State 
Public  Health  Ass'n;  member  Ameri- 
can Ass'n  for  Advancement  of  Physical 
Education,  etc.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  T. 
and  32d  degree,  X.  H.  Historical  Soc.; 
commander  First  Reg.  Med.  Res. 


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Corps,  1917 — on  active  duty  at  Fort 
Rodman,  Mass.;  m.,  Dec.  8,  1898, 
Kate  Marion  Blunt,  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Residence,  Lexington,  Va. 

Setzer,  William  Judson 

Minister;  b.,  Johnson  City,  Tenn., 
Nov.  10,  1889;  s.  Daniel  Monroe  and 
Margaret  Bell  Dora  Kate  (McNees) 
Setzer;  ed.  public  schools,  Johnson 
City;  Carson-Newman  College  (Jeffer- 
son City,  Tenn.),  A.B.  1913;  Newton 


Theological  Institution  (Newton  Cen- 
ter, Mass.),  B.D.  1910;  ordained  to  the 
Baptist  ministry,  Jefferson  City,  Tenn., 
1911;  preacher  to  rural  churches  in 
Tenn.,  1911-13;  preached  at  Center- 
ville  C.  E.  chapel,  Beverly,  Mass., 
1913-10;  minister  of  Pleasant  St. 
Baptist  Church  Concord,  N.  II.,  since 
Feb.  1,  1910;  appointed  chaplain  with 
rank  of  lieutenant  for  overseas  service, 
October,  1918,  but  prevented  from 
going  by  the  signing  of  the  armistice; 
member  Concord  Ministers'  Ass'n, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  United  Baptist  Conven- 
tion of  New  Hampshire,  Salisbury 


Ass'n,  Newton  Theological  Institution 
Alumni  Ass'n,  N.  H.  Soc.  for  Charities 
and  Corrections,  Anti-Saloon  League, 
Red  Cross,  North  End  Tennis  Club. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Sawyer,  Frederick  W. 

Banker;  b.,  Milford,  N.  H.,  April  10, 
1802;  s.  Frederick  T.  and  Sarah  (Love- 
joy)  Sawyer;  ed.  Milford  high  school, 
Chauncey  Hall  school,  Boston;  assist- 
ant cashier  Souhegan  National  Bank, 
Milford,  1883-98;  cashier,  1898-1919; 
vice-president,  1911-9;  president, 
1919-;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1901-2,  1903-4  (chairman  banking 
committee) ;  treasurer  town  of  Milford, 
Milford  school  district  and  Milford 
Board  of  Trade  many  years;  member 
N.  H.  Bankers'  Ass'n  (chairman  execu- 
tive committee),  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Grand 
Master  Grand  Lodge  of  N.  H.,  1908-9; 
m.,  Oct.  26,  1893,  Bertha  M.  Wilkins, 
Amherst,  N.  H.;  three  children.  Resi- 
dence, 18  Myrtle  St.,  Milford,  N.  H. 

Sawyer,  Edward  Allen 

Physician;  b.,  Acworth,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
7,  1857;  s.  Edward  J.  and  Orpha  J. 
(Allen)  Sawyer;  ed.  Amherst  College, 
A.B.  1881,  A.M.  1880;  M.D.,  N.  Y. 
Univ.  Med.  College,  1883;  in  practice 
in  Gardner,  Mass.,  since  latter  date; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  consulting 
physician,  Henry  Heywood  Memorial 
Hospital;  medical  examiner,  Worcester 
North  Dist.,  since  1890,  and  various 
insurance  companies;  local  surgeon 
B.  &  M.  R.  R. ;  member  board  of  health, 
and  school  board,  1885-1905,  Mass. 
Med.  Soc.  (councilor),  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
(lodge,  chapter  and  commandery);  m., 
Myra  B.  Tebault,  Norfolk,  Va.;  two 
children.  Residence,  402  Elm  St., 
Gardner,  Mass. 

Howland,  Fred  Arthur 

Lawyer,  b.,  Franconia,  N.  II.,  Nov. 
10,  1804;  s.  Moses  N.  and  Sylvia  Ann 
(Howland);  ed.  Phillips  Andover  Acad- 
emy, Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1887; 
studied  law  with  Hon.  \V.  P.  Dilling- 
harn,  Waterbury,  Vt.;  member  firm  of 


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Dillingham,  Huse  &  Rowland,  1892- 
1903;  counsel  National  Life  Ins.  Co., 
Montpelier,  1893- ;  vice-president, 
1909;  president,  1918;  Republican; 
clerk,  Vermont  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1896;  state's  attorney,  Washing- 
ton County,  Vt.,  1896-8;  secretary  of 
state,  1898-1902;  chairman  committee 
to  revise  banking  laws  of  Vermont, 
1910;  secretary  Vt.  Historical  Soc.; 
member  Dartmouth  College  alumni 
council;  m.,  1st,  Sept.  24,  1894,  Rena 
Forbush,  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  d.  Oct.  24, 
1894;  2d,  Feb.  1,  1899,  Margaret 
Louise  Dewey,  Montpelier,  Vt.;  four 
daughters.  Residence,  120  State  St., 
Montpelier,  Vt. 

Barry,  William  Henry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  March 
13,  1878;  s.  Patrick  and  Honor  (Mo- 
ran)  Barry;  ed.  parochial  and  pub- 
lic schools,  Nashua;  Holy  Cross  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1898;  Boston  Univ.  Law 
School,  LL.B.  1901;  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  in  practice  in  Nashua  to  the 
present  time;  Catholic;  Democrat; 
city  solicitor,  1907-9;  mayor  of 
Nashua,  1911-14;  director  "Nashua 
Coal  and  Coke  Co.;  member  Fra- 
ternal Order  of  Eagles,  B.  P.  O.  E., 
A.  O.  H.,  Knights  of  Columbus.  Resi- 
dence, 104  Palm  St.,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Richards,  William  Francis 

Manufacturer;  banker;  b.,  Newport, 
N.  H.,  Jan.  28,  1867;  s.  Dexter  and 
Louisa  (Hatch)  Richards;  ed.  Phillips 
Andover  Academy,  1885;  Harvard  Col- 
lege, A.B.  1889;  traveled  in  Europe, 
1889-90;  president  Dexter  Richards 
Sons  Co.,  Newport,  since  1910;  presi- 
dent First  National  Bank,  Newport; 
trustee  Newport  Savings  Bank;  vice- 
president  Colorado  National  Bank, 
Colorado  Springs,  Col.;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  member  N.  H.  house 
of  representatives,  1902-3;  colonel  on 
staff  of  Gov.  Chester  B.  Jordan,  1901-2; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  T.,  S.  A.  R., 
N.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  Penowan  Club, 
Newport;  Harvard  Club,  Boston,  El 
Paso  Country  Club,  Colorado  Springs; 
m.,  April  4,  1914,  Leora  Moore,  Chi- 


cago. Residence,  1325  No.  Cascade 
Ave.,  Colorado  Springs;  Newport, 
N.  H. 

Preston,  Frank  Wesley 

Educator;  b.,  Barrington,  N.  H., 
Jan.  2,  1855;  s.  Nathaniel  and  Margaret 
Jane  (Home)  Preston;  ed.  Franklin 
Academy,  Dover,  N.  H.;  New  Hamp- 
ton Literary  Institution,  1877;  A.M., 
Dartmouth,  1887;  special  study  in 
science  and  law,  Cornell  Univ.,  1893; 


teacher,  New  Hampton  Literary  Insti- 
tution, 1878-86;  associate  principal, 
1887-97;  principal,  1898-1919;  now 
president;  Baptist.;  Republican;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1909  (chairman  committee  on  educa- 
tion), 1911  (chairman  committee  on 
education),  1915  (chairman  committee 
on  education  and  member  committee 
on  appropriations);  author  of  the 
famous  ''Preston  Amendment,"  pro- 
hibiting transportation  of  spirituous 
liquors  from  license  into  no  license 
towns;  member  Social  Fraternity,  New 
Hamilton  Literary  Institution;  m., 


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ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


Aug.  18,  1879,  Adrietta  Goodwin 
Hubbard;  children,  Nathaniel  M., 
Margaret  L.,  Frank  P.,  Lovell  H. 
Residence,  New  Hampton,  N.  H. 

Powers,  Jennie  B.  Carter 

Humanitarian;  b.,  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
Jan.  5,  1869;  dau.  Capt.  E.  W.  and 
Isabel  Bigelow  Carter  (Capt.  Carter  of 
the  Fourth  Vt.  Vols.  in  the  Civil  War, 
participated  in  many  battles,  and  re- 
ceived wounds  which  made  his  case  one 


of  the  most  famous  in  the  history  of 
medical  science.  Nursed  by  his  wife, 
who  left  their  daughter,  a  few  weeks 
old,  in  charge  of  her  sister,  and  re- 
moved to  a  private  hospital  from  one 
in  which  every  patient  died  of  gangrene, 
he  recovered  and  was  subsequently 
commander  of  the  famous  Ransom 
Post,  G.  A.  R.,  at  St.  Louis,  and  was 
buried  with  full  military  honors,  in  Jef- 
ferson Barracks) ;  ed.  public  schools  in 
Canada  and  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  with  a  spe- 
cial course  at  Mass.  Agricultural  College, 
Arnherst;  Unitarian ;  agent  for  Cheshire 
County  Humane  Soc.,  and  special 


deputy  sheriff  since  1903;  previously 
for  seven  years  agent  of  the  Vt.  State 
Humane  Soc.,  which  position  she  still 
holds,  but  goes  into  that  state  only  in 
extreme  cases;  honorary  life  member 
Mass.  Soc.  for  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Animals,  and  Animal  Rescue 
League  of  Boston;  charter  member 
Audubon  Soc.,  Vt. ;  has  investigated  and 
attended  to  over  5,000  cases  of  cruelty, 
neglect  and  crime;  arrested  about  100 
persons,  and  shot  about  300  suffering 
horses  and  cattle  and  many  smaller 
animals;  has  also  cared  for  hundreds 
of  neglected  children,  for  many  of 
whom  good  homes  have  been  secured; 
m.,  1881,  Frank  A.  Powers  (divorced). 
Residence,  Keene,  N.  H. 

Richards,  Charles  Herbert 

Clergyman;  b.,  Meriden  (Plainfield), 
N.  H.,  March  18,  1839;  s.  Cyrus  S.  and 
Helen  D.  (Whiton)  Richards;  ed.  Kim- 
ball  Union  Academy,  Yale  College, 
A.B.  1860,  Andover  Theological  Sem., 
1865;  served  on  Christian  Commission 
in  Civil  War;  pastor  Congregational 
Church,  Kokomo,  Ind.,  1866-7;  First 
Church,  Madison,  Wis..  1867-90;  Cen- 
tral Church,  Philadelphia,  1890-1903; 
secretary  Church  Building  Soc.,  since 
1903;  president  Wis.  Home  Missionary 
Soc.,  1885-90;  trustee  National  Coun- 
cil Congregational  Churches,  1901-7; 
president  Penn.  Evangelical  Alliance, 
1890-3;  trustee  Howard  Univ.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.;  author  many  religious 
books,  and  editor  song  books  and 
hymnals;  m.,  1868,  Maria  M.  Miner, 
Charles  City,  Ind.  Residence,  Mont- 
clair,  N.  J. 

Sanderson,  Henry  Stephen 

Mining  engineer;  b.,  Rochester, 
N.H.,  Aug.  25, 1878;  s.Stephen  Francis 
and  Nellie  (Strout)  Sanderson;  ed. 
public  schools;  Univ.  of  Minnesota, 
Metallurgical  Eng.,  1901;  U.  S.  min- 
eral surveyor,  1901-  ;  consulting  engi- 
neer; director  Pingrcy  Mine  Co.;  Meth- 
odist; Republican;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  32d 
degree;  m.,  Sept.  29,  1903,  Margaret 
Ella  Jamieson.  Residence,  642  Cor- 
ona St.,  Denver,  Col. 


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Brown,  Edmund  Towle 

Physician;  b.,  Bridgewater,  N.  H., 
July  18,  1871;  s.  Josiah  and  Sarah 
(Towle)  Brown;  ed.  public  schools, 
New  Hampton  Literary  Institution, 
Univ.  of  Vt.  Med.  College,  M.D.  1897; 
postgraduate  work,  New  York,  1898; 
Univ.  of  Vienna,  Austria,  1909;  in 
practice  in  Burlington,  Vt:,  since  1909, 
specializing  in  diseases  of  eye  and  ear; 
fellow  Amer.  Med.  Ass'n,  Vt.  State 
Med.  Soc.,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  T.  and 
Shriner;  m.,  Sept.  5,  1899,  Mollie  J. 
Hardacre,  Winooski,  Vt.  Residence, 
381  South  Union  St.,  Burlington,  Vt. 

Burbank,  Charles  E. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  July 
5, 1866;  s.  Jason  and  Edna  M.  (Willey) 
Burbank;  ed.  public  schools,  Boston 
Univ.  School  of  Law,  LL.B.  1894; 
admitted  to  bar  same  year  and  since 
in  practice  in  Boston;  member  firm 
of  Stebbins,  Storer  &  Burbank  since 
1903;  Progressive;  member  Mass, 
state  senate,  1914;  Mass.  Bar  Ass'n, 
Economic  Club;  m.,  Oct.  10,  1906, 
Lilly  Owen  Baker,  Boston.  Residence, 
East  Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Rublee,  George 

Lawyer;  b.,  Madison,  Wis.,  July  7, 
1868;  s.  Horace  and  Kate  (Hopkins) 
Rublee;  ed.  Groton,  Mass.,  1886,  Har- 
vard, A.B.  1890;  LL.B.  1895;  in- 
structor, Harvard  Law  School,  1896;  in 
practice  in  Chicago — Rublee  &  Burl- 
ing, 1897-8;  removed  to  New  York 
City  in  1898,  and  there  in  practice; 
appointed  member  Federal  Trade 
Commission  by  President  Wilson, 
March  5,  1915;  member  commission  to 
report  on  operation  of  Adamson  eight- 
hour  law,  1916;  member  Commercial 
Economy  Board,  appointed  by  Coun- 
cil of  National  Defence,  1917;  special 
counsel  for  Treasury  Dept.,  1917;  ap- 
pointed to  represent  U.  S.  Shipping 
Board  and  Emergency  Fleet  Corpora- 
tion on  Priorities  Committee  of  War 
Industries  Board,  1917;  Progressive; 
Trustee  Groton  School,  Mass. ;  member 
Bar  Ass'n,  City  of  New  York;  Univer- 


sity, City  and  other  clubs;  m.,  Jan.  12, 
1899,  Juliet  Barrett,  Chicago.     Resi- 
dence, Cornish,  N.  H. 
Mann,  Hosea  Ballou 

Railroading  and  mercantile  life;  b., 
Benton,  N.  H.,  May  27,  1858;  s.  George 
W.  and  Sarah  (Bisbee)  Mann  (George 
W.  Mann  was  long  prominent  in  the 
public  and  political  life  of  Northern 
New  Hampshire,  an  active  Democrat 
and  many  years  representative  in  the 


state  legislature) ;  ed.  public  schools 
and,  like  several  of  his  brothers  long 
known  to  the  traveling  public,  engaged 
in  early  life  in  railway  service;  conduc- 
tor on  White  Mountain  Division,  B.  & 
M.  R.  R.,  for  eighteen  years  previous 
to  1898,  when  he  retired  and  engaged 
in  the  furniture  trade  in  Littleton  where 
he  had  removed  from  Woodsville  in 
1886,  continuing  till  1916;  Liberal; 
Democrat;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1919-20,  serving  on 
Committee  on  Public  Improvements; 
member  Littleton  Board  of  Trade; 
m.,  Oct.  6,  1886,  Ida  E.  Ladd.  Resi- 
dence, Littleton,  N.  H. 


GEN.  JOAB  N.  PATTERSON 


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Patterson,  Joab  Nelson 

Soldier;  public  official  (retired);  b., 
Contoocook  (Hopkinton),  N.  H.,  Jan. 

2,  1835;  s.  Joab  and  Mary  (Levering) 
Patterson;  ed.  public  schools,  Contoo- 
cook   Academy,    Dartmouth    College, 
1860;    taught    school    winters    while 
securing  education;  on  the  outbreak  of 
the    Civil    War    opened    a    recruiting 
office  at  Contoocook  and  raised  a  com- 
pany;  was    commissioned    lieutenant 
of  Co.  H,  2d  N.  H.  Regiment,  June  4, 
1861,  and  promoted  to  captain  May 
23,  1862  (wounded  at  Gettysburg  July 

3,  1863);  lieutenant-colonel,  June  21, 
1864;  colonel,  Jan.  10,  1865;  brevetted 
brigadier-general  for  courage  and  good 
conduct,  to  date  from  March  13,  1865 ; 
mustered  out,  Dec.  19,  1865;  Episco- 
palian;   Republican;    member    N.    H. 
house  of  representatives  from  Hopkin- 
ton, 1866^8;  appointed  U.  S.  Marshal 
for  the  district  of  New  Hampshire  in 
1867,    serving    nineteen    years;-   com- 
mander First  Regiment  N.  H.  Militia, 
1866-8  and  brigade  commander  1868- 
71;  colonel  3d  Regiment  N.  H.  N.  G., 
1878;    brigadier-general    in  command, 
1889;  second  auditor,  U.  S.  Treasury, 
Washington,    four    years    from    1889; 
captain  First  Regiment  N.  H.  Volun- 
teers, in  Spanish  War,  on  staff  of  Gen. 
J.  P.  Sanger;  superintendent  of  public 
buildings    in     Havana,     Cuba,     three 
years;  U.  S.  pension  agent  at  Concord, 
May,   1908,  to  Jan.,   1913;  agent  for 
the  state  of  New  Hampshire  for  trans- 
portation  of  soldiers  of   the  state   to 
attend  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  Battle 
of  Gettysburg,   1913;  member  N.   H. 
Soc.  O.  A.  R.  (president,  1917),  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  K.  T.  and  32d  degree,  Wono- 
lancet   Club,   Concord;   m.,   Nov.    12, 
1867,  Sarah  Cilley,  dau.  Rev.  Nathaniel 
and    Elizabeth    Ann    (Cilley)  Bouton; 
children,  Louis  Marston,  b.  Nov.   11, 
1869    (treasurer    Me.   Central   R.    R.; 
m.  Alice  Harriman  Osborn  and  has  two 
daughters);  Julia  Nelson,  b.  Oct.  26, 
1872,  in.  Edward  Warren  Guyol,  four 
children;    Allan    Bouton,    b.    Jan.    27, 
1875  (formerly  in  United  States  Forest 
service;   now    in    Napa,    Cal.).     Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 

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Harriman,  Alice  Stratton 

Teacher;  clubwoman;  b.,  Matta- 
wamkeag,  Me.,  July,  9,  1874;  dau. 
Guilford  Dudley  and  Eva  (Wing) 
Stratton;  ed.  public  schools,  Gorham, 
N.  H.  (high  school,  1892);  private 
training  school  for  kindergartners, 
Portland,  Me.,  1895;  N.  H.  State  Nor- 
mal School,  Plymouth,  1903;  principal 
of  a  private  kindergarten  in  Brunswick, 
Me.,  two  years;  public  kindergarten 
in  Paterson,  N.  J.,  one  year;  assistant 
in  kindergarten  and  primary  depart- 
ment, Plymouth  Model  School,  two 
years;  teacher  in  Laconia  graded 
schools  two  years;  Unitarian;  member 
Laconia  Woman's  Club  (president, 
1908-9),  Laconia  Parent-Teacher  Ass'n 
(president,  1913-5),  Woman's  Alli- 
ance, Unitarian  Church,  Laconia  (pres- 
ident, 1909-10);  president  N.  H.  Fed- 
eration Women's  Clubs,  1917-19; 
president  N.  H.  State  Parent-Teacher 
Ass'n,  1916-19;  member  executive 
committee  N.  H.  Civic  Federation, 
women's  committee,  Council  of  Na- 
tional Defense,  N.  H.  War  Savings 
Stamp  Committee,  N.  H.  Woman's 
Liberty  Loan  Committee,  N.  H. 
League  of  Free  Nations  (executive 
committee),  Children's  Aid  Protective 
Soc.  (executive  committee),  Mt.  Wash- 
ington Chapter,  O.  E.  S.  (Matron  1911), 
Interlaken  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution,  Laconia 
Park  Commission,  1915-20;  m.,  Oct. 
4,  1904,  Alpha  H.  Harriman,  physician, 
Laconia;  one  dau.,  Louise,  b.  Dec.  17, 
1906.  Residence,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Sanborn,  Frank  Berry 

Engineer;  b.,  Hampton  Falls.  N.  H., 
Jan.  15,  1865;  s.  Albert  J.  and  Sarah 
Ann  (Johnson)  Sanborn;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  B.A.  18S7;  Thayer 
School  (Dartmouth),  C.E.  1889;  Har- 
vard, M.S.  1898;  expert  in  fire  protec- 
tion engineering;  assistant  professor, 
civil  engineering,  Tufts  College,  1899- 
1901,  professor,  1901-  ;  substitute 
professor,  Univ.  of  Illinois,  1908-9; 
author,  "Mechanics'  Problems  for 
Engineering  Students."  1902;  "Public 
Health  Survev,"  1912;  inventor  of 


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many  engineering  appliances;  pro- 
prietor Sanborn  Company,  manufac- 
turers scientific  instruments;  m.,  Sept. 
21, 1892,  Grace  Adelaide  Cobb,  Boston. 
Residence,  8  Buena  Vista  Park,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

Crowley,  James  Benedict 

General  insurance ;b.,  Nashua,  N.  H., 
Nov.  19,  1866;  P.  Timothy  B.  and  Mary 
F.  (Danahy)  Crowley;  ed.  Nashua 
public  schools,  high  school,  1883; 


actively  engaged  in  general  insurance  in 
Nashua  for  more  than  thirty  years; 
Catholic;  Democrat;  member  Nashua 
board  of  police  commissioners  twelve 
years;  mayor  of  Nashua  since  Jan.  1, 
1915;  member  Knights  of  Columbus 
(past  state  deputy),  Foresters  of 
America,  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians, 
Sons  of  Veterans;  treasurer  O'Donnell 
Memorial  Ass'n,  Nashua  Hospital 
Ass'n;  president  Nashua  Oratorio 
Soc.;  director  Second  National  Bank; 
trustee  City  Guaranty  Savings  Bank; 
member  Nashua  Country  Club.  Res- 
dence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 


Burley,  Benjamin  Thomas 

Physician;  b.,  Epping,  N.  H., 
Nov.  26,  1874;  s.  Joseph  Cilley  and 
Sarah  Elizabeth  (Haley)  Burley;  ed. 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  1893 ;  Har- 
vard, A.B.  1897,  M.D.  1901;  post-, 
graduate  work  in  hospitals  of  Boston, 
Worcester,  Vienna  and  London,  1901- 
4;  in  practice  in  Worcester  since  1904, 
specializing  in  diseases  of  the  nervous 
system;  visiting  neurologist,  Worcester 
City  and  Memorial  Hospitals;  mem- 
ber American  Med.  Ass'n,  Mass.  Med. 
Soc.,  American  Academy  Arts  and 
Science,  etc.  Residence,  25  High 
St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Burton,  George  Dexter 

Inventor;  b.,  Temple,  N.  H., 
Oct.  26,  1855;  s.  Dexter  L.  and  Emily 
F.  Burton;  ed.  Appleton  Academy, 
New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  and  Comer's 
Commercial  College,  Boston,  Mass.; 
editor  'and  publisher  New  England 
Star,  New  Ipswich,  1873-7;  inventor 
of  the  Burton  Stock  car,  and  of  a 
process  of  heating  and  welding  metals 
by  an  electric  current,  and  of  various 
other  electrical  processes  for  different 
purposes;  president  American  Elec- 
tric Forge  Co.,  Electro-chemical  Pulp 
and  Paper  Co.,  Reno,  Nev.;  Re- 
duction Works;  the  Burton  Co., 
yarns  and  fibers,  Clinton  and  Hollis- 
ton,  Mass.;  lecturer  on  electrical  sub- 
jects before  various  societies,  etc.; 
has  received  over  500  patents,  and  a 
dozen  gold  and  silver  medals  for  his 
different  inventions  and  processes; 
m.,  Jan.,  1894,  Frances  C.  James, 
Newton,  Mass.  Residence,  New  Ip- 
swich, N.  H. 

Campbell,  Alfred  Hills 

Educator;  b.,  Litchfield,  N.  H.r 
Sept.  28,  1850;  s.  Smith  and  Sophia 
(Hills)  Campbell;  ed.  Bridgewater, 
Mass.,  Normal  School,  1870;  Mc- 
Collum  Institute,  Mount  Vernon, 
N.  H.,  1872;  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1877,  A.M.  1880;  Ph.D.,  Uniy. 
of  Vt.,  1888;  Universities  of  Leipsig 
and  Jena,  1895-6;  [principal  Kingston, 
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principal  Gushing  Academy,  Ashburn- 
ham,  Mass.,  1879-84;  principal  John- 
son, Vt.,  Normal  School,  1884-95; 
principal  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  Normal 
School,  1896-1900;  superintendent 
schools,  South  Hadley,  Mass.,  1900- 
4,  Glastonbury,  Conn.,  1904-^-7;  prin- 
cipal Campbell  School  for  Girls  since 
1903;  principal  Normal  Dep't,  Home 
Correspondence  School,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  since  1907;  manager  American 
Teachers  Agency  since  1908;  presi- 
dent Vt.  State  Teachers  Ass'n,  1892, 
N.  E.  Normal  Council,  1893;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  member  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  Theta  Delta  Chi;  life 
member  Soc.  Science  Literature  and 
Art,  London,  England;  Royal  Arch 
Mason.  Residence,  Windsor,  Conn.; 
office,  Myrick  Building,  Springfield, 
Mass. 

Busiel,  John  Tilton 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Laconia,  N.  H., 
Oct.  12,  1847;  s.  John  W.  and  Julia 
Maria  (Tilton)  Busiel;  ed.  public 
schools;  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
1864;  Harvard,  A.B.  1868;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1883, 
constitutional  convention,  1902,  1912; 
trustee  Laconia  public  library  (presi- 
dent); president  Peoples'  National 
Bank,  Laconia,  Laconia  Savings 
Bank;  m.,  July  6,  1870,  Marian  Pink- 
ham,  Schaghticoke,  N.  Y.  Residence, 
Laconia,  N.  H. 

Osgood,  Wilfred  Hudson 

Naturalist;  b.,  Rochester,  N.  H., 
Dec.  8  1875;  s.  Marion  Hudson  and 
Harriet  Amanda  Osgood;  ed.  public 
schools  and  Leland  Stanford  Jr.  Univ., 
A.B.  1899;  biologist  in  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  1897-1909;  in 
charge  U.  S.  biological  investigation 
in  Alaska,  1899-1909;  studied  in  Eu- 
ropean museums,  1906,  1910;  special 
investigator  for  U.  S.  government  in 
fur  seal  question,  1914;  member  Amer- 
ican Academy  Arts  and  Science,  Amer- 
ican Ornithologists  Union;  founder  and 
first  president  Cooper  Ornithological 
Club  of  California  and  member  and 


officer  of  various  other  clubs  and  organ- 
izations; contributor  of  zoological  def- 
initions to  Webster's  International 
Dictionary.  Address,  Field  Museum 
of  Natural  History,  Chicago,  111. 

Glessner,  John  George  Macbeth 

Trustee  of  State  Institutions;  b., 
Chicago,  111.,  Oct.  2,  1871;  s.  John  J. 
and  Frances  (Macbeth)  Glessner;  ed. 
Chicago  schools,  Harvard  Univ.,  1894; 
came  to  New  Hampshire  with  his 


parents  as  a  summer  visitor,  in  1877, 
and  spent  a  part  of  each  year  for  many 
years  at  Bethlehem,  where  his  father 
established  a  summer  home  and  devel- 
oped one  of  the  finest  estates  in  North- 
ern New  Hampshire,  long  well  known 
as  "The  Rocks,''  and  here  he  has 
resided  permanently  since  1906;  en- 
gaged with  his  father  in  the  Harvest- 
ing Machine  business  in  Chicago  from 
1894  to  1906;  Republican;  town  audi- 
tor Bethlehem,  three  years;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1913-14, 
1915-16;  member  board  of  trustees  of 


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state  institutions  from  1915  and  secre- 
tary of  the  board;  president  Littleton 
Hospital  Ass'n;  trustee  Littleton  Sav- 
ings Bank;  member  Passaconaway, 
Wonolancet  and  Bow  Brook  clubs, 
Concord,  and  St.  BotolphClub,  Boston; 
m.,  June  7, 1898,  Alice  Hamlin;  children, 
Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  12,  1899;  Frances, 
Dec.  7,  1900;  John  J.,  2d,  April  27, 
1902;  Emily  F.,  May  3,  1904.  Resi- 
dence, Bethlehem,  N.  H.  (Littleton 
P.  O.). 

Chandler,  William  Dwight 

Editor  and  publisher;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  3,  1863;  s.  Hon.  William 


Eaton  and  Ann  Caroline  (Gilmore) 
Chandler;  cd.  St..  Paul's  School,  Con- 
cord, 1882  and  by  travel  and  study  in 
Europe,  1882-3;  Episcopalian;  Repub- 
lican; assistant  cashier  First  National 
Bank,  Winona,  Minn.,  1883-92;  vice- 
president  and  treasurer.  Republican 
Press  Ass'n,  1892-8;  publisher  Concord 
Evening  Monitor  and  Independent 
Statesman,  and  treasurer  Monitor  and 
Statesman  Co.,  1898-19 IX;  editor  and 


sole  owner  same  since  April  1,  1918; 
trustee  N.  H.  State  Library,  1896-1914 
(chairman  1902-14),  1918-  (chairman): 
member  all  Masonic  bodies  up  to  and 
including  33d  degree  A.  A.  Scottish 
Rite,  having  been  presiding  officer  in 
most  subordinate  bodies,  and  now  an 
officer  in  the  Grand  Council,  Chapter 
and  Commandery  and  2d  lieut.  com- 
mander, N.  H.  Consistory;  member 
Capital  Grange,  P.  of  H.  and  Wonolan- 
cet Club,  Concord;  m.,  Feb.  9,  1885,  Lil- 
lian M.  Porter,  Winona,  Minn.;  child- 
ren, Clark  P.,  William  Dwight,  Jr., 
Horton  L.  (see  following  sketches), 
Katharine,  b.,  Jan.  1,  1902.  Residence, 
121  School  St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Chandler,  Clark  Porter 

U.  S.  Army  Officer;  b.,  Winona, 
Minn.,  March  30,  1886;  s.  William 
Dwight  and  Lillian  M.  (Porter)  Chand- 


ler ;  oldest  grandchild  of  the  late  Senator 
William  Eaton  Chandler;  ed.  Concord 
high  school  and  I*.  S.  Military 
Academy,  West  Point,  1907;  in  contin- 
uous service  since  graduation,  with  sue- 


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cessive  promotions,  present  rank  being 
lieutenant-colonel,  in  Tank  Corps; 
present  chief  of  staff,  Nantes,  France; 
Unitarian;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge  and 
chapter;  m.,  Jan.  4,  1908,  Shirley 
P.  Walker,  Boston,  Mass.;  children, 
William  Eaton,  2d  (oldest  great  grand- 
child of  the  late  Senator  William  Eaton 
Chandler);  b.  Oct.  28,  1908;  Thomas 
Walker,  b.  Dec.  3, 1911 ;  Stuart  Penn,  b. 
Jan.  21,  1915. 

Chandler,  William  Dwight,  Jr. 

U.  S.  Naval  Officer;  b.,  Winona, 
Minn.,  May  30,  1890;  ?.  William 
Dwight  and  Lillian  M.  (Porter)  Chand- 
lf  r;  grandson  of  late  Senator  William  E. 
Chandler;  ed.  public  schools,  U.  S. 
Naval  Academy,  Annapolis,  Md.,  1911; 
in  continuous  service  in  U.  S.  Navy 
since  graduation,  with  regular  pro- 
motion, present  rank  being  lieutenant 
commander;  engaged  four  months  in 


U.  S.  S.  Hunting  ton;  Unitarian;  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  lodge  and  chapter;  m.,  April 
24,  1912,  Amy  Richardson,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.;  children;  Amy,  b.  June  15, 
1913;  Betty,  b.  May  1,  1916; Charles 
R.,  b.  Jan.  19,  1918. 

Chandler,  Horton  Lloyd 

Student;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  May  1, 
1898;  s.  William  Dwight  and  Lillian  M. 
(Porter)  Chandler;  grandson  late  Sen- 
ator William  E.  Chandler;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  1914;  Dartmouth  College, 


convoy  duty  this  side  the  Atlantic1,  at 
the  opening  of  the  late  war,  and  four- 
teen months  in  overseas  duty  with  the 
destroyer  force;  now  navigating  officer 


A.B.  1918;  in  training  at  Camp  Zachary 
Taylor  (Kentucky)  1918-19;  commis- 
sioned 2d  lieutenant,  U.S.  F.  A.  R.C.; 
Jan.  29,  1919;  Unitarian;  member  Sigma 
Chi  fraternity,  Dartmouth  College. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Perin,  Florence  Hobart 

(Mrs.  George  L.  Perin);  author;  b., 
Brookline,  N.  H.,  Aug.  17,  1869;  dau. 
George  W.  L.  and  Lydia  Maria  (Saw- 
telle)  Hobart;  ed.  public  schools, 
Salern,  Mass.,  Normal  School;  author 
"The  Optimist's  Good  Morning,"  1907; 


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"The  Optimist's  Good  Night,"  1910; 
"Sunlit  Days,"  1915;  m.,  Nov.  6,  1901, 
Rev.  George  Landor  Perin.  Resi- 
dence, 23  Naples  Road,  Brookline, 
Mass. 

Aldrich,  Edgar 

Jurist;  b.,  Pittsburg,  N.  H.,  Feb.  5, 
1848;  s.  Ephraim  C.  and  Adeline  Bedel 
(Haynes)  Aldrich;  ed.  public  schools, 
Colebrook,  N.  H.,  Academy;  Univ.  of 
Mich.  Law  Department,  LL.B.  1868; 
admitted  to  the  New  Hampshire  bar 
in  the  latter  year,  and  practiced  in 
Colebrook  from  1868  to  1881,  serving 
as  solicitor  of  Coos  County,  1872-4  and 
1876-9;  associated  for  four  years  of 
this  time  with  the  late  William  H. 
Shurtleff,  and  three  years  with  James 
I.  Parsons,  and  alone  the  balance  of  the 
time;  removed  to  Littleton,  Jan.  1, 
1881,  where  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  the  late  Judge  George  A.  Bing- 
ham,  which  continued  until  Judge 
Bingham's  second  appointment  to  the 
bench  of  the  N.  H.  supreme  court,  the 
late  Daniel  C.  Remich  having  been 
previously  admitted  to  the  firm,  which 
continued  as  Aldrich  &  Remich,  until 
Mr.  Aldrich's  appointment  as  U.  S. 
district  judge  for  New  Hampshire, 
Feb.,  1891;  Republican;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives  from  Littleton, 
1885,  and  speaker  of  the  house;  mem- 
ber N.  H.  constitutional  convention, 
1902;  U.  S.  district  judge  for  New 
Hampshire  since  1891,  serving  also, 
extensively,  on  the  bench  of  the  U.  S. 
Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  First 
Judicial  Circuit,  under  the  act  of 
March  3,  1891;  author  of  many  his- 
torical papers  and  addresses;  m.,  Oct. 
7,  1872,  Louise  M.  Remick;  children, 
Florence  M.,  b.  July  1,  1874  (Mrs. 
Howard  S.  Kniffin,  Cedarhurst,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.),  ed.  Tilden  Seminary, 
West  Lebanon,  St.  Mary's  School, 
Concord,  and  Abbott  Academy,  An- 
dover,  Mass.;  Ephraim  Fred,  b.  June 
9,  1878  (Phillips  Andover  Academy, 
Boston  Univ.  Law  School,  LL.B. 
1902),  in  practice  of  law  in  Boston, 
who  d.  in  Littleton,  Sept.  13,  1916. 
Dartmouth  College  conferred  upon 


Judge  Aldrich  the  honorary  degree  of 
A.M.  in  1891,  and  the  Univ.  of  Michi- 
gan that  of  LL.D.  in  1907.  Residence, 
Littleton,  N.  H. 

Bullock-Mahan,  Lillian  Gertrude 

Physician;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
May  13,  1867;  dau.  Silas  Warren  and 
Cynthia  Annie  (Eaton)  Bullock;  ed. 
Manchester  public  schools  (high  school 
1886);  Eclectic  Med.  College,  New 
York  City,  1895;  in  practice  in  Man- 
chester since  graduation ;  Episcopalian ; 
examiner  for  Fidelity  Life  Ins.  Co.  and 
N.  E.  Life  Ins.  Co.;  member  Hills- 
borough  County  Med.  Soc.,  N.  H.  Med. 
Soc.,  American  Med.  Ass'n,  Medical 
Women's  National  Ass'n;  member  and 
ex-vice-president  National  Eclectic 
Med.  Ass'n;  first  woman  member  and 
first  woman  president  (1902)  Mass. 
Eclectic  Med.  Ass'n;  member  and  ex- 
president  Boston  District  Eclectic 
Med.  Soc.;  member  and  state  chairman 
American  Women's  Hospitals  (for  war 
service);  member  Manchester  Infant 
Aid  Ass'n  (past  two  years  in  charge  of 
baby  clinic — now  under  control  of 
Board  of  Health);  member  N.  H.  Me- 
morial Hospital  Ass'n  for  Women  and 
Children;  member  and  secretary  N.  H. 
Animal  Rescue  League;  member  and 
department  superintendent  W.  C. 
T.  U. ;  member  American  Red  Cross, 
Woman's  Relief  Corps,  Daughters  of 
Veterans,  Florence  Nightingale  Club, 
Manchester  Federation  of  Women's 
Clubs,  Manchester  Institute  of  Arts 
and  Sciences,  N.  H.  Settlement  Ass'n, 
N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and  Protective 
Soc.,  Manchester  College  Women's 
Club;  m.,  July  30,  1912,  James  Henry 
Mahan.  Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Paul,  Sarah  Woodman 

Educator;  b.,  Tamworth,  N.  H., 
Feb,  8,  1859;  dau.  Samuel  and 
Eliza  A.  (Hidden)  Woodman;  ed. 
public  schools,  Wellesley  College,  A.B. 
1881;  studied  in  Cambridge,  England, 
1895;  teacher,  Washington,  Dec.,  1883- 
7;  instructor  Wellesley  College,  1888- 
90;  secretary  same,  1890^5;  principal 
Kent  Place  School  for  Girls,  Summit, 


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N.  J.,  since  1896;  Presbyterian;  mem- 
ber Women's  University  Club,  New 
York;  Fortnightly  Club,  Summit, 
N.  J.;  m.,  June  23,  1887,  Edward  A. 
Paul,  Washington,  D.  C.;  d.,  1888. 
Residence,  Kent  Place,  Summit,  N.  J. 

Harris,  Sarah  Neal 

(Mrs.  Augustus  G.  Harris);  teacher 
of  literature  and  elocution;  b.,  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  May  4,  1841;  dau. 
George  W.  and  Minerva  (Neal)  Jeffts; 


grand  dau.  Capt.  Joseph  and  Polly 
(Dearborn)  Neal;  ninth  in  descent 
from  Godfrey  Dearborn  of  Exeter, 
X.  II.,  1639,  "later  of  Hampton;  ed.  in 
private  schools,  Hampton  and  Ports- 
mouth, Hampton  Academy,  N.  E. 
Conservatory,  Boston;  m.,  Dec.  14, 
1864,  Augustus  Gray  Harris  of  Con- 
cord (d.,  Doc.  20,  1906);  children,  (1) 
Edward  Neal,  b.  Sept.  10,  1865,  d. 
Sept.  10,  1867;  (2)  Arthur  Henry,  b. 
Dec.  5,  1866,  d.  June  24,  1903;  (3) 
Julia  Atherton,  b.  April  29,  1874,  m. 
June  23,  1910,  Robert  Whiting  Har- 


rington of  Newton,  Mass.,  artist- 
designer,  graduate  of  Eric  Pape  Art 
School,  Boston,  1904;  their  children, 
Robert  Whiting,  Jr.,  b.  Concord,  N.  H., 
April  14,  1911;  Richard  Bartlett,  b. 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Nov.  1,  1912;  Edward 
Neal,  b.  Medford,  Mass.,  May  4,  1914. 
Upon  her  marriage  Mrs.  Harris  moved 
from  Hampton  to  Concord,  which  be- 
came her  home  till  1913,  when  she 
moved  to  Massachusetts  with  her 
daughter;  in  1876  began  her  teaching 
career  which  continued  for  twenty 
years;  classes  at  Gray's  English  and 
Classical  School,  Concord;  Pembroke 
Academy;  Hampton  Academy;  Miss 
Morgan's  School,  Portsmouth;  Sauveur 
Summer  School  of  Languages,  Exeter; 
special  classes  at  Dartmouth  College. 
Hundreds  of  private  pupils  in  Concord, 
Manchester  and  other  New  Hampshire 
cities  and  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  have 
profited  by  the  inspiration  of  her 
teaching;  communicant  of  St.  Paul's 
P.  E.  Church,  Concord,  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Shakespeare  Club,  founded 
in  1877,  the  oldest  literary  society  in 
continuous  existence  in  Concord;  pub- 
lication, "Voice,  Gesture,  Expression," 
188pp.  Concord,  N.  H.,  1891.  Resi- 
dence, 73  Perkins  St.,  West  Newton, 
Mass. 

Osgood,  Etta  Haley 

(Mrs.  Edward  S.  Osgood);  journalist 
and  club  woman;  b.,  Chatham,  N.  H., 
Jan.  21,  1853;  dau.  Thomas  Jewett 
and  Lucretia  Eaton  (Colby)  Haley; 
ed.  Mt.  Holyoke  Seminary  (now  col- 
lege), special  course  in  German  later, 
and  graduate  work,  Univ.  of  Washing- 
ton, Seattle;  some  time  correspondent 
at  Bar  Harbor,  Me.,  for  Boston  Globe, 
Xeir  York  Herald  and  other  papers; 
special  writer  for  Portland  Argus,  Ex- 
press and  Telegram;  correspondent 
Philadelphia  Public  Ledger;  founder 
and  first  president  Civic  Club,  Port- 
land, Me.;  life  member  Portland, 
Maine  State,  and  National  Woman 
Suffrage  Ass'ns;  first  president  Maine 
Federation  of  Women's  Clubs  (now 
honorary  pr  esident);  officer  and  pailia- 
mentarian,  General  Federation  of 


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Women's  Clubs  from  organization  till 
1904;  member  Livingston  Manor 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C.; 
m.,  Oct.  20,  1877,  Edward  Sherburne 
Qsgood,  Portland,  Me.;  Congrega- 
tionalist.  Residence,  37  West  Louden 
St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  summer  home, 
"Rippling  Waters,"  Stone  Harbor, 
N.  J. 

Pattee,  Fred  Lewis 

Educator;  author;  b.,  Bristol,  N.  H., 
March  22,  1863;  s.  Lewis  F.  and  Mary 
P.  (Ingalls)  Pattee;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dartmouth,  A.B.  1888;  A.M.  1891; 
professor  of  English  Literature,  Penn- 
sylvania State  College,  since  1894; 
author,  "The  Wine  of  May  and  Other 
Lyrics,"  1893;  "Pasquaney — A  Study," 
1894;  "A  History  of  American  Litera- 
ture," 1896;  "Reading  Courses  in 
American  Literature,"  1897;  "The 
Foundations  of  English  Literature," 
1900;  "Mary  Garvin,"  1902;  "Elements 
of  Religious  Pedagogy,"  1909;  "The 
Breaking  Point,"  1911;  "Compelled 
Men,"  1913;  "History  of  American 
Literature  since  1870,"  1915;  m.. 
March  9,  1889,  Mary  L.  Plumer,  Bris- 
tol, N.  H.  Address,  State  College, 
Center  County,  Pa. 

Orcutt,  William  Dana 

Author;  typographic  expert;  b., 
West  Lebanon,  N.  II.,  April  18,  1870; 
s.  Hiram  and  Ellen  (Dana)  Orcutt; 
ed.  Harvard  Univ.,  A.B.  1892;  as- 
sociated with  the  Plimpton  Press, 
Norwood,  Mass.;  lecturer  on  the 
higher  phases  of  printing  as  an  art; 
author,  "Good  Old  Dorchester — A 
Narrative  History  of  the  Town,"  1893; 
"The  Princess  Hallisto,"  1902,  1911; 
"Robert  Cavelier,"  1904;  "The  Flower 
of  Destiny,"  1906;  "The  Spell,"  1908; 
"The  Lever,"  1911;  "Writer's  Desk 
Book,"  1912;  "Madonna  of  Sacrifice," 
1913;  "The  Bachelor,"  1915;  "Bur- 
rows of  Michigan  and  the  Republican 
Party"  (2  vols.),  1917;  m.,  1st,  1893, 
Alice  Wilson,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  d. 
1894;  2d,  1896,  Louie  Thompson,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  Residence,  333  Common- 
wealth, Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 


Peavey,  George  Smith 

Farmer  and  cattle  broker;  b.,  Green- 
field, N.  H.,  Feb.  14,  1835;  s.  Zebadiah 
and  Mary  B.  (Patterson)  Peavey;  ed. 
public  schools,  Tubbs  Union  Academy, 
Washington,  N.  H.,  and  Hopkinton 
Academy,  under  Dyer  H.  Sanborn; 
large  landholder  ip  Greenfield  and 
vicinity,  and  extensively  engaged  in 
cattle  dealing  since  early  life,  being 
now  the  oldest  man  in  the  business  of 
sending  cattle  to  the  Boston  markets; 


taught  penmanship  in  early  life,  and 
served  in  state  militia;  his  land  holdings 
include  two  fine  parks  in  Greenfield, 
open  to  the  public — Lake  <t  Mountain, 
and  Otter  Lake  parks;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Democrat;  has  served  many 
times  as  moderator,  town  clerk,  select- 
man, school  committee  and  highway 
agent  in  Greenfield;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1867-8;  con- 
stitutional convention,  1!X)2;  state 
senate,  1893-4;  house  of  representa- 
tives again,  1919-20  (oldest  member 
of  the  body,  receiving  an  ovation  on 


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his  84th  birthday);  member  com- 
mittee on  banks  and  ways  and  means; 
member  Altamont  Lodge,  A.  F  &  A.  M., 
Peterboro;  m.,  June  16,  1872,  Sarah 
Patch  of  Greenfield;  one  son,  George 
Frederick,  b.  May  13,  1890,  auto- 
mobile dealer  in  Milford.  Residence, 
Greenfield,  N.H.^ 

Tilton,  Frank  Pierce 

Lawyer;  judge  of  probate;  b.,  Little- 
ton, N.  H.,  March  4,  1880;  s.  Frederick 


A.  and  Hattic,  G.  (Sawyer)  Tilton;  ed. 
public  schools,  Spokane,  Wash.;  Boston 
University  Law  School;  admitted  to 
N.  H.  Bar  in  1902;  member  law  firm  of 
Shannon  &  Tilton,  Laconia,  until  the 
death  of  E.  H.  Shannon  in  1918;  since 
then  alone  in  practice;  Congregation- 
alist;  Republican;  solicitor,  Belknap 
County,  1907-13,  judge  of  probate 
since  1912;  member  school  board  since 
1914;  member  Belknap  County  Selec- 
tive Service  Board;  clerk  and  counsel 
for  various  corporations;  member  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  lodge,  chapter,  commandery, 
shrine  and  32d  degree;  B.  P.  O.  E., 


P.  of  H.;  m.,  Jan.  30,  1906,  Leonora  B. 
Gould;  children,  Frederick  A.,  b.  Oct. 
24,  1906;  Richard  G.,  b.  March  15, 
1909;  Frances  B.,  b.  Feb.  29,  1912; 
Sarah  W.,  b.  May  22,  1913;  Robert  P., 
b.  May  11,  1917.  Residence,  Laconia, 
N.  H. 

Varick,  Thomas  Rice 

Merchant;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Oct.  3,  1863;  s.  John  Barnes  and  Jane 
Isabella  (Rice)  Varick.  (Descendant 
of  Richard  Varick,  lawyer  of  New  York, 
who  joined  the  Revolutionary  Army 
in  1775,  and  was  appointed  captain  in 
the  1st  N.  Y.  Continental  Infantry, 
made  deputy  muster-master  general, 
Northern  Department,  April  10,  1777, 
was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Bur- 
goyne,  served  as  inspector  general  at 
West  Point,  and  later  as  recording 
secretary  of  the  official  and  private 
correspondence  of  General  Washing- 
ton, the  commander-in-chief;  was  re- 
corder of  the  city  of  New  York  in  1783, 
speaker  of  the  N.  Y.  Assembly  in  1787 
and  1788,  attorney  general  in  1789  and 
elected  mayor  of  New  York  city  in 
1790,  serving  till  1801;  president  of  the 
New  York  Soc.  of  the  Cincinnati,  which 
he  founded  in  1800,  till  his  decease, 
July  30,  1831 ;  also  grandson  of  Thomas 
Rice,  Jr.,  of  Newton,  Mass.,  for  whom 
he  was  named,  who  was  an  extensive 
paper  manufacturer  and  eminent  citi- 
zen, an  elder  brother  of  Gov.  Alexander 
H.  Rice,  and  served  in  both  branches 
of  the  Mass,  legislature  and  the  execu- 
tive council,  and  other  positions  of 
responsibility);  ed.  Phillips  Exeter 
Academy,  1883;  Harvard  College,  1887; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  member 
Manchester  police  commission,  1910- 
13;  president  People's  Savings  Bank; 
vice-president  People's  Gas  Light  Co.; 
treasurer  John  B.  Varick  Co.;  director 
Amoskeag  National  Bank,  N.  H.  Fire 
Ins.  Co.,  Manchester  Traction,  Light 
and  Power  Co.,  all  of  Manchester,  and 
of  the  Franklin  and  Tilton  R,  R.; 
hereditary  member  of  the  New  York 
State  Soc.  of  the  Cincinnati,  succeeding 
in  the  right  of  Col.  Richard  Varick, 


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above  mentioned;  m.,  June  26,  1889, 
Mary  Miller.  Residence,  Manchester, 
N.H. 

Patrick,  Mary  Mills 

Educator;  b.,  Canterbury,  N.  H., 
March  10,  1850;  dau.  John  and  Harriet 
(White)  Patrick;  ed.  Lyons  College,  la., 
1866-9;  A.  M.,  Univ.  of  Iowa,  1890; 
Universities  of  Heidelberg,  Zurich, 
Leipzig  and  Berlin,  1892-5;  Ph.D., 
Univ.  of  Berne,  1897;  LL.D.,  Smith 
College,  1914;  president  American 
College  for  Girls,  Constantinople,  since 
1890;  member  Psychological  Con- 
gresses, Munich,  1896,  Paris,  1900; 
Philosophical  Congresses,  Paris,  1900, 
Bologna,  1911;  author  "Sextus  Empiri- 
cus  and  Greek  Skepticism,"  1899; 
"Sappho  and  the  Island  of  Lesbos," 
1912;  contributor  to  Hastings  Diction- 
ary of  Religion.  Address,  Constanti- 
nople College,  Constantinople,  Turkey. 

Norris,  Harry  Waldo 

Educator;  b.,  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  Sept, 
11,  1862,  s.  Moses  Leavitt  and  Lydia 
Ann  (Joy)  Norris;  ed.  public  schools, 
Iowa  (now  Grinnell)  College,  A.B. 
1886,  A.M.  1889;  Cornell  Univ.,  1888- 
90;  Univ.  of  Nebraska,  1890-91;  Univ. 
of  Freiburg,  1901-2;  instructor,  natural 
history,  Grinnell  College,  1888;  pro- 
fessor biology,  1891-1903;  professor 
zoology  since  1903;  Congregationalist; 
fellow  Iowa  Academy  of  Science, 
American  Academy  Arts  and  Sciences; 
American  Soc.  Zoologists;  American 
Ass'n  of  Anatomists;  exchange  lecturer, 
Harvard  Univ.,  1913-14;  author  (with 
M.  L.  Macy),  "Physiology  for  High 
Schools,"  1899;  engaged  in  research  on 
comparative  anatomy  of  the  nervous 
system;  m.,  June  14,  1893,  Harriet 
Victoria  Ruliffson,  Lincoln,  Neb. 
Residence,  Grinnell,  Iowa. 

Hadley,  Elbridge  Drew 

Lawyer;'*  banker;  secretarial  work; 
b.,  Deering,  N.  H.,  Sept.  16,  1842;  ed. 
New  London  Literary  and  Scientific 
Institution  (now  Colby  Academy), 
New  London,  N.  H.;  Appleton  Acad- 
emy, Mont  Vernon,  1862;  enlisted  in 


Co.  D,  14th  N.  H.  Vols.,  Aug.  15, 
1862,  first  sergeant;  promoted  to 
second  lieutenant  Co.  F;  first  lieutenant 
Co.  H;  brevet  captain  of  volunteers, 
for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  in 
the  Battle  of  Winchester;  discharged 
as  of  Dec.  29  for  disability  from  wound; 
studied  law  with  Judge  David  Cross  of 
Manchester;  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Nashua,  Sept.  20,  1869;  in  practice 
at  Manchester  until  Dec.,  1871;  re- 
moved to  Iowa,  and  practiced  at  De- 


Witt  until  January,  1873;  removed  to 
Luverne,  Minn.,  and  practiced  there  till 
1880,  when  he  became  a  partner  in  the 
Bank  of  Luverne,  and  later,  after  its  in- 
corporation, cashier  and  vice-president, 
continuing  till  1887,  when  he  returned 
to  DeWitt  continuing  till  1896,  since 
when  he  has  resided  in  DCS  Moines; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  taught 
school  in  Weare  two  winters  before 
enlistment;  taught  in  Manchester 
while  studying  law,  and  served  on  the 
school  board  in  that  city  in  1868,  also 
as  clerk  of  the  common  council  several 
years;  county  attorney  and  judge  of 
probate  for  Rook  County,  Minn.,  while 


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located  at  Luverne,  also  president  of 
the  school. board,  and  editor  of  the  Rock 
County  Herald;  member  A.F.  &.  A.  M., 
lodge  and  chapter;  G.  A.  R.;  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  (secretary  Iowa 
Soc.  continuously  since  1898);  Loyal 
Legion  (recorder  Iowa  commandery 
since  1909) ;  author  of  many  historical 
articles,  published  in  Granite  Monthly 
and  elsewhere;  m.,  Jan.  30,  1873,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Bourne,  DeWitt,  la.  Resi- 
dence, Des  Moines,  la. 

Frost,  Stephen  A. 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Halifax,  N.  S., 
Jan.  15,  1862;  s.  John  Lewis  and  Mary 
Ann  (Winters)  Frost;  removed  with 
parents  to  Massachusetts  in  childhood; 
ed.  public  schools  of  South  Natick  and 
Shirley  Village,  Mass.;  commenced 
work  in  the  leather-board  factory  of 
Hill  &  Cutter  at  Shirley,  Mass.,  going 
later  into  that  of  Jonas  Spaulding  at 
Townsend  Harbor,  Mass.,  where  he 
continued  till  removal  to  Fremont, 
N.  H.,  where  Mr.  Spaulding  had  es- 
tablished a  large  cooperage  plant  of 
which  he  assumed  the  management, 
and  has  there  continued,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  four  years  at  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  where  he  was  associated  with 
Mr.  Spaulding  in  a  similar  enterprise 
which  was  disposed  of  in  1893,  when 
the  Fremont  concern  was  reorganized 
and  incorporated  as  the  Spaulding  <fe 
Frost  Co.,  with  Mr.  Frost  as  clerk, 
treasurer  and  manager,  in  which 
capacity  he  has  continued,  the  busi- 
ness having  become  one  of  the  most 
extensive  of  the  kind  in  New  England; 
Universalist ;  Republican ;  has  served  as 
member  of  the  school  board,  town  audi- 
tor, trustee  of  town  trust  funds;  dele- 
gate in  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1918;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  ().  ().  F., 
P.  of  H.;  m.,  June  13,  1885,  Catherine 
G.  Fertig,  Cleveland,  ().;  four  daugh- 
ters, two  of  whom,  Lillian  E.  and 
Lizzie  J.,  survive.  Residence,  Fre- 
mont, N.  II. 
Oakes,  Frederick  Warren 

Clergyman;  b.,  Troy,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
28,  1860;  s.  Appleton  and  Lucy  J. 
(Stickney)  Oakes;  ed.  public  schools. 


Bates  College,  Lewiston,  Me.,  A.B. 
1888,  A.M.  1893;  Yale  Divinity  School, 
B.D.  1891;  ordained  deacon  P.  E. 
Church,  1893;  priest,  1894;  rector, 
Church  of  All  Saints,  Denver,  Col., 
1893-7;  founder,  in  1894,  and  superin- 
tendent since,  Oakes  Home  (church 
home  for  invalid  strangers),  Denver; 
chaplain  Church  of  Our  Merciful 
Saviour;  Republican;  member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  lodge  and  chapter;  Denver 
Country  Club;  m.,  June  16,  1891, 
Mabel  Underbill,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Residence,  2903  West  22d  Ave.,  Den- 
ver, Col. 

Brown,  Fred  Herbert 

Lawyer;  b.,  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  April  12, 
1879;  s.  Dana  J.  and  Nellie  (Allen) 
Brown;  ed.  Dow  Academy,  Franconia, 
N.  H.,  Dartmouth  College,  Boston 
University  Law  School;  student  at 
law  in  office  of  James  A.  Edgerly;  ad- 
mitted to  the  N.  H.  bar  in  1907,  and 
commenced  practice  in  partnership 
with  Mr.  Edgerly,  continuing  until  the 
death  of  the  latter  in  1908,  since  when 
he  has  been  alone  in  practice;  Demo- 
crat; city  solicitor  of  Somersworth, 
1908-14;  mayor  of  Somersworth,  1914 
to  present  time;  U.  S.  district  attorney 
for  New  Hampshire  since  July,  1914; 
delegate  in  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1912;  presidential  elector, 
1912;  member  A.  F.  &.  A  .M.,  lodge, 
chapter  and  commandery;  K.  of  P. 
Residence,  Somersworth,  N.  H. 
Fassett,  James  Hiram 

Educator;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
11,  1869;  s.  James  Boutelle,  and  Ellen 
Maria  (Morrill)  Fassett;  ed.  public 
schools,  Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1890; 
principal  Mount  Pleasant  grammar 
school,  Nashua,  1890-3;  superintend- 
ent schools,  Nashua,  since  1893;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  trustee  N.  H.  State 
Normal  School;  author,  "Colonial  Life 
in  New  Hampshire,"  1S99;  "History  of 
Education  in  New  Hampshire,"  1900; 
''The  Beacon  Series  of  School  Readers," 
1914;  m.,  June  23,  1897,  Bertha  Chester 
Smith,  Northampton,  Mass.;  one  son, 
James  Adams.  Residence,  14  Abbott 
St.,  Nashua,  N.  II. 


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Prentiss,  John  W. 

Farmer  and  lumberman;  b.,  Wai- 
pole,  N.  H.,  Nov.  20,  1857;  s.  John  W. 
and  Emeline  (Slade)  Prentiss;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Walpole 
Academy;  resided  in  Walpole  till  1910, 
when  he  removed  to  Alstead,  purchas- 
ing a  large  farm  near  the  village,  where 
he  has  been  extensively  engaged  in 
agriculture,  which  pursuit  he  has 
always  followed,  though  teaching  school 
to  some  extent  in  youth;  interested  in 


breeding  Morgan  horses  and  Berkshire 
swine,  but  more  particularly  noted  for 
his  superior  herd  of  pure-blooded 
Holstein-Friesian  cattle;  also  largely 
interested  in  lumbering;  Unitarian; 
Democrat;  tax  collector  in  Walpole 
three  years,  road  agent  four  years, 
selectman  ten  years;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1907-8,  1909- 
10;  N.  H.  Senate,  1911-12,  1913-14, 
serving  as  chairman  of  the  judiciary 
committee  the  latter  term;  member 
I.  O.  O.  F.  and  P.  of  II.;  m.,  Dec.  1, 
1883,  Katie  M.  Fisher,  of  Alstead; 
children,  Flora  May,  b.  March  26, 
1885  (Mrs.  W.  H.'  Long,  Walpole; 


three  daughters);  John  W.,  Jr.,  b.  July 
17,  1889  (took  two  years  course  at 
State  College;  married  Minnie  Clark  of 
Alstead,  and  has  a  son  and  daughter; 
is  associated  with  his  father  in  business 
under  the  name  of  J.  W.  Prentiss  & 
Son) ;  Ethel  M.,  b.  Sept.  26,  1890  (Mrs. 
R.  M.  Galloway  of  Walpole;  three 
sons).  Residence,  Alstead,  N.  H. 

Nelson,  Edward  William 

Naturalist;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H,. 
May  8,  1855;  s.  William  and  Nancy  M. 
(Wells)  Nelson;  ed.  public  schools, 
Cook  County,  111.,  Normal  School, 
1875;  engaged  in  scientific  explorations 
in  Alaska,  1877-81;  naturalist  of  the 
U.  S.  S.  Corwin,  on  the  search  for  the 
Jeannette,  1881;  with  Bureau  of  Bio- 
logical Survey,  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  1890-  ;  member  Death 
Valley  expedition,  1890-91;  several 
years  engaged  in  scientific  explorations 
in  Mexico;  chief  field  naturalist,  1916; 
president  American  Ornithologists' 
Union,  1908-9,  1912-13;  president 
Biological  Soc.,  Washington,  1912-13; 
member  Washington  Academy  of 
Sciences;  author  many  scientific  mono- 
graphs and  reports.  Address,  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Morrill,  Charles  Henry 

Banker;  real  estate  operator  (re- 
tired); b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  July  14, 
1843;  s.  Ephraim  and  Mahala  Morrill; 
ed.  public  schools  and  Colby  Academy, 
New  London,  N.  H.,  private,  llth 
N.  H.  Vols.,  1862-5;  emigrated  to 
Nebraska;  private  secretary  to  Gov. 
Nance,  1879-83;  president  Stromsberg 
(Neb.)  Bank,  1883-90;  Farmers'  and 
Merchants'  Bank,  Stromsberg,  1890-2; 
president  Lincoln  (Neb.)  Land  Co., 
since  1895;  also  president  Lancaster 
Land  Co.,  So.  Platte  Land  Co.  and 
Boston  Investment  Co.;  collector  of 
customs,  1897-1901;  regent  Nebraska 
state  university  and  president  board 
of  regents,  1891-1901 ;  twice  chairman 
Republican  State  Committee  of  Nebras- 
ka, and  member  Republican  National 
Committee  from  Nebraska,  1904-8; 


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founder  Morrill  Geological  expeditions 
from  Univ.  of  Nebraska;  Morrill 
County,  Neb.,  was  named  in  his  honor; 
m.,  1863,  Harriett  Currier,  Nashua, 
N.  H.  Residence,  Stromsberg,  Neb. 

Nichols,  Herbert 

Civil  engineer;  author;  b.,  Walpole, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  7,  1852;  s.  Amos  and  Lydia 
Nichols;  ed.  public  schools,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  Polytechnic  Institute,  B.S.  in 
architecture,  1871 ;  Ph.D.,  Clark  Univ., 
1891 ;  civil  engineer,  Pennsylvania  R.  R. 
1871-85;  instructor  in  psychology, 
Harvard,  1890-3;  lecturer,  Johns  Hop- 
kins, 1896;  author,  "The  Psychology  of 
Time,"  1891;  "Our  Notions  of  Number 
and  Space,"  1894;  "A  Treatise  on 
Cosmology,"  1904;  also  many  mon- 
ographs and  magazine  articles;  m.,  Oct. 
1,  1900,  Jenny  L.  Clark,  Somerville, 
Mass.  Residence,  219  Commonwealth 
Ave.,  Chestnut  Hill,  Mass. 

Morse,  Edward  Leland  Clark 

Educator;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  June  12, 
1855;  s.  Moses  L.  and  Louisa  (Clark) 
Morse;  ed.  public  schools,  Harvard, 
A.B.  1877;  LL.B.,  Lake  Forest  Univ., 
1893;  post-graduate  work,  Univ.  of 
Chicago ;  principal  Phil  Sheridan  School, 
Chicago,  since  1892;  member  American 
Historical  Ass'n,  American  Political 
Science  Ass'n,  Modern  Language  Ass'n 
of  America,  Illinois  Bar  Ass'n;  Epis- 
copalian; member  Harvard  Club,  Chi- 
cago; author,  "Spanish  American  Life," 
1917;  m.,  April  27,  1897,  Louisa  Penn 
Weaver.  Residence,  7650  Saginaw 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Mills,  Herbert  Elmer 

Educator;  b.,  Salem,  N.  H.,  Aug.  8, 
1861;  s.  Edward  and  Esther  (Butter- 
worth)  Mills;  ed.  Univ.  of  Rochester, 
A.B.  1883;  A.M.  1886;  Ph.D.,  Cornell 
Univ.,  1890;  principal  Marion,  N.  Y., 
Collegiate  Institute,  1883-4;  Union 
School,  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  1884-6;  in- 
structor in  history,  Cornell  Univ., 
1887-90;  associate  professor,  history 
and  economics,  Vassar  College,  1890- 
2;  professor  economics  since  1892; 
president  board  of  managers,  State 
House  of  Refuge  for  Women,  Hudson, 


N.  Y.,  1899-1903;  president,  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.,  board  of  education, 
1909-11;  member  American  Economic 
Ass'n;  author,  "French  Revolution  in 
San  Domingo,"  1891;  "Practical  Eco- 
nomic Problems,"  1893;  "Labor  Prob- 
lem," 1895;  "Outlines  of  Economics," 
1906;  m.,  July  30,  1890,  Mary  Louise 
Sansbury,  Palmyra,  N.  Y.  Resi- 
dence, 106  Academy  St.,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.Y. 

Dearborn,  Burt  Stephen 

Contractor  and  merchant;  b.,  Thorn- 
ton, N.  H.,  Feb.  18,  1881;  s.  Clarence 


and  Torrie  Bryant  (Broad)  Dearborn; 
ed.  public  schools;  Laconia  high  school 
commercial  department ;  engaged  in 
business  with  the  late  William  Wallace 
of  Laconia,  and  is  now  head  of  the  con- 
cern— The  Wallace  Building  Co.,  con- 
tractors and  builders  and  dealers  in 
building  supplies,  wood  and  coal; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  super- 
visor of  check  list;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1915-16 
(chairman  Belknap  County  delega- 


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tion);  N.  H.  Senate,  1919-20  (chair- 
man committee  on  roads,  bridges  and 
canals,  clerk  committee  on  finance  and 
manufactures,  and  member  claims 
and  forestry  committees);  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  to  and  including  32d 
degree  shriner,  and  O.  E.  S.;  Knights  of 
Pythias  (all  bodies),  P.  of  H.,  Laconia 
Gun  Club,  Board  of  Trade,  etc.;  m., 
Feb.  8,  1905,  Clara  Bessie  Wallace, 
dau.  William  Wallace,  Laconia;  three 
daughters.  Residence,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Hurd,  Henry  Norris 

Lawyer;    b.,    Manchester,    N.    H., 
March  6,   1871;  s.  Irving  Austin  and 


Caroline  (Norris)  Hurd;  ed.  Clare- 
mont public  .schools  (Stevens  high 
school  1S90),  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.,  1894;  studied  law  with  Thomas 
F.  Johnson  of  Colebrook;  attended 
Harvard  law  school  1896-7;  admitted 
to  N.  H.  bar  July,  1X97,  and  later  to 
the  Federal  courts  of  the  N.  H.  Dis- 
trict and  First  Circuit;  practiced  in 
Exeter  from  1X77  to  1879,  in  the  office 
of  the  late  Attornev  General  Eastman; 


succeeded  Hon.  Robert  J.  Peaslee  as 
partner  of  the  late  William  H.  Drury 
in  Manchester  1899-1901,  and  con- 
tinued practice  in  Manchester  till 
May  9,  1910,  when  he  removed  to 
Claremont,  and  has  there  continued  in 
practice;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representa- 
tives from  Ward  2,  Manchester,  1907-8, 
1909-10;  delegate  Republican  state 
convention,  1908;  delegate  in  N.  H. 
constitutional  convention  from  Clare- 
mont, 1912;  solicitor  Sullivan  County 
1915-17,  1919-20;  water  commissioner, 
Claremont,  1912-15;  trustee  Fiske 
Free  Library,  1916-  ;  member  Stevens 
high  school  committee,  1919-  ;  member 
Hiram  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Sullivan 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Claremont  Grange, 
P.  of  H.,  David  R.  Roys  Camp,  S.  of 
V.,  Claremont,  N.  H.;  m.,  Nov.  14, 
1902,  Zoa  Mildred  Plummer,  Mon- 
mouth,  Me.  Residence,  Claremont, 
N.  H. 

^ 

French,  Daniel  Chester 

Sculptor;  b.,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  April  20, 
1850;  s.  Hon.  Henry  F.  and  Anne 
(Richardson)  French;  ed.  Mass.  Inst. 
of  Tech.;  studied  under  Dr.  William 
Rimmer  of  Boston  and  Thomas  Ball, 
Florence,  Italy;  lion.  A.M.  Dartmouth, 
1898;  Yale,  1913;  Columbia  Univ., 
Litt.D.  1913;  had  studio  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  1876-8;  Boston  and  Con- 
cord, Mass.,  1878-87;  in  New  York 
since  1887;  among  notable  works  pro- 
duced are  "The  Minute  Man  of  Con- 
cord," at  Concord,  Mass.;  Statute  of 
Gen.  Cass  in  the  Capitol  at  Washing- 
ton; Rufus  Choate,  in  Boston  court 
house;  John  Harvard,  at  Cambridge, 
Mass.;  "Dr.  Gallaudet  and  his  first 
Deaf  Mute  Pupil,"  the  Milmore 
Memorial;  collossal  statute  of  "The 
Republic, "at  Chicago  Exposition,  1893; 
bronze  doors  of  Boston  public  library; 
four  groups — Europe,  Asia,  Africa 
and  America — in  front  of  New  York 
custom  house;  statute  of  E.  Rockwood 
Hoar  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  of  Abraham 
Lincoln,  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  etc.;  mem- 
ber National  Commission  of  Fine  Arts, 
1910-15  (chairman  1912-15);  trustee 


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Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art;  member 
National  Sculpture  Soc.,  Architectural 
League,  American  Academy  of  Arts 
and  Letters,  Academia  di  S.  Luca, 
Rome;  m.,  Mary  French,  Washington, 
Dec.,  1888.  Residence,  12  West  8th 
St.,  New  York;  Stockb ridge.  Mass. 

Quimby,  Charles  Elihu 

Physician;  b.,  New  Ipswich,  N.  H., 
June  21,  1853;  s.  Elihu  and  Nancy  A. 
(Cutler)  Quimby;  ed.  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1874;  A.M.,  1877;  N.  Y. 
Univ.  Med.  College,  M.D.,  1878;  Belle- 
vue  Hospital,  1879 ;  in  practice  in  New 
York  City  since  1882;  assistant  pro- 
fessor practice  of  medicine,  Univ.  of 
New  York,  1889-90,  adjunct  professor 
1890-5,  clinical  professor  since  1895; 
visiting  physician  N.  Y.  City  Hospital 
since  1895;  trustee  Mary  Fletcher 
Hitchcock  Hospital,  Hanover,  N.  H.; 
member  Amer.  Med.  Ass'n,  New  York 
Academy  of  Medicine,  etc.;  m.,  Sept. 
28,  1881,  Julia  M.  Cobb,  Hanover, 
N.  H.  Residence,  278  West  86th  St., 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Putnam,  Stephen  Greeley 

Artist;  wood  engraver;  b.,  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  17,  1852;  s.  Abram  and 
Clarissa  (Greeley)  Putnam;  pupil  of 
H.  W.  Herrick,  Frank  French  and  E.  J. 
Whitney;  student  at  Brooklyn  Art 
School,  and  New  York  Art  Students' 
League;  received  bronze  medal  for 
wood  engraving,  Paris  Exposition, 
1889;  Chicago  Exposition,  1893;  Paris, 
1900;  Buffalo,  1901;  m.,  May  21,  1881, 
Fanny  Vetter,  New  York.  Residence, 
College  Point,  Borough  of  Queens, 
N.  Y. 

Adams,  Charles  Henry 

Journalist;  b.,  Rochester,  N.  H., 
April  22,  1859;  s.  Samuel  and  Hannah 
W.  (Lord)  Adams;  ed.  public  schools; 
went  to  Boston  at  seventeen  years  of 
age  and  entered  employ  of  Boston 
Advertiser  and  Record,  continuing  with 
same  through  various  positions  to  that 
of  manager,  which  he  held  up  to  union 
of  Advertiser  with  the  Herald;  Repub- 
lican; member  Mass,  house  of  rep- 

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resentatives,  1900-1-2-3;  president 
and  director  Union  Trust  Co.,  Alpha 
Investment  Co.;  trustee  and  mem- 
ber finance  committee,  Melrose, 
Mass.,  Savings  Bank;  director  Melrose 
National  Bank;  vice-chairman  Mass. 
State  Board  of  Charity;  Melrose  His- 
torical Soc.,  Maiden  Historical  Soc., 
Boston  Art,  City  and  Press  clubs. 
Residence,  66  Orient  Ave.,  Melrose, 
Mass. 

Lang,  Walter  Monroe 

Real  estate  and  insurance;  b.,  Ful- 
ford,  P.  Q.,  Jan.  20,  1867;  s.  Henry  and 


Mary  E.  (Wright)  Lang;  ed.  schools  of 
Magog,  P.  Q.;  came  to  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  in  early  life,  and  was  engaged 
for  several  years  in  connection  with 
different  mercantile  enterprises,  after 
which  he  commenced  business  in  the 
line  of  real  estate  and  insurance,  in 
which  he  has  been  highly  successful; 
became,  in  1893,  state  manager  for  the 
Prudential  Life  Ins.  Co.,  continuing 
for  several  years,  until  his  real  estate 
business  so  demanded  his  attention 


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that  he  relinquished  this  position, 
though  continuing  as  district  manager. 
He  is  agent  for  other  important  com- 
panies, including  Aetna  of  Hartford, 
Conn.;  has  attended  many  important 
insurance  conventions  in  all  parts  of 
the  country;  Christian  Scientist;  Re- 
publican; member  Manchester  city 
council,  1900;  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1907-8  (chairman 
committee  on  insurance);  member 
I.  O.  O.  F.  (encampment  and  Patri- 
archs Militant),  White  Mountain 
Travelers'  Ass'n,  Calumet  Club  of 
Manchester;  president  and  treasurer, 
Walter  M.  Lang  Realty  Co.,  Manches- 
ter; m.,  Dec.  18,  1889,  Clara  E. 
Magoon;  one  dau.,  Marion  E.  Lang, 
b.  Sept.  15,  1893.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Streeter,  Thomas  Winthrop 

Corporation  law  and  business;  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  July  20,  1883;  s. 
Frank  Shenvin  and  Lilian  (Carpen- 
ter) Streeter  (see  their  sketches  else- 
where) ;  ed.  St.  Paul's  School,  Con- 
cord, 1900;  Dartmouth,  B.L.,  1904; 
Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B.,  1907; 
admitted  to  Massachusetts  bar,  1907; 
in  practice  in  Boston;  member  firm  of 
Streeter  &  Holmes,  Shawmut  Bank 
building;  Unitarian;  Republican;  treas- 
urer American  International  Corpor- 
ation, New  York  City;  president 
Contoocook  Mills  Corporation,  Mex- 
ican Investment  Co.;  chairman  execu- 
tive committee  Mascoma  Light  & 
Power  Co.;  member  Wonolancet  Club, 
Concord,  N.  H.;  Tennis  &  Racquet 
Club,  St.  Botolph  Club,  Harvard 
Club,  Brookline  Country  Club,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.;  m.,  July  23,  1917,  Ruth 
Cheney,  dau.,  Mrs.  William  H.  Scho- 
field  (see  sketch  elsewhere);  one  son, 
Frank  Sherwin  Streeter,  2d,  b.  March 
25,  1918.  Residence,  112  East  74th 
St.,  New  York  City. 

Pratt,  Louise 

Educator;  b.,  White  River  Junc- 
tion, Vt.;  dau.  Myron  Jefferson  and 
Jennie  Louise  (Currier)  Pratt;  niece  of 
Hon.  Frank  D.  Currier  of  Canaan; 


moved  in  childhood  to  Concord,  N.  H.; 
ed.  Concord  high  school,  1895,  Rad- 
cliffe  College,  1897-8;  instructor  in 
history,  Bishop  Thorpe  School,  South 
Bethlehem,  Penn.,  1900-2;  head  of 
department  of  history  at  the  Castle, 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  1902-10;  instructor 
in  French  and  German,  St.  Mary's 
Scho9l,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1910-18; 
appointed  a  Y.  W.  C.  A.  secretary  for 
overseas  work.  Feb.,  1918;  stationed 
at  Lyons,  France,  returning  Feb.,  1919, 
this  being  her  fifth  trip  abroad;  Epis- 
copalian; official  visitor  Orphans' 
Home,  Millville;  secretary  Modern 
Language  Section  of  the  N.  H.  Teach- 
ers' Ass'n;  member  Radcliffe  Alumnae 
Ass'n,  N.  H.  Children's  Aid  and  Pro- 
tective Soc.,  Beaver  Meadow  Golf 
Club,  S.  P.  C.  A.;  letters  from  France 
in  N.  H.  papers;  speaker  on  war  work 
before  woman's  clubs.  Residence, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Kivel,  John 

Jurist;  b.,  Dover,  N.  H.,  April  29, 
1855;  s.  Patrick  and  Catherine  Kivel; 
ed.  public  schools,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1876;  studied  law  with  the  late 
Frank  Hobbs;  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1879,  and  engaged  in  practice  in  Dover; 
Catholic;  Democrat;  solicitor  for 
Strafford  County,  1887-93,  member 
State  Board  of  License  Commissioners, 
1903-13;  appointed  associate  Justice 
N.  H.  Superior  Court  May  26,  1913; 
chief  justice,  Oct.  4,  1917;  m.,  Oct. 
12,  1879,  Eva  G.  Emu's.  Residence, 
Dover,  N.  II. 

Cole,  Anna  B.  Taylor 

Physician;  b.,  Sugar  Hill  (Lisbon), 
N.  H.,  dau.  Joseph  L.  and  Laura 
(Gove)  Taylor;  ed.  public  schools, 
Whitefield/N.  H.:  Western  Mass. 
Normal  School:  Boston  University 
School  of  Medicine,  M.D.  1884;  com- 
menced practice  in  Charlestown,  Mass., 
but  removed  to  Somerville  in  1890, 
and  has  there  continued,  specializing 
in  diseases  of  women;  Universalist ; 
member  Mass.  Homeopathic  Med.  Soc., 
Boston  Med.  Soc.,  Boston  Surgical  and 
Gynecological  Soc.,  Woman's  College 


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Club,  Professional  Woman's  Club, 
N.  H.  Club  of  Somerville;  m.,  March 
31,  1894,  Herbert  A.  Cole.  Resi- 
dence, Somerville,  Mass. 

Lewis,  Homer  Pierce 

Educator  ;b.,  West  Claremont,  N.H., 
July  28,  1849;  s.  George  Gilbert  and 
Adeline  (Labaree)  Lewis;  ed.  public 
schools,  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meri- 
den,  N.  H.,  Dartmouth  College,  A.  B., 
1874;  principal  Pinkerton  Academy, 


Derry,  1874-5;  grammar  school,  Dav- 
enport, la.,  1876-80;  high  school, 
1880-83;  Omaha,  Neb.,  high  school, 
1883-90;  Worcester,  Mass.,  English 
high  school,  189(5-1901,  South  high 
school,  1901-3;  superintendent  schools, 
Worcester,  Mass.,  1903-1918;  member 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Psi  Upsilon,  National 
Educational  Ass'n;  American  Institute 
of  Instruction,  etc.;  founder  Worcester 
Economic  Club;  m.,  1st,  1878,  Kate 
Roberts  (Vassar,  1875) :  2d,  1891,  Elisa- 
beth Goodson  (Univ.  of  Mich.),  1878). 
Residence,  82  Elm  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 


Rice,  George  Samuel 

Mining  engineer;  b.,  Claremont, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  8,  1866;  s.  George  Samuel 
and  Abby  (Parker)  Rice;  ed.  public 
schools,  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  two  years;  Columbia  Univer- 
sity School  of  Mines,  1887;  assistant 
engineer,  Colorado  &  Utah  R.  R.,  1887; 
mining  engineer  with  Colorado  Fuel 
Co.,  1888-90;  mining  engineer,  White- 
breast  Fuel  Co.,  Ottumwa,  la.,  1890; 
chief  mining  engineer  same  and  allied 
companies,  Chicago,  1897;  consulting 
mining  engineer,  Atchison  Topeka  & 
Santa  F4,  and  Chicago,  Milwaukee  & 
St.  Paul  Rys.,  1900-08;  chief  mining 
engineer,  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Mines  since 
formation  in  1910;  Episcopalian;  mem- 
ber American  Institute  Mining  En- 
gineers, American  Academy  Arts  and 
Sciences,  etc.;  m.,  Dec.  23,  1891,  Julia 
Sessions,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  Resi- 
dence, Woodley  Road  and  35th  St., 
Cleveland  Park,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Bradley,  Mark  Spaulding 

Physician;  b.,  East  Jaffrey,  N.  H., 
Jan.  16,  1868;  s.  Dr.  Oscar  H.  and 
Julia  A.  (Spaulding)  Bradley;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools;  Columbia  College  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons,  N.  Y.,  M.D.,  1892; 
interne,  N.  Y.  City  Hospital,  1892-4; 
in  practice  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  since 
1894;  aurist,  American  School  for  the 
Deaf  since  1908;  visiting  physician, 
Hartford  Hospital;  assistant  medical 
director,  Conn.  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co.; 
director  Glazier  Woolen  Mfg.  Co., 
Williams  Bros.  Mfg.  Co.,  Glaston- 
bury,  Conn.;  Baptist;  Republican; 
member  Hartford  Med.  Soc.,  Conn. 
State  Med.  Soc.,  American  Med.  Ass'n; 
m.,  July  5,  1904,  Jessie  E.  Goodnow, 
East  Jaffrey,  N.  H.  Residence,  956 
Asylum  Ave.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Prescott,  Samuel  Gate 

Bacteriologist;  b.,  South  Hampton, 
N.  H.,  April  5,  1872;  s.  Samuel  M.  and 
Mary  E.  (Gate)  Prescott;  ed.  Mass. 
Inst.  Tech.,  B.S.  1894;  post-graduate 
study  in  Europe;  assistant  in  biology, 
Mass.  Inst.  Tech.,  1895-6;  instructor, 
1896-1903;  assistant  professor  indus- 


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trial  biology  and  bacteriology,  1903- 
9;  associate  professor,  1909-14;  profes- 
sor industrial  microbiology,  1914-  ; 
instructor  bacteriology,  Simmons  Col- 
lege, 1902-9;  director  Boston  Bio- 
chemical Laboratory,  1904-  ;  fellow 
American  Academy  Arts  and  Sciences; 
member  American  Chemical  Soc., 
American  Soc.  Naturalists,  etc.;  m., 
June  30,  1910,  Alice  Durgin  Chase, 
Brookline,  Mass.  Residence,  79  Cy- 
press St.,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Pulsif  er,  Harry  Bridgman 

Mining  engineer;  b.,  Lebanon, 
N.  H.,  Dec.  23,  1879;  s.  Charles  Ed- 
ward and  Ellen  Diantha  (Bridgman) 
Pulsif  er;  ed.  public  schools,  Mass. 
Inst.  Tech.,  B.S.  1903;  post-graduate 
work,  Univ.  of  Munich,  1906-7;  in- 
structor in  chemistry,  N.  H.  State 
College,  1903-4;  assayer  and  mining 
engineer,  Sonora,  Mex.,  1905;  superin- 
tendent placer  mine,  Oregon,  1907;  in- 
structor in  metallurgy,  Armour  Inst., 
Chicago,  1911-15;  assistant  professor, 
1915-17;  professor  metallurgy,  Mon- 
tana State  School  of  Mines,  1917- ; 
member  American  Inst.  Mining  Eng'rs, 
American  Academy  Arts  and  Sciences, 
etc.;  m.,  Sept,  9,  1909,  Sarah  C.  Can- 
thon,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Residence, 
Butte,  Mont. 

Chadwick,  Henry  Dexter 

Physician;  b.,  Boscawen,  N.  H., 
Jan.  2,  1872;  s.  Jeremiah  C.  and 
Eliza  A.  (Austin)  Chadwick;  ed.  public 
schools,  Harvard  Med.  School,  M.D. 
1895;  house  officer  Boston  City  Hos- 
pital, 1895-6;  began  practice  in  Walt- 
ham,  Mass.,  1896;  in  charge  private 
sanitarium,  Rutland,  Mass.,  1903-6; 
superintendent  Vt.  Sanatorium,  Pitts- 
ford,  Yt.,  1907-9;  superintendent 
Westfield,  Mass.,  State  Sanatorium 
since  March,  1909;  acting  assistant 
surgeon,  Spanish  American  War;  as- 
sistant surgeon  5th  Reg.  M.  V.  M., 
1899-1900;  member  National  Ass'n 
for  Study  and  Prevent  ion  of  Tubercu- 
losis, American  Med.  Ass'n,  Mass.  Med. 
Soc.;  in.,  May  24,  1898,  Edith  Nichols 
Clark,  Cambridge,  Mass.;  two  children, 


Maurice  P.,  b.  March  29,  1899;  Bar- 
bara, Sept.  24, 1904.  Residence,  West- 
field,  Mass. 

Randolph,  William  J. 

Printer  and  editor;  b.,  London, 
England,  June  15,  1859;  s.  William 
F.  and  Lucy  Randolph;  ed.  Twyford 
Hall  school,  London;  learned  the 
printers'  trade  in  the  office  of  the 
Bristol,  N.  H.,  Enterprise;  afterward 
employed  on  the  Laconia  Democrat 


and  in  the  government  printing  office 
at  Washington:  later  in  the  Courier 
office  at  Lowell,  Mass..  removing  to 
Plymouth,  N.  H.,  in  1886,  where  he 
was  employed  on  the  Record;  for 
four  years  editor  and  manager  of  the 
Meredith  A'niv<;  for  twenty  years 
regular  correspondent  of  the  Boston 
(llobc  and  Manchester  1'nion  and  now 
temporarily  doing  that  work  for  his 
successor  who  is  absent  some  months 
in  the  year;  Methodist;  Republican; 
selectman  in  Plymouth,  1904;  census 
enumerator  in  1900;  school  committee, 
1907-S;  auditor,  1918;  register  of 


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deeds  for  Graf  ton  Count  v  since  1908; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  T.;  m., 
Nov.  30,  1885,  Ardella  Bagley,  dau. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Timothy  Eastman 
Baglev,  of  Plymouth.  Residence, 
Plymouth,  X.  H.~ 

Sanders,  Loren  Addison 

Surgeon;  b.,  Grafton,  N.  H.,  July 
5,  1874;  s.  George  S.  and  Prudence 
Sargent  (Parker)  Sanders;  ed.  public 


schools,  Latin-Scientific  Course,  Til- 
ton  Seminary;  rniversity  and  Belle- 
vue  Hospital  Mod.  College,  New  York, 
M.D.  1899;  associated  with  the  late 
Dr.  Granville  P.  Conn,  in  medical 
practice  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  from  grad- 
uation until  death  of  the  latter;  since 
then  alone;  Baptist;  Republican; 
member  Concord  city  council  four 
vears;  board  of  aldermen  two  years; 
board  of  health  several  years;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1911- 
12:  attending  siirsieon  Margaret  Pills- 


bury  General  Hospital,  N.  H.  Memorial 
Hospital  for  Women  and  Children; 
some  time  deputy  medical  referee  for 
Merrimack  County;  fellow  American 
College  of  Surgeons,  member  N.  H. 
Med.  Soc.,  Merrimack  County  Med. 
Soc.,  N.  H.  Surgical  Club;  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  m.,  1st,  Sept.  29,  1898,  Marga- 
ret A.  Clough  of  Warner,  N.  H.;  d. 
Sept.  7,  1916;  2d,  Oct.  18,  1917,  Mad- 
eline Currier.  Residence,  22  West 
St.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Clark,  George  Langdon 

Teacher;  real  estate;  b.,  Sandwich, 
N.  H.,  March  11,  1844;  s.  Langdon 
Goddard  and  Maria  (Beede)  Clark; 
ed.  Beede's  Private  Academy,  Sand- 
wich Center,  N.  H.,  New  Hampton 
Literary  Institute,  1866;  taught  dis- 
trict schools  in  Sandwich;  teacher 
Highland  Military-  Academy,  thirteen 
years;  treasurer  and  business  manager, 
twenty-four  years;  steward  State 
Hospital,  seven  years;  in  real  estate 
business  since  1912;  trustee  Pinker- 
ton  Academy;  treasurer  Hospital 
Cottages  for  Children,  Baldwinsville, 
Mass.;  auditor  Worcester  State  Hos- 
pital and  Asylum;  Congregationalist; 
Republican;  member  Worcester  City 
government  two  years;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
m.,  July  1,  1885,  Caroline  Aiken 
Pinkerton,  Deny,  N.  H.  Residence, 
12  Schussier  Rd.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Child,  Samuel  Mitchell 

Lawyer;  b.,  Temple,  N.  H.,  Sept. 
10,  1862;  s.  Nahum  Abbott  and 
Ellen  (Sargent)  Child;  descendant 
William  Child,  Watertown,  Mass., 
1630;  ed.  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
1886;  Harvard  College,  one  year, 
Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B.  1890; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1890  and  prac- 
ticed in  Boston  since;  Democrat; 
member  N.  H.  constitutional  conven- 
tion, 1889,  from  Temple;  member 
executive  committee  Young  Men's 
Democratic  Club  of  Massachusetts, 
1892-5;  appointed  assistant  corpora- 
tion counsel,  Boston,  1895,  resigned 
Jan.,  1907;  member  Boston  Bar  Ass'n; 
Mass.  Bar  Ass'n;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (32d 


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degree,  K.  T.);  Harvard  and  Univer- 
sity Clubs;  m.,  Aug.  14, 1901,  Margaret 

1.  "Rea,   Boston.    Residence,  57  Ver- 
mont St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Collins,  Clarence  Morton 

Shoe  manufacturer;  b.,  South  Dan- 
ville, N.  H.,  Aug.  12,  1858;  s.  Leonard 
W.  and  Aletha  J.  Collins;  ed.  public 
schools  and  New  Hampton  Literary 
Institute,  New  Hampton,  N.  H.;  Free 
Baptist;  Republican;  has  held  most 
town  offices;  member  N.  H.  consti- 
tutional convention,  1912;  State  sen- 
ate, 1917-18;  house  of  representa- 
tives, 1919-20;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  T., 
32d  degree  and  O.  E.  S.;  m.,  in  1883, 
Ada  F.  Collins,  Saugus,  Mass.  Resi- 
dence, South  Danville,  N.  H. 

Marble,  Thomas  Littlefield 

Jurist;  b.,  Auburn,  Me.,  Dec.  24, 
1870;  s.  Dr.  Henry  and  Mercy  (Little- 
field)  Marble;  ed.  Edward  Little  high 
school,  Auburn,  Me.,  1894;  Bowdoin 
College,  1898;  Harvard  Law  School, 
1904;  admitted  to  the  N.  H.  bar  and  in 
practice  at  Berlin,  until  appointed 
associate  justice  of  the  superior  court^by 
Governor  Keyes,  Oct.  4,  1917;  Uni- 
versalist;  Republican;  member  Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon, 
A.F.&A.  M..K.T.;  in.,  Aug.  15,1906, 
Harriot  E.  Fuller.  Residence,  Gor- 
ham,  N.  H. 

Branch,  Oliver  Winslow 

Jurist;  b.,  New  York  City,  Oct.  4. 
1879;  s.  Oliver  E.  and  Sarah  (Chase) 
Branch;  ed.  Manchester  high  school, 
1S96;  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  1897; 
Harvard  College,  A.B.  1901,  A.M.  1902; 
Harvard  Law  School,  LL.B.  1904; 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  commenced 
practice  in  Manchester,  in  partnership 
with  his  father,  continuing  until  ap- 
pointment as  associate  justice  of  the 
superior  court  by  Gov.  Samuel  D. 
Folkor,  November,  1913;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Democrat;  president  Man- 
chester Y.  M.  C.  A.;  in.,  Nov.  27,  1910, 
Isabel  Dow  Hoyle,  Rochester,  N.  Y.; 
children,  Jane  Montgomery,  b.  April 
11,  1913;  Oliver  Winslow,  Jr.,  b.  Aug. 

2,  1914.     Residence.  Manchester,  N.H. 


Yantis,  Effie  Earll 

(Mrs.  Arnold  S.  Yantis);  illustrator; 
lecturer;  social  worker;  b.,  Skaneateles, 
N.  Y.,  June  28,  1869;  dau.  John  Mur- 
ray and  Julia  Brown  Earll;  ed.  Skan- 
eateles Academy,  1886;  Clinton  Liberal 
Institute,  1886-8;  Cornell  Univ..  1893; 
m.,  1st,  1893,  Mark  Vernon  Slinger- 
land,  professor  economic  entomology, 
Cornell  L'niv.,  teacher,  writer  and  lec- 
turer, who  died  in  March,  1909,  leaving 
one  daughter,  Kathryn  Lillis,  b.  Ithaca. 


N.  Y.,  June2,lS95  (Ithaca  and  Auburn, 
N.  .Y.,  high  schools.  Smith  College, 
191,8;  fellow  Cornell  Univ..  1919,  and 
candidate  for  degree  of  M.A.1;  in.,  2d. 
in  Ithaca,  1912,  Rev.  Arnold  S.  Yantis, 
Universalist  clergyman  of  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  native  of  Harper's  Ferry,  W.  Va., 
graduate  of  Western  Maryland  Col- 
lege' and  George  Washington  Univ.. 
who  practiced  law  for  ;i  time  in  Wash- 
ington, but  has  been  in  the  ministry  the 
last  twenty-five  years,  holding  pastor- 
ates in  Brooklyn,  Fort  Plain  and 
Auburn.  N.  Y.,  and  in  Manchester, 


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N.  H.,  since  1915  (member  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  and  B.  P.  O.  E.);  before  mar- 
riage to  Mr.  Yantis  she  did  illustrating 
for  scientific  books  and  made  lantern 
slides  for  colleges  and  universities; 
organized  the  Housekeeper's  Club  in 
Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and  in  Manchester  the 
Homemakers'  Club,  of  which  she  is 
president;  during  the  late  war  worked 
on  the  Woman's  Committee,  Council  of 
National  Defense,  organizing  food  com- 
mittees and  lecturing  throughout  the 
state;  lectured  under  the  War  Work 
Council  of  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  and  served  on 
the  State  Speakers'  Bureau,  and  Food 
Conservation  Committee;  put  on  the 
War  Pageant,"  Awakening  of  America" ; 
member  N.  H.  Sunday  School  Ass'n, 
Universalist  State  Sunday  School 
Board,  Elliott  Hospital  Associates, 
Universalist  Church,  N.  H.  Federation 
of  Women's  Clubs  (on  Economics  Com- 
mittee in  both  state  and  city  federa- 
tions). Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
/ 
Rollins,  Edward  Warren 

Banker;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
25,  1850;  eldest  child  Edward  H. 
(U.  S.  Senator,  1877-83)  and  Ellen 
(West)  Rollins;  ed.  Concord  high 
school,  B.S.  1871,  Mass.  Inst,  of  Tech.; 
civil  engineer,  Col.  Central  R.  R., 
1871-6;  banking  business,  Denver, 
Col.,  1876-99;  president  E.  H.  Rol- 
lins &  Sons,  investment  bonds,  1891- 
1908;  succeeded  by  his  brother, 
Frank  W.  Rollins  (governor  of  New 
Hampshire,  1899-1901),  1908-15, 
meanwhile  serving  as  chairman  of  the 
board;  on  the  death  of  the  latter  again 
became  president,  1915-  ;  helped  start 
Denver  Electrical  Light  Co.,  1881,  be- 
came its  president,  serving  till  1899 
when  he  moved  to  Boston;  Episcopa- 
lian; Republican;  active  in  promoting 
the  Denver  Country  Club,  the  Denver 
Club,  Denver  Athletic  Club  (president 
of  latter  seven  years);  member  Univer- 
sity Club,  New  York;  University 
Club,  Boston;  Brookline  Country 
Club;  Midwick  Country  Club,  Los 
Angeles;  Technology  Clubs  of  New 
Hampshire  and  New  York;  Old  Col- 
ony Club  of  Boston,  New  York,  etc.; 


Press  Club  of  Boston;  Middlebrook 
Golf  Club,  Dover,  N.  H.;  president 
N.  H.  Ass'n  of  Technology;  in  1919 
gave  $25,000  to  the  Wentworth  Hos- 
pital, Dover,  for  a  Nurses'  Home  in 
memory  of  his  daughter-in-law, 
Gladys  B.  Rollins;  m.,  1st,  Feb.  27, 
1878,  Jessie  V.  Witter,  Denver,  Col.; 
child:  Ashton.  m.  Gladys  A.  Brown, 
Wellesley  Hills,  Mass.,  Sept.,  1908, 
who  d.  July  19,  1917,  leaving  Jessie, 
b.  Sept.  22,  1909;  Edward,  b.  Sept.  4, 
1911;  Ann,  b.  Sept,  17,  1913;  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Nov.  18,  1915;  m.,  2d,  Nov. 
25,  1891,  Clara  S.  Sherwood,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.;  child:  Sherwood, 
m.,  Oct.  20,  1917,  Lucia  Goldsmith 
Russell,  Somersworth,  N.  H.  Resi- 
dence since  1901,  Three  Rivers  Farm, 
Dover,  N.  H.,  in  which  town  his  an- 
cestor, James  Rollins,  settled  in  1644; 
business  address,  200  Devonshire  St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Sulloway,  Richard  Woodbury 

Manufacturer  of  hosiery;  b.,  Frank- 
lin, N.  H.,  Feb.  15,  1876;  s.  Hon.  Alvah 
W.  and  Susan  (Keith)  Sulloway;  ed. 
St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  and  Har- 
vard College,  1898;  engaged  in  the 
Sulloway  Mills,  manufacturers  of  hos- 
iery at  Franklin,  since  graduation; 
Unitarian;  .Democrat;  member  Frank- 
lin city  council,  six  years;  trustee  N.  H. 
State  College,  nine  years;  treasurer  and 
manager  Sulloway  Mills  corporation; 
vice-president  Franklin  National  Bank; 
m.,  Oct.  31,  1914,  Bertha,  dau.  the  late 
Hon.  Albert  S.  Batchcllor  of  Littleton; 
one  daughter,  Mary  Jeannette,  b. 
Feb.  19,  1917.  Residence,  Franklin, 
N.  H. 

Cox,  Channing  Harris 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Feb.  28,  1879;  s.  Charles  E.  and  Eve- 
lyn (Randall)  Cox;  ed.  public  schools; 
Dartmouth  College,  1901;  LL.B.,  Har- 
vard Law  School,  1904;  in  practice  in 
Boston  since  graduation;  Congrega- 
tionalist;  Republican;  member  Mass, 
house  of  representatives,  1910-18 
(speaker  three  years);  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of  Massachusetts,  1919-  ;  mem- 


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her  Boston  and  Mass.  Bar  Ass'ns, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Lincoln,  City,  Univer- 
sity and  Country  clubs,  Boston;  m., 
Feb.  18,  1915,  May  Emery  Young, 
Brookline,  Mass.  Residence,  91  West- 
land  Ave.,  Boston;  office,  Tremont 
Bldg. 

Cox,  Louis  Sherburne 

Jurist;  farmer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Nov.  22,  1874;  s.  Charles  E.  and  Evelyn 
M.  (Randall)  Cox;  ed.  Manchester 
public  schools,  Dartmouth  College, 


A.B.  1896;  Boston  Univ.  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1899;  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
located  in  practice  in  Lawrence,  Mass., 
continuing  until  his  appointment  as 
justice  of  the  Mass.  Superior  Court  in 
1918;  Congregationalist ;  Republican; 
member  Mass,  state  senate,  1906;  post- 
master of  Lawrence,  190(5-14;  district 
attorney,  Eastern  Mass,  district,  1914- 
18;  justice  superior  court,  1918-;  mem- 
ber A.  F.  &  A.  M.  to  and  including  32d 
degree  and  K.  T.,  I.  O.  ().  F.,  B.  P.  O. 
E.,  P.  of  H.,  Mass.  Republican  Club, 
Essex  Republican  Club,  Salem  Club, 


Home  Club,  Merrimack  Valley  Coun- 
try Club,  English  Social  Club,  Con- 
gregational Club;  m.,  Oct.  16,  1902, 
Mary  I.  Fieles,  Lawrence,  Mass.; 
children,  Randall  T.,  b.  March  16, 
1904;  Dorothy,  b.  Nov.  25,  1908; 
Judge  Cox  has  a  fine  dairy  farm  outside 
the  city  in  attention  to  which  he  finds 
his  chief  recreation.  Residence,  Law- 
rence, Mass. 

Carpenter,  Georgia  Butters  Drake 

(Mrs.  Josiah  Carpenter);  philan- 
thropist and  social  worker;  b.,  Pitts- 
field,  N.  H.,  Jan.  15,  1836;  dau.  Col. 
James  and  Betsey  (Seavey)  Drake; 
ed.  public  and  private  schools;  Pitts- 
field  Academy;  Episcopalian;  organ- 
ist St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  Church, 
Pittsfield,  for  many  years;  m.,  Sept. 
1,  1858,  Josiah  Carpenter,  grandson  of 
Josiah  Carpenter,  first  minister  of 
Chichester,  and  descendant  of  William 
Carpenter,  freeman  of  Weymouth, 
Mass.,  1640.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carpenter 
had  two  children — a  daughter,  Georgia 
Fllla,  wife  of  Frank  M.  Gerrish,  de- 
ceased some  years  since,  and  a  son  who 
died  in  infancy.  They  resided  in 
Pittsfield,  after  marriage,  where  Mr. 
Carpenter  was  cashier  of  the  bank, 
until  March,  1877,  when  they  removed 
to  Manchester,  \vhere  Mr.  Carpenter 
was  active  in  the  organization  of  the 
Second  National  Bank,  and  the  Me- 
chanics Savings  Bank  of  which  he  was 
cashier  and  treasurer,  respectively. 
He  died  May  22,  1913.  Mrs.  Car- 
penter was  State  Regent  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution  for 
New  Hampshire  from  1895  to  1901  and 
has  since  been  Honorary  State  Re- 
gent; during  her  regency  fourteen 
chapters  were  organized;  charter 
member  National  Soc.  Colonial  Dames 
of  America,  in  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire; corresponding  secretary  of  same, 
1913-16;  historian,  1916-  ;  treasurer 
United  Offering,  for  P.  E.  Diocese  of 
N.  H.,  1895-1916;  president  Man- 
chester Children's  Home  since  1895; 
vice-president  Woman's  Aid  and  Re- 
lief Soc.,  Manchester,  since  1881; 
president  Woman's  Auxiliary,  Grace 


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'Church,  Manchester,  1902-13;  hon- 
orary president  since  1913;  director 
Manchester  District  Nursing  Ass'n 
since  1914.  Among  her  many  bene- 
factions may  be  mentioned  the  fol- 
lowing memorial  gifts:  For  her  hus- 
band, a  brick  gymnasium  and  $5,000 
scholarship  fund  at  Holderness  School 
for  Boys;  for  her  father  a  splendidly 
equipped  Athletic  Field  of  thirteen 
acres,  in  Pittsfield;  for  her  mother  a 
fund  for  a  course  in  Domestic  Science 
at  Hampton  Academy;  for  her  brother, 
Frank  James  Drake,  $5,000  scholarship 
fund  at  Dartmouth  College;  with  her 
husband,  in  memory  of  their  daughter. 
•a  beautiful  stained  glass  window  and 
a  stone  parish  house  to  Grace  Episcopal 
Church,  Manchester,  and  to  the  town 
of  Pittsfield,  a  library  building  of 
brick  and  stone  construction.  Mrs. 
Carpenter  has  traveled  extensively  at 
home  and  abroad,  and  holds  her  in- 
terest in  national  and  international  as 
well  as  social  and  community  affairs. 
Residence,  1(367  Elm  St.,  Manchester, 
X.  H. 

Copeland,  Elmer  Humphrey 

Physician;  b.,  Acworth,  X.  H., 
March  1,  1861;  s.  Hezekiah  and  Olive 
S.  (Xichols)  Copeland;  ed.  public 
schools;  Amherst  College,  A.B.  1889, 
A.M.  1897;  M.D.,  X.  Y.  Homeopathic 
Med.  College,  1893;  in  practice  at 
Northampton,  Mass.,  since  1893;  Con- 
gregationalist ;  Republican;  member 
staff  Cooley  Dickinson  Hospital, 
Northampton,  since  1907;  director 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  since  1900;  member  Mass. 
Homeopathic  Med.  Soc.  (orator  1904); 
president  Seth  Pomerov  Chapter,  S. 
A.  R.,  A.  F.  <fc  A.  M.;m.,  Aug.  23,  1893. 
Anna  Covell,  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.: 
four  children.  Residence,  168  Elm  St., 
Northampton,  Mass. 

Doyle,  Jeremiah  Joseph 

Lawyer;  b.,  Xew  Boston,  X.  H., 
Jan.  23,  1861;  s.  John  and  Julia 
(O'Xeill)  Doyle;  ed.  public  schools; 
studied  law  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1884,  and  has  since  practiced  in 
Nashua,  X.  H.;  Catholic;  Democrat: 


delegate  Democratic  Xational  Conven- 
tion, Chicago,  1896;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1887-8,  1889- 
90,  1903-4;  mayor  of  Nashua,  1903-4; 
A.  O.  H.  (having  held  all  offices),  For- 
esters of  America;  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus; m.,  Luella  J.  Lucier.  Residence, 
Nashua,  N.  H. 

Carpenter,  Dumont  Hamilton 

P^lectric  railway  inspector;  b.,  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  Oct.  26,  1867;  s.  Henry 
Harrison  and  Mattie  (Cotton)  Car- 


penter (H.  H.  Carpenter  served 
three  years  in  the  6th  Maine  Vols. 
during  the  Civil  War)  ;  ed.  Concord 
schools;  employed  on  Boston  &  Lowell 
R.  R.,  1887-1901:  superintendent 
Concord  Electric  R.  R..  HKH-2;  in- 
spector Concord  Electric  R.R.,  1902-  : 
Republican;  Congregationalist  (South 
Church);  Knight  Templar,  A.  F.  «fc 
A.  M.;  member  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Sons  of 
Veterans,  Veteran  Railroad  Men,  N.  E. 
Street  Railway  Ass'n.  Charity  Organi- 
zation Soc.,  X.  11.  Children's  Aid  and 
Protective  Soc.,  Fish  and  Game 


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League,  Concord  Gun  Club,  Council 
of  National  Defense,  Red  Cross,  Pro- 
hibitionist, Suffragist;  m.,  Oct.  25, 
1898,  Eva  May  Stevens  of  Concord; 
one  dau.,  Martha  Phyllis,  b.  June  7, 
1901,  Concord  High  School,  1919. 
Residence,  Pleasant  St.,  Concord, 
N.H. 

Spaulding,  Daniel  Minot 

Teacher;  farmer;  b.,  Sullivan,  N.  H., 
Sept.  10,  1859;  s.  Henry  O.  and  Sarah 


E.  (Houghton)  Spaulding;  cd.  public 
schools,  Krone  high  school,  1878, 
Ainherst  College,  A.B.  1SS4,  Phi  Beta 
Kappa;  engaged  in  teaching  for  sev- 
eral years — instructor  in  French  and 
Science,  Anns  Academy,  Shelburne 
Falls,  Mass.;  principal,  high  school, 
Methuen,  Mass.;  fanner  in  Keene  since 
1894;  Congregationalist;  Republican; 
member  Keene  board  of  education  since 
1911,  Keene  city  council,  191H;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives  from 
Ward  5,  Keene,  1917-18,  1919-20 
(member  committee  on  agricultural 


college  both  sessions  and  also  on  banks 
and  state  library  in  latter  session); 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  (past  master),  P.  of  H., 
past  master  Cheshire  Grange,  Keene, 
and  of  Cheshire  County  Pomona 
Grange  and  past  D.  D.  N.  H.  State 
Grange;  secretary  Cheshire  County 
Farm  Bureau;  president  Monadnock 
National  Farm  Loan  Ass'n;  m.,  April 
14,  1891,  Kate  M.  Barker;  one  son, 
Earl  Barker,  b.  Feb.  16,  1892.  Res- 
idence, Keene,  N.  H. 

Estabrook,  Fred  Watson 

Manufacturer;  financier;  b.,  Graf- 
ton,  Mass.,  Sept.  23,  1852;  s.  John 
W.  and  Julia  (Howe)  Estabrook; 
ed.  public  schools  of  Graf  ton  and  Marl- 
boro, Mass.;  Bryant  &  Stratton  Busi- 
ness College,  Boston,  Mass.;  com- 
menced work  as  bookkeeper  in  a  shoe 
factory,  and  at  23  years  of  age  was 
made  manager  of  the  factory  of  Crane, 
Leland  &  Moody  at  Nashua,  N.  H.; 
in  1879  organized  the  firm  of  Esta- 
brook &  Anderson  Bros.,  manufacturers 
of  shoes,  whose  product  gained  high 
reputation;  with  greatly  increasing 
business  the  concern  was  incorporated 
as  the  Estabrook-Anderson  Shoe  Co. 
in  1895,  Mr.  Estabrook  continuing  till 
1912,  when  he  retired  to  devote  his 
attention  to  other  interests,  including 
extensive  mining  enterprises  in  the 
West;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
member  Republican  national  com- 
mittee for  New  Hampshire,  1908-20; 
director  General  Development  Co., 
Miami  Copper  Co.,  N.  Y.;  National 
Shawmut  Bank,  Boston;  Second  Na- 
tional Bank,  Nashua;  Nashua  Sad- 
dlery Hardware  Co.;  president  and 
director  White  Mountain  Freezer  Co., 
Telegraph  Publishing  Co.,  Nashua; 
director  and  vice-president  Sioux  City 
Stock  Yards  Co.;  director  and  treasurer 
Estabrook  Gold  Dredging  Co.,  Boston 
&  Idaho  Gold  Dredging  Co.;  director 
Manchester  Traction  Light  &  Power 
Co.,  Wonolancet  Co.  Nashua;  trustee 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  St. 
Mary's  School,  Concord,  N.  II.;  mem- 
ber Nashua  City  Club,  Vesper  Country 
Club;  Union  League,  New  York; 


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Algonquin  and  Boston  Athletic  Clubs, 
Boston,  Mass.;  m.,  Nov.  5,  1879, 
Alice,  dau.  Judge  Geo.  Y.  Sawyer  of 
Nashua  (deceased);  one  son,  Win- 
throp  Howe,  who  served  as  captain  of 
engineers  during  the  late  European 
war.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H.; 
office,  201  Devonshire  St.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Bowman,  George  Ernest 

Editor;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Jan.  5, 1860;  s.  George  A.  and  Ernestine 
(Lord)  Bowman;  ed.  public  schools, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Yale  College,  A.B. 
1883;  has  long  been  engaged  in  com- 
piling the  history  of  the  Mayflower 
passengers  and  their  descendants; 
founder  and  editor  of  the  Mayflower 
Descendant,  quarterly  magazine,  and 
Pilgrim  Notes  and  Queries,  monthly; 
founder  Boston  Chapter,  S.  A.  R.. 
first  secretary  and  second  president  of 
same;  life  member  Mass.  Soc.,  May- 
flower descendants;  Soc.  Colonial 
Wars;  order  Colonial  Governors,  N.  E. 
Historic  Genealogical  Soc.,  etc.;  com- 
piler various  volumes  of  vital  records ; 
Congregationalist;  Republican;  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  Residence,  81  Pinckney  St., 
Boston,  Mass. 

Sweet,  William  Isaac 

Clergyman;  b.,  Throop,  N.  Y.,  June 
6,  1863;  s.  Vaughan  and  Julia  Ferris 
Sweet;  ed.  Union  College,  Auburn, 
N.  Y.,  Theological  Seminary,  1887; 
ordained  to  the  ministry  May  7,  1887, 
Penn  Yan,  N.Y.;  pastor  Presbyterian 
Church, Fair  Haven,N.Y.,  1887-8;Con- 
gregational  Church,  Farmington,  N.H., 
1888-92;  Passaic,  N.  J.,  1892-7;  Ever- 
ett, Mass.,  1897-1911  (church  member- 
ship increasing  from  250  to  700  during 
pastorate);  Pittsfield,  N.  H.,  1911-  ; 
Congregationalist;  Independent;  al- 
ways interested  in  civic  affairs;  head  of 
Boy  Scout  movement  in  Pittsfield,  also 
chairman  Red  Cross;  member  West 
N.  H.  Congregational  Club,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  m.,  Aug.  6,  1884, 
Jennie  E.  Johnson;  three  daughters, 
Harriet  M.,  Elizabeth  J.,  E.  Louise. 
Residence,  Pittsfield,  N.  H. 


Amey,  John  Tillotson 

Lumberman;  member,  N.  H.  Tax 
Commission;  b.,  Pittsburg,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
16,  1858;  s.  John  Tillotson  and  Emily 
(Haynes)  Amey;  ed.  public  school, 
Pittsburg;  employed  at  eighteen  years 
of  age  by  one  of  the  large  lumber 
operators  of  that  region,  and  has  fol- 
lowed that  business  most  of  the  time 
for  forty  years,  having  been  associated 
with  the  Van  Dyke  interests  for  several 
years;  Democrat;  elected  to  the  N.  H. 


house  of  representatives  for  1889,  from 
the  town  of  Stratford,  where  he  was 
then  conducting  a  lumber  business  for 
a  Massachusetts  corporation;  sheriff  of 
Coos  County,  1893-4;  chairman  N.  H. 
Democratic  State  Committee,  1894- 
1902;  appointed  minority  member 
N.  II.  Tax  Commission  when  the  board 
was  created,  and  has  continued  a 
member  of  the  same;  delegate  from 
Lancaster  in  N.  H.  constitutional  con- 
vention, 1918;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
lodge,  chapter,  commandery  and  shrine, 
m.,  1st,  1S81,  to  Emeline  Higgins  of 
Pittsburg,  to  whom  one  son  and  two 


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daughters  were  born,  all  of  whom  are 
living,  married  and  have  children;  2d, 
Feb.  28,  1897,  to  Elsie  Dolloff  of  Lan- 
caster, who  died  Aug.  13,  1912;  3d, 
June  30,  1915,  to  Katherine  O'Dowd, 
Lancaster,  now  living.  Residence, 
Lancaster,  N.H. 

Tenney,  George  Amos 

Banker;  cotton  manufacturer;  b., 
Claremont,  N.  H.,  Feb.  11,  1864;  s. 
Edward  J.  and  Frances  M.  (Hall) 
Tenney;  ed.  public  schools  of  Clare- 
mont, Stevens  high  school;  engaged 
for  a  time  as  clerk  in  the  auditing  de- 
partment of  the  Boston  &  Lowell  R.  R., 
Boston;  went  through  the  various  de- 
partments there,  and  later  was  located 
in  Concord,  N.  H.,  in  charge  of  the 
Northern  R.  R.  freight  account;  in 
1888  went  West  and  engaged  in  bank- 
ing business  in  St.  Joseph  and  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  Ellsworth,  Kan.,  and 
Nebraska  City,  Neb.;  upon  organiza- 
tion of  the  People's  National  Bank 
in  Claremont;  N.  H.,  in  1892  he  re- 
turned home  to  accept  the  position  of 
cashier,  in  which  he  has  continued  and 
is  also  vice-president  and  director;  in 
1907  became  treasurer  and  general 
manager  of  the  Monadnock  Mills  of 
Claremont,  of  which  he  is  also  a  director, 
as  well  as  of  the  Claremont  Gas  Light 
Co.,  of  which  he  is  treasurer  and  general 
manager;  director,  also,  of  the  Sugar 
River  Savings  Bank  of  Newport  and 
the  Sullivan  Co.  R.  R.;  Episcopalian; 
Republican;  member  staff  of  Gov. 
Charles  M.  Floyd  with  the  rank  of 
colonel;  member  Algonquin  Club  of 
Boston,  and  of  the  Triton  Fish  and 
Game  Club  of  the  Province  of  Quebec; 
in.,  June  2,  1891,  Sarah  E.  Ballon, 
No.  Adams,  Mass.;  two  sons,  Edward 
Ballon,  b.  May  4,  1892  (ed.  St.  Ste- 
phens College  and  Philadelphia  Textile 
School);  George  P.,  b.  Nov.  17,  1900 
(ed.  St.  Paul's  School).  Residence, 
Claremont,  N.  H. 

Boynton,  Roy  J. 

Physician;  b.,  Hillsboro,  N.  H., 
July  31,  1881;  s.  David  E.  and  Lydia 
(Roberts)  Boynton;  ed.  public  schools, 


Dartmouth  College;  M.D.,  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Boston, 
1904;  began  practice  in  Boston  same 
year;  professor  materia  medica  and 
therapeutics,  and  theory  and  practice 
of  medicine,  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  since  1901;  secretary  and 
professor  materia  medica  and  thera- 
peutics, Middlesex  College,  Medicine 
and  Surgery;  consulting  physician, 
Middlesex  Hospital;  president  N.  H.- 
Vt.  Lighting  Co.,  American  Electric 
Light  &  Power  Co.;  Mass.  Gas  & 
Electric  Co.;  m.,  Nov.  20,  1911, 
Beatrice  H.  Underwood,  Providence, 
R.  I.  Residence,  Framingham,  Mass. 

Crossfield,  Frederic  S. 

Physician;  b.,  Keene,  N.  H.,  July  29, 
1854;  s.  Kendall  and  Rebecca  (Martin) 
Crossfield;  ed.  Dean  Academy,  Frank- 
lin, Mass.,  Bellevue  Hospital  (N.  Y.) 
Med.  College,  M.D.  1878;  in  practice 
in  Hartford,  Conn.,  since  latter  date; 
Episcopalian;  Republican;  laryngolo- 
gist  to  Hartford  Hospital  and  Wild- 
wood  Sanatorium;  consultant  to  Cyril 
and  Julia  Johnson  Memorial  Hospital, 
Stafford  Springs,  Conn.,  and  Isolation 
Hospital,  Hartford;  member  American 
Med.  Ass'n,  Conn,  and  Hartford  Co. 
Med.  Socs.,  etc.;  m.,  July  21,  1898, 
Mary  Evelyn  Affleck,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ; 
one  son.  Residence,  148  Kenyon  St., 
Hartford,  Conn. 

Dearborn,  Sam  Starrett 

Physician;  b.,  Milford,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
30,  1872;  s.  Sam  Gerrish  and  Henrietta 
(Starrett)  Dearborn;  ed.  Phillips  Exe- 
ter Academy,  1890;  A.B.,  Harvard, 
1894;  M.Di  1898;  in  practice  in 
Nashua  since  1899;  member  visiting 
staff  Nashua  Emergency  Hospital  and 
St.  Joseph's  Hospital;  city  physician, 
Nashua,  1900-2;  chairman  board  of 
health;  member  board  of  education; 
director  Second  National  Bank,  Wono- 
lancet  Co.;  member  Nashua  Med.  Soc., 
Hillsboro  County  Med.  Soc.,  N.  H. 
Med.  Soc.,  N.  H"  Surgical  Club,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  (32d  degree);  Unitarian;  Re- 
publican; m.,  Oct.  12,  1898,  May  H. 
Chandler.  Residence,  (>  Concord  St., 
Nashua,  N.  H. 


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Livingston,  Frank  Channing 

Lawyer;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Nov.  ip,  1858;  s.  Charles  F.  and  Carrie 
E.  (Guild)  Livingston;  ed.  Manchester 
public  schools,  high  school,  1877; 
studied  law  with  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Fel- 
lows; admitted  to  the  bar  in  1881  and 
since  in  practice  in  Manchester;  Uni- 
tarian; Republican;  treasurer  Hills- 
borq  County,  1893-1905;  associate 
justice  Manchester  municipal  court, 
1910-12;  delegate  N.  H.  constitutional 


convention,  1918;  chairman  Commu- 
nity Labor  Board,  replacement  com- 
mittee for  returning  soldiers  and  sailors; 
director  Manchester  Safe  Deposit  & 
Trust  Co.;  Mason  32d  degree,  past 
commander  Trinity  Commandory,  K. 
T.;  member  Grand  Commandery  of 
New  Hampshire,  Bektash  Temple, 
X.  M.  S.;  Ridgley  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
past  chief  patriarch  Wonolancet  En- 
campment; m.,  Nov.  13,  1S90,  Minnie 
A.  Campbell;  children,  Carolyn  Guild, 
b.  Nov.  4,  1S91  (Simmons),  m.  Daniel 
D.  Chase;  Alice  Carey,  b.  Feb.  27, 


1893  (Simmons);  Allen  Campbell,  b. 
Feb.  27,  1893  (Dartmouth),  sergeant 
1st  class,  U.  S.  Engineers;  one  and  a 
half  years  service  with  American  Ex- 
peditionary Forces  in  France.  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H. 

Taylor,  Frederick  Wellington 

Educator;  b.,  Wooster,  O.,  Jan.  25, 
1876;  s.  Samuel  and  Susan  (Albright) 
Taylor;  ed.  public  schools  and  Wooster 
College;  Ohio  State  Univ.,  B.Sc.  1900; 
in  service  of  the  Ohio  Experiment  Sta- 
tion, 1896-1901;  U.  S.  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Bureau  of  Soils,  1901-3; 
professor  of  agriculture,  N.  H.  State 
College,  since  1903;  now  dean  of  the 
Agricultural  Department  and  agrono- 
mist for  the  Experiment  Station; 
"Methodist  by  birth,  Congregation- 
alist  by  adoption,  Republican  always"; 
selectman  of  Durham,  1916;  member 
Alpha  Zeta,  Sigma  Xi  and  Alpha  Tau 
Alpha  college  fraternities,  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  Amer- 
ican Breeders'  Ass'n,  etc.;  Farm  Insti- 
tute lecturer  and  author  of  many  bulle- 
tins and  circulars;  m.,  Dec.  23,  1903, 
Jessie  L.  Stocker;  three  children,  Ralph 
S.,  Julia  A.  and  Samuel  F.  Residence, 
Durham,  N.  H. 

Merrow,  Lyford  A. 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Center  Ossipee, 
N.  H.,  Sept.  8,  1865;  s.  Daniel  and 
Maria  Elizabeth  (Brewster)  Merrow; 
descendant  of  Henry  Merrow,  Read- 
ing, Mass.,  1661;  direct  descendant  on 
maternal  side  of  William  Brewster  of 
the  Mayflower;  ed.  public  schools,  New 
Hampton  Literary  Institution;  engaged 
in  manufacture  of  oils,  paints  and  var- 
nishes since  1882;  president  and  man- 
ager New  England  Oil,  Paint  and  Var- 
nish Co,;  president  Burbank  &  Ryder 
Varnish  Co.,  Hoffman  Paint  <fe  Varnish 
Co.;  director  Hildreth  Varnish  Co., 
George  T.  McLauthlin  Co.;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  colonel  on 
staff  of  Gov.  Charles  A.  Busiel,  1895-6; 
member  N.  H.  executive  council,  1909- 
10;  delegate  at  large  from  X.  H.  in  Re- 
publican X'ational  Convention,  1912; 
member  X.  H.  board  of  trustees  of 


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state  institutions,  1915-17;  N.  H.  Home 
Missionary  Soc.,  Boston  City  Club;  m., 
Dec.  17,  1902,  Elizabeth  Rena  Mc- 
Lauthlin;  one  son,  Parker  McLauthlin. 
Residence,  Maiden,  Mass.;  Mountain- 
view  (Ossipee),  N.  H. 

Floyd,  Charles  Miller 

Clothing  and  lumber  dealer;  b., 
Derry,  N.  H.,  June  5,  1861;  s.  Sewall 
and  'Sarah  J.  (Sleeper)  Floyd;  ed. 
public  schools  and  Derry  Academy; 
engaged  in  clothing  trade  in  Manchester 
since  1886;  Congregationalist ;  Repub- 
lican; member  N.  H.  senate,  1901-2; 
executive  council,  1905-6;  governor 
of  New  Hampshire,  1907-9;  director 
Manchester  National  Bank,  Manchester 
Building  &  Loan  Ass'n,  Manchester 
Traction,  Light  &  Power  Co., 
Derryfield  Lumber  Co.;  partner  in 
Batchelder  &  Floyd  Lumber  Co.;  m., 
June  16,  1886,  Carrie  E.  Atwood, 
Haverhill,  Mass.  Residence,  Manches- 
ter, N.H. 

Straw,  Herman  Foster 

Manufacturer ;  b.,  Manchester,  X.  H., 
Dec.  31,  1849;  s.  Ezekiel  A.  and 
Charlotte  Smith  (Webster)  Straw;  ed. 
St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H., 
Harvard  Univ.;  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  management  of  the 
Amoskeag  Mfg.  Co.'s  establishment  at 
Manchester,  after  leaving  school,  con- 
tinuing to  the  present  time;  agent  since 
1885;  m.,  Sept.  18,  1873,  Mary  O. 
Parker  of  Boston.  Residence,  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Spalding,  James  Alfred 

Surgeon;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
Aug.  20,  1846;  s.  Lyman  Dyer  and 
Susan  Parker  (Parrott)  Spalding;  ed. 
public  schools,  Dartmouth,  A.B.  1866; 
Harvard,  M.D.  1870;  in  practice  in 
Portland,  Me.,  since  1873;  ophthal- 
mological  and  aural  surgeon,  Me. 
General  Hospital,  1881-1914  (now 
consulting);  member  American  Acad- 
emy of  Medicine,  Me.  Medical  Ass'n, 
etc.;  m.,  Nov.  16,  1882,  Sarah  Chase 
Shepley,  Boston,  Mass.  Residence, 
627  Congress  St.,  Portland,  Me. 

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Keyset,  Frank  Nathaniel 

Railway  conductor;  b.,  North  Haver- 
hill,  N.  H.,  Sept.  12,  1866;  s.  Scott  W. 
and  Mary  E.  (Stacker)  Keyser;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools;  entered  railway  service  in 
1888,  and  has  continued  to  the  present 
time,  having  been  for  many  years  past 
one  of  the  best  known  passenger  con- 
ductors on  the  White  Mountain  divi- 
sion of  the  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.; 
Methodist;  Republican;  member  N.H. 
house  of  representatives,  1915-16, 


serving  on  Fish  and  Game  committee, 
and  1917-8,  when  he  was  a  member 
of  the  same  committee  and  that  on 
Liquor  Laws,  from  which  the  state 
prohibitory  law  was  reported;  member 
N.  H.  senate,  1919-20,  being  chairman 
committee  on  Labor,  and  a  member  of 
the  Incorporations,  Railroads  (clerk), 
Towns  and  Parishes  and  Fisheries  and 
Game  (clerk)  committees;  member 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  32d  degree,  K.  T.,  and 
Shriner;  Railway  Conductors  of  Amer- 
ica and  Anchor  Club  of  Boston;  m., 
May  1,  1894,  Addie  M.  Kimball. 
Residence,  North  Haverhill,  X.  H. 


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Donahue,  John  Joseph 

Insurance;  b.,  Keeno,  N.  H.,  Aug.  7, 
1859;  s.  James  and  Margaret  (Quinlan) 
Donahue;  ed.  Keene  public  schools; 
engaged  in  early  life  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits in  Keene  and  Peterboro,  N.  H.; 
in  insurance  business  since  1890,  in 
Keene  and  Manchester,  removing  to 
the  latter  city  nearly  twenty  years  ago; 
Unitarian;  Republican;  member  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  from  Ward  2, 
Manchester,  1903-4,  1905-6  (chairman 


Insurance  Committee  each  session); 
U.  S.  pension  examiner,  1907-14;  dep- 
uty sheriff,  Hillsboro  County,  1917- 
19;  member  X.  H.  senate  (District  Xo. 
Ifi),  1919-20;  chairman  committee  on 
Revision  of  the  Laws;  clerk  committee 
on  State  Hospital;  member  committees 
on  Judiciary,  Education  and  Towns  and 
Parishes;  appointed  Insurance  Com- 
missioner for  X.  II.,  April  2.  1919,  to 
succeed  the  late  Rufus  X.  Klwell; 
member  Republican  state  committee, 


and  executive  committee  for  Hillsboro 
County;  chairman  Republican  city 
committee  of  Manchester;  member  I.O. 
R.  M.  (past  Great  Sachem  for  New 
Hampshire),  K.  of  P.,  Amoskeag 
Grange,  Amoskeag  Veterans,  New 
Century  Club,  Manchester  Institute 
of  Arts  and  Sciences;  m.,  Jessie  E. 
Rice.  (See  following  sketch.)  Resi- 
dence, Manchester,  N.  H. 

Donahue,  Jessie  Edith  Rice 

(Mrs.  John  J.  Donahue) ;  clubwoman, 
social  worker  and  literary  pursuits;  b., 
Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  Nov.  7,  1873;  dau. 
George  Laban  and  Lucy  Harriet  (Bald- 
win) Rice;  ed.  Keene  schools;  school- 
teacher for  some  time;  later  had  practi- 
cal experience  in  life  insurance  and  as 
secretary  and  claim  adjuster  for  a 
health  and  accident  insurance  com- 
pany; Unitarian;  for  six  years  director 
National  Alliance  of  Unitarian  Women' 
vice-president  and  director  National 
Unitarian  Sunday  School  Soc.;  director 
Star  Island  Summer  Meetings  Ass'n; 
past  president  Manchester  Federation 
of  Women's  Clubs  (during  her  term  of 
office  introduced  playgrounds  to  Man- 
chester); chairman  Art  Committee, 
X.  H.  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs; 
past  president  Manchester  New  Cen- 
tury and  Shakespeare  clubs;  vice-pres- 
ident National  Shakespeare  Federation; 
vice-president  Manchester  Institute  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  and  president  of  its 
literature  section;  member  Historic  Art 
Club;  director  Settlement  Ass'n  of  Xew 
Hampshire;  state  superintendent  of 
Americanization  of  W.  C.  T.  U.;  regent 
Molly  Stark  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.;  vice- 
president  Manchester  Equal  Suffrage 
League;  member  Amoskeag  Grange, 
P.  of  H.,  Boston  Arts  and  Crafts  Soc., 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  Arts  and  Crafts  Soc., 
and  instructor  in  wood  carving  in  the 
latter  organization  in  which  art  she  is 
an  experienced  teacher,  and  skilled  in 
various  other  handicrafts;  has  also  con- 
ducted classes  in  Americanization  for 
some  years;  special  correspondent  of 
the  Honton  Transcript,  and  frequent 
contributor  to  other  newspapers  and 
periodicals;  m.,  John  J.  Donahue; 


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children,  Helen  Rice,  b.  May  17,  1895 
(Radcliffe  1916);  Esther,  b.  Oct.  24, 
1901. 

Fairbanks,  Charles  Albert 

Physician;  b.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
Dec.  17, 1849;  s.  Albert  A.  and  Lydia  L. 
(Brock)  Fairbanks;  ed.  public  schools, 
Dartmouth  College  Scientific  Depart- 
ment, 1871;  Harvard  Med.  School, 
M.D.  1877;  commenced  practice  in 
Dover,  N.  H.,  in  1878  and  has  there 
continued;  Republican;  city  physician, 
Dover,  1882-98;  U.  S.  pension  exam- 
iner, 1897-1913;  mayor  of  Dover,  1898- 
1900;  member  school  committee,  1882- 
1917  (chairman,  1909-17);  member 
board  of  water  commissioners,  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1907-8,  1909- 
10,  1919-20,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
I.  O.  R.  M.;  Straff ord  County  Med. 
Soc.,  N.  H.  Med  Soc.  Residence, 
Dover,  N.  H. 

Currier,  Clinton  Harvey 

Educator;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Jan.  1,  1876;  s.  Harvey  L.  and  Eliza 
True  (Kenny)  Currier;  ed.  Manches- 
ter public  schools;  Brown  Univ.,  Ph.B. 
1898,  A.M.  1899;  Univ.  of  G6ttingen, 
1910-11;  instructor  in  mathematics, 
Brown  Univ.,  1899-1914;  instructor  in 
mathematics  and  astronomy  since 
1914;  instructor  at  R.  I.  School  of  De- 
sign, 1901-9;  member  Ass'n  of  Math- 
ematics Teachers  of  N.  E.,  American 
Mathematics  Soc..  etc.:  in.,  June  4, 
1910,  Theresa  M.  Connolly,  Residence, 
311  Wayland  Ave.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Hamblett,  Charles  Judson 

Lawyer;  b.,  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Jan., 
1S62;  s.  Judson  A.  and  Mary  A. 
(Perkins)  Hamblett;  ed.  Francestown 
Academy,  1S83;  LL.B.,  Boston  Univ., 
1889;  hon.  A.M.,  Dartmouth,  1900; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1889  and  since 
in  practice  in  Nashua;  Republican; 
assistant  clerk  N.  H.  senate,  1887-89; 
clerk,  1891-3;  city  solicitor,  Nashua, 
1901-4;  U.  S.  district  attorney  for 
New  Hampshire,  1898-1907;  in.',  1st, 
Oct.  4,  1894,  Georgie  Ellen  Stevens;  2d, 
Dec.  23,  1914,  Mrs.  Belle  F.  (Small) 
Fletcher.  Residence,  Nashua,  N.  H. 


Young,  Harrie  Minot 

Civil  engineer  ;b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Sept.  26,  1866;  s.  Hiram  P.  and  Mary 
S.  (Ayer)  Young;  ed.  public  schools  of 
Manchester — high  school,  1884;  civil 
engineer  for  the  city  of  Manchester 
many  years;  Universalist;  Republican; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1895-6,  1897-8  (chairman  committee 
on  Military  Affairs),  1899-1900  (chair- 
man Appropriations) ;  ass't  clerk,  house 
of  representatives,  1902-4,  190,5-6; 


clerk,  1907-8  and  since;  president 
Realty  Investment  Co.,  Manchester, 
N.  H.;  director  The  Real  American; 
clerk  Manchester  Institute  of  Arts  and 
Sciences;  clerk  and  treasurer  Amoskeag 
Veterans;  clerk  of  trustees  of  Pine 
Grove  Cemetery;  chief  of  records, 
Agawam  Tribe,  I.  O.  R.  M.;  member 
Minnehaha  Council  Degree  of  Poca- 
hontas,  and  the  Great  Council  of  N.  H., 
D.  of  P.;  great  chief  of  records  of  the 
Great  Council  of  N.  H..  1.  O.  R.  M.; 
member  and  reading  clerk  of  the  Great 
Council  of  the  U.  S..  I .  O.  R .  M.:  mem- 
ber Manchester  Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E., 


Mus.   WILLIAM  H.  SCHOFIELD 


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Amoskeag  Grange,  P.  of  H.,  Union 
Pomona  Grange,  and  has  received  the 
state  and  national  degrees  of  the  order; 
member  N.  H.  Good  Roads  Ass'n, 
Manchester  Cadet  Veteran  Ass'n, 
Manchester  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Manchester 
Historical  Ass'n,  Manchester  Turn 
Verein  and  Calumet  Club;  m.,  July 
8,  1911,  Idella  Frances  Corser,  Contoo- 
cook,  N.  H.  Residence,  277  Concord 
St.,  office  City  Hall,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Schofield,  Mary  Lyon  (Cheney) 

(Mrs.  William  H.  Schofield);  b.,  New 
Britain,  Conn.,  Dec.  24,  1869;  dau.  Dr. 
Edwin  Bradbury  and  Charlotte  M. 
(Ward)  Lyon;  special  student  at  Welles- 
ley  College,  1888-90;  m.,  1st,  April  27, 

1893,  Charles  Paine  Cheney  of  Boston, 
A.B.  1892,  Harvard,  who  d.  1897;  chil- 
dren,  (1)  Charles  Ward,  b.  April  28, 

1894,  Lieut.  Engineer  Corps,  A.  E.  F.; 
(2)  Ruth,  b.  Oct.  2,  1895,  m.  Thomas 
W.  Streeter  (see  sketch  elsewhere) ;  (3) 
William    Halsall,    b.    Jan.    15,    1897, 
Lieut.  Aviation  Corps,  A.  E.  F.,  killed 
in  Italy,  1918;  m.  2d,  Sept.  24,  1907, 
Prof.  William  Henry  Schofield,  Ph.D., 
head  of  Department  of  Comparative 
Literature,  Harvard  Univ.     Mrs.  Scho- 
field has  always  been  greatly  interested 
in  civic  and  economic  problems  and  has 
spoken  throughout  New  Hampshire  on 
Preparedness  (before  the  United  States 
entered  the  war) ;  on  the  Liberty  Loan, 
especially  women's  new  financial  obli- 
gations;   and    on    Opportunities    for 
Women  in  Agriculture;  has  established 
training  courses  for  women  at  her  estate 
in  Peterborough  and  was  instrumental 
in    the   establishment   of   a   Dairying 
Course  for  Women  at  the  N.  H.  State 
College,    Durham;    chairman    N.    H. 
Woman's    Liberty    Loan    Committee, 
1917-19;     president    Woman's     Land 
Army  of  America ;  member  new  board 
of  trustee  of  N.  H.  Schoo    for  Feeble- 
minded Children;  chairman  committee 
on  training  courses,   N.   H.   Woman's 
Committee,  Council  of  National  De- 
fense;   chairman    N.    H.    Committee, 
Woman's  Committee  of  National  Civic 
Federation;    chairman    committee    on 
war  relief,  N.  H.  Soc.  of  Colonial  Dames 


of  America;  member  N.  H.  Council  of 
Americanization;  Lyceum  Club,  Lon- 
don, England;  Chilton  Club  and  May- 
flower Club,  Boston;  Episcopalian; 
Residence,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  East 
Hill,  Peterborough.N.  H. 

Minot,  Lena  Margaret 

Bank  clerk;  b.,  Concord,  N.  H.,  July 
9,  1873;  dau.  George  Edward  and  Mary 
Jeannette  (Floyd)  Minot;  grand  dau. 
George  Minot,  president  of  the  Me- 
chanicks  Bank,  1854,  and  treasurer  of 
the  B.  C.  &  M.  R.  R.;  tenth  in  descent 
from  Elder  George  Minot,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  and 
representative,  1635-7;  ed.  Concord 
high  school,  1891;  clerk  for  A.  J.  Shurt- 
leff,  clerk  of  Supreme  Court,  later  for 
J.  S.  Matthews;  clerk  in  Mechanicks 
National  Bank,  Feb.,  1901-17;  clerk 
in  Merrimack  County  Savings  Bank, 
19 17-;  communicant  St.  Paul's  P.  E. 
Church  and  assistant  treasurer  of  St. 
Paul's  parish;  member  St.  Anna 
Branch  and  St.  Agnes  Chapter  of 
Guild  of  St.  Paul;  treasurer  Woman's 
Auxiliary  of  St.  Paul's  parish;  treasurer 
Concord  Chapter  of  American  Red 
Cross;  member  Woman's  Council  of 
National  Defense  and  active  in  war 
work;  charter  member  (1896)  of  Outing 
Club  (Camp  Weetamoo)  and  president 
several  years;  charter  member  Hatha- 
way Shakespeare  Club  (secretary- 
treasurer,  1917-);  charter  member 
(1904)  Hathaway  Outing  Club  (presi- 
dent, 1919-);  charter  member  (1911) 
Concord  Friendly  Club  (treasurer  1911 
-14);  member  N.  H.  Historical  Soc., 
Concord  Woman's  Club,  District  Nurs- 
ing Ass'n.,  Concord  Female  Charitable 
Soc.,  S.  P.  C.  A.  Residence,  Concord, 
N.H. 

Wyman,  William  D. 

Insurance;  b.,  Hillsboro  Bridge, 
N.  II.,  April  24,  1859;  engaged  in  em- 
ploy of  Mass.  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co., 
at  Chicago,  1883,  becoming  general 
agent ;  appointed  state  manager  Berk- 
shire Life  Ins.  Co.  of  Pittsfiold,  Mass., 
1889;  now  president;  president  Chi- 
cago Life  Underwriters'  Ass'n,  1892-3, 


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1897-8;  National  Ass'n  Life  Under- 
writers, 1901-2.  Residence,  Pittsfield, 
Mass. 

Barnes,  George  Washington 

Farmer  and  general  business;  b., 
Lyme,  N.  H.,  March  18,  1886;  s.  Hiram 
and  Esther  B.  (Gillett)  Barnes;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Thetford,  Vt.,  Academy, 
St.  Johnsbury  Academy,  1891;  Meth- 
odist; Republican;  member  school 
board  of  Lyme;  selectman  nine  years 


and  present  chairman  of  the  board; 
trustee  town  trust  funds;  member 
N.  H.  house  of  representatives,  1915-16, 
also  1917-1H  (chairman  committee  on 
Public  Improvements);  X.  H.  senate, 
1919-20  (chairman  committee  on  Pub- 
lic improvements,  also  serving  on 
State  Library,  Forestry,  Public  Health, 
School  for  Feeble-minded  [clerk]  and 
State  Hospital  committees);  trustee 
Dartmouth  Savings  Bank,  Hanover, 
and  Xorth  Thetford  church  funds; 


director  Connecticut  &  Passumpsic 
Rivers  R.  R.  and  Connecticut  Valley 
Telephone  Co.;  member  N.  H.  Public 
Safety  Committee,  and  National  De- 
fense League;  local  food  administrator; 
war  historian;  district  chairman  War 
Savings  Stamp  work,  etc.;  trustee 
estate  of  the  late  Herbert  H.  Barnes, 
with  large  holdings  in  Boston,  where  he 
has  an  office  and  spends  much  time; 
has  a  large  farm  in  Lyme,  specializing 
in  the  raising  of  Hereford  cattle,  sheep 
and  poultry;  also  has  extensive  real 
estate  interests  at  White  River  Junc- 
tion, Vt.;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  P.  of 
H.,  X.  H.  Historical  Soc.,  and  Boston 
City  Club;  m.,  1897,  Laura  A.  Smith. 
Residence,  Lyme,  X.  H. 

Snow,  Alpheus  Henry 

Lawyer;  b.,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  Nov. 
8,  1859;  s.  Alpheus  F.  and  Sarah  Maria 
(Dean)  Snow;  ed.  Trinity  College, 
1876-7;  A.B.,  Yale,  1879;  LL.B.,  Har- 
vard, 1883;  in  practice  of  law  at 
Hartford,  Conn.,  1883-7;  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  1887-95;  engaged  in  literary  work 
at  Washington  since  1895;  lecturer  on 
Colonial  Government,  George  Wash- 
ington Univ.,  1908-9;  member  board  of 
trustees,  George  Washington  Univ.; 
executive  council  American  Soc.  In- 
ternational Law;  American  Bar  Ass'n; 
American  Political  Science  Ass'n; 
American  Historical  Ass'n,  and  various 
clubs;  m.,  June  29,  1887,  Margaret 
Maynard  Butler,  Indianapolis.  Resi- 
dence, 2013  Massachusetts  Ave.,  N.  W., 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Whipple,  George  Hoyt 

Pathologist;  b.,  Ashland,  X.  H., 
Aug.  28,  1878;  s.  Ashley  Cooper  and 
Frances  Ann  (Hoyt)  Whipple;  ed. 
Yale,  A.B.  1900;  M.D.,  Johns  Hop- 
kins, 1905;  assistant  in  pathology, 
Ancon  Hospital,  Panama,  1905-6; 
pathologist,  Bay  View  Hospital,  Bal- 
timore, 1908;  associate  professor  path- 
ology, Johns  Hopkins,  1911-14;  pro- 
fessor research  medicine,  Univ.  of 
California,  and  director  Hooper  Foun- 
dation for  Medical  Research  since  1914; 
member  American  Mod.  Ass'n,  Inter- 


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535 


national  Ass'n  of  Medicine,  etc.;  m., 
June  2,  1914,  Katherine  Ball  Waring, 
Charleston,  S.  C.  Residence,  2085  9th 
Ave.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Weston,  Robert  Spurr 

Sanitary  engineer;  b.,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Aug.  1,  1869;  s.  Lon  and  Mar- 
tha B.  (Greenman)  Weston;  ed. 
Brockton,  Mass.,  high  school,  1887; 
Amherst  College,  B.S.  1891  (A.M. 
1900);  Mass.  Inst.  of  Tech.,  1894-5; 
Univ.  of  Berlin,  1897-8;  assistant 
chemist  Louisville  Water  Co.,  1895-8; 
Superior  Water,  Light  &  Power  Co., 
1898-9;  in  private  practice  since; 
assistant  professor  public  health  en- 
gineering, Mass.  Inst.  Tech.  since  1913; 
member  American  Soc.  Civil  Engineers, 
American  Chemical  Soc.,  American 
Public  Health  Ass'n,  etc.;  member 
Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Twen- 
tieth Century,  City,  Engineers  and 
Appalachian  Mountain  clubs;  m., 
Dec .  2 1 , 1909,  Josephine  Fitz  Randolph, 
Plainfield,  N.  J.  Residence,  81  Griggs 
Road,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Wright,  George  E. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Brookline,  N.  H.,  Jan. 
20,  1867;  s.  William  and  Eliza  A. 
(Elliot)  Wright;  od.  Lawrence  Acad- 
emy, 1884;  Phillips  Exeter,  1885; 
Harvard,  A.B.  1889;  A.M.  and  LL.B. 
1892;  in  practice  in  Seattle,  Wash., 
since  1893;  Congregationalist;  Demo- 
crat; ex-president  Seattle  Public  Li- 
brary; Seattle  Bar  Ass'n,  Municipal 
League  of  Seattle;  member  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Delta  Upsilon,  Phi  Beta  Phi, 
University  Club;  m.,  July  16,  1895, 
Mary  Estelle  Wyckoff,  Seattle.  Res- 
idence, 1227  38th  Ave.  N.,  Seattle, 
Wash. 

Tuttle,  George  Thomas 

Physician;  b.,  Northwood,  N.  H., 
March  18,  1850;  s.  Thomas  and  Olive 
Furber  (Garland)  Tuttle;  ed.  Dart- 
mouth College,  A.B.  1872;  M.D., 
Harvard,  1878;  commenced  practice 
in  Boston,  1878;  second  assistant 
physician,  McLean  Hospital,  1879-80; 
first  assistant,  1880-1904;  medical 


superintendent  since  Jan.  1,  1904; 
Republican;  member  Mass.  Med. 
Soc.,  American  Medico-Psychological 
Ass'n,  Boston  Soc.  Psychiatry  and 
Neurology,  etc.  Address,  McLean  Hos- 
pital, Waverly,  Mass. 

Ayer,  Frank  M. 

Merchant;  b.,  New  Durham,  N.  H., 
Aug.  25,  1873;  s.  Joseph  F.  and  Har- 
riett (Downs)  Ayer;  ed.  public  schools 
of  New  Durham  and  Farmington;  in 


mercantile  business  at  Alton  (dry  goods 
and  automobiles);  Liberal;  Republican; 
selectman,  1907-S,  1910-12,  1917-18 
(chairman  four  years);  town  treasurer, 
1909;  justice  Alton  municipal  court 
since  March,  1915;  member  Republi- 
can town  committee  seven  years; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1919-20,  serving  on  Railroads  and 
Education  committees;  member  and 
past  master  Winnipesaukee  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Alton;  past  patron 
Alpha  Chapter,  O.  E.  S.;  past  grand 
patron  O.  E.  S.  of  New  Hampshire; 
member  Cocheeo  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F., 


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and  Merry  Meeting  Grange,  P.  of  H.; 
m.,  March  3,  1909,  Stella  Francis. 
Residence,  Alton,  N.  H. 

Jones,  Andros  B. 

Shoe  manufacturer;  h.,  Pownal,  Me., 
Aug.  5,  1846;  s.  Sewall  L.  and  Mary  A. 
(Libby)  Jones;  ed.  public  schools; 
engaged  in  shoe  manufacturing  in 
Massachusetts  for  some  years  after 
having  served  three  enlistments  in  the 
Union  Army,  during  the  Civil  War,  in 


the  Fifth  and  Sixty-Second  Mass. 
Vols.  and  Battery  I.,  5th  U.  S.  Artillery; 
removed  to  Nashua,  N.  H.,  thirty 
years  ago,  and  has  there  continued, 
serving  first  as  superintendent  of  the 
Brackett  shoe  factory  and  later,  as 
foreman  for  Kstabrook  &  Anderson; 
Corigregationalist ;  Republican;  mem- 
ber Nashua  city  council,  1S91 ;  alder- 
man, 1X92:  member  N.  H.  house  of 
representatives,  1X93-4;  N.  II.  senate, 
1901-2;  police  commissioner,  1903-5; 
mayor  of  Nashua.  1905-6:  police  com- 
missioner, 1916-1X;  mcml.er  N.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  191<!-20;  mem- 


ber A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  K.  of  P.,  G.  A.  R.; 
m.,  Nov.  2,  1871,  Lizzie  J.  Young;  one 
son,  Fred  A.  (see  sketch  p.  150).  Resi- 
dence, Nashua,  N.  H. 

Atwood,  Charles  Edward 

Journalist;  b.,  Waltham,  Mass.,  Jan. 
11,  1858;  s.  Luther  and  Katherine  L. 
(Marsh)  Atwood;  ed.  Exeter  public 
schools,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
1877;  Harvard  Univ.,  1880;  engaged 
now,  and  for  many  years  past,  with 
John  Templeton  on  the  Exeter  News 
Letter,  long  kno\vn  as  one  of  the  best 
managed  and  finely  printed  weekly 
newspapers  in  New  England;  Congre- 
gationalist;  Republican;  trustee  Ex- 
eter Public  Library ;  member  Swamscott 
Club.  Residence,  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Smith,  Archibald  Lavender 

Real  estate  business  and  service  in 
France;  b.,  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  Feb. 
1,  1X89;  s.  John  Butler  (governor  of 
New  Hampshire,  1893-5)  and  Emma  E. 
(Lavender)  Smith;  ed.  Hillsborough 
grammar  school,  Noble  and  Green- 
ough's  preparatory  school,  Boston; 
Harvard  Univ.,  A. B.  1911;  Republican; 
Congregationalist,  uniting  with  the 
Hillsborough  Church,  Sept.  10,  1905; 
member  Pi  Eta  Soc.,  Harvard  College, 
and  the  Harvard  Club;  enlisted  in  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  U.  S.  A., 
Aug.  7,  1917,  and  attached  to  the  301st 
Co.,  Motor  Supply  Train  401 ;  m.,  Made- 
leine Fellows  of  Manchester,  N.H., Nov. 
1,  1916;  child,  John  Butler,  b.  Aug.  2, 
1918;  Lieut.  Archibald  L.  Smith  died  at 
Tours,  France,  while  serving  in  the  U.S. 
Army,  Aug.  21,  1918.  A  lieutenant's 
commission  was  announced  almost  sim- 
ultaneously with  his  death.  At  the 
memorial  service  at  the  Smith  Mem- 
orial Church  in  Hillsborough,  named  in 
honor  of  Gov.  John  B.  Smith,  Rev.  E. 
D.  Towle  said:  "In  Archibald  Smith 
flowered  the  finest  traits  of  New  Eng- 
land culture.  .  .  .  Modest,  rev- 
erent, teachable,  respecting  the  rights 
of  others,  but  never  self-assertive,  he 
grew  in  wisdom  and  power  until  the 
end.  ...  A  beautiful  courtesy 
lent  distinction  to  his  bearing.  .  . 


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His  innate  refinement  kept  him  from 
the  coarser  things,  but  pure  democracy, 
for  which  he  died,  was  also  something 
by  which  he  had  always  lived.  .  .  . 
Concerning  the  part  he  played  in  this 
critical  period  of  the  world's  life,  a 
soldier-friend  in  Europe  wrote:  'He 
is  doing  a  wonderful  work  and  doing  it 
well.'  .  .  .  He  had  much  to  give 
and  he  gave  all,  for  he  had  learned  that 
service  of  humanity  crowned  with  love 
to  God  is  the  sum  total  of  life's  mean- 
ing. " 

Morrill,  Ellen  Rebecca  (Bryant) 

(Mrs.  Ezekiel  Morrill);  b.,  Canter- 
bury, N.  H.,  April  27,  1843;  dau.  John 
Joseph  and  Harriet  Maria  (Hoag) 
Bryant;  moved  to  Concord  in  child- 
hood; ed.  Concord  high  school,  1861; 
m.,  Sept.  21,  1863,  Dr.  Ezekiel  Morrill, 
a  prominent  Concord  physician,  sur- 
geon in  the  13th  N.  H.  Vols.  and  1st 
Heavy  Artillery  during  the  Civil  War; 
he  d.  April  18,  1908;  children,  (1)  Ed- 
ward Dewey  Bryant,  b.  Concord, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  2,  1864;  d.  Aug.  26,  1881; 
(2)  Alpheus  Baker,  b.  Salem,  Mass., 
Dec.  25,  1867;  ed.  Dummer  Academy, 
Byfield,  Mass.,  Dartmouth  College, 
1891,  M.D.  1895,  Hahnemann  Med. 
College,  Philadelphia,  post-graduate 
at  Johns  Hopkins  Univ.,  N.  Y.  Med. 
College  and  N.  Y.  College  of  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons;  practising  physi- 
cian, Concord;  d.  July  12,  1908;  (3) 
Annie  Stickney,  b.  Concord,  May  26, 
1877;  d.  April  6,  1879.  After  her  mar- 
riage Mrs.  Morrill  lived  at  Portsmouth, 
Va.,  while  her  husband  was  in  camp, 
then  at  Salem,  Mass.,  returning  to 
Concord  in  1874  upon  the  death  of  Dr. 
Alpheus  Morrill,  Dr.  E.  Merrill's 
father.  She  has  spent  many  months 
in  California  at  seven  different  times, 
and  in  1896  visited  Egypt,  Palestine, 
Greece  and  modern  Europe;  in  1881 
she  founded  the  club  which  in  1883  was 
formally  organized  as  the  Stratford 
(Shakespeare)  Club,  the  second  oldest 
literary  society  in  town;  president, 
1889-92;  charter  member  of  Concord 
Woman's  Club,  1893,  and  chairman  of 
various  committees;  life  member,  Home 


for  the  Aged;  member  Friendly  Club, 
Woman's  Alliance,  'Unitarian  Church, 
Red  Cross;  Suffragist,  Republican. 
Residence,  Concord,  N.  H. 

French,  Frank 

Artist;  b.,  Loudon,  N.  H.,  May  22, 
1850;  s.  Hiram  W.  and  Lydia  W. 
French;  at  a  very  early  age  he  showed 
aptitude  for  drawing  and  in  this  was 


encouraged  by  an  elder  sister,  Clara, 
who  was  a  painter  of  some  prominence; 
went  to  Manchester  when  about 
twenty  and  had  charge  of  the  art  de- 
partment on  the  Manchester  Mirror 
under  John  B.  Clarke;  became  a  pupil 
of  Henry  W.  Herrick;  two  years  later 
went  to  New  York  where  he  made  a 
name  for  himself  with  the  Tract  Soc.; 
later  was  a  partner  of  the  engraving 
firm  of  Smithwick  and  French  at  70 
Fifth  Ave.;  m.,  Alice  Hendricks, 
Brooklyn,  April  22,  lS7f>;  made  resi- 
dence in  East  Orange,  N".  J.,  and  New 
York  City  until  about  ten  years  ago 
when  the  longing  for  New  Hampshire 
decided  the  familv  to  remove  to 


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Manchester.  Mr.  French  has  received 
the  highest  honors  for  his  work  at 
notable  exhibitions;  medal  at  Colum- 
bian Exposition,  Chicago,  in  1893; 
Pan  American  Exposition,  Buffalo,  in 
1901;  Paris  Exposition,  1900;  gold 
medal,  St.  Louis  Exposition,  1904. 
his  specialty  is  portraits;  member  of 
Artists  Fund  Soc.,  Kit  Kat  Club, 
Salmagundi  Club  of  New  York;  author 
of  "Home  Fairies  and  Heart  Flowers," 
and  other  works.  While  acting  as 
secretary  of  the  Soc.  of  American  Wood 
Engravers  he  caused  to  be  completed 
the  "Portfolio"  of  fine  original  wood- 
cuts by  the  foremost  engravers  and 
published  by  Harper  and  Brothers. 
Mr.  French  now  maintains  his  studio 
in  the  Odd  Fellows  Building,  Manches- 
ter, 81  Hanover  St.;  is  president  of  the 
Studio  Shop  and  has  associated  with 
him  his  daughter,  Mabel  Edna  and  son 
Frank  A.,  the  latter  assuming  the 
active  management  of  the  business. 

Young,  Oscar  L. 

Lawyer;  attorney  general;  b.,  Ossi- 
pee,  N.  H.,  Sept.  11,  1874;'s.  Timothy 
B.  and  Isabel  S.  (Buzzell)  Young;  ed. 
Brewster  Free  Academy,  Wolfeboro, 
N.  H.,  1895;  Boston  University  Law 
School,  LL.B.  1900;  admitted  to  the 
N.  H.  bar,  1900,  and  commenced  prac- 
tice in  Wolfeboro,  removing  to  Laconia 
in  1901,  where  he  has  since  remained  in 
practice;  now  member  law  firm  of 
Young  &  Cheney  (Thomas  P.  Cheney), 
with  office  in  BaldiBldg.,  Laconia;  Free 
Baptist;  Republican;  justice  Laconia 
police  court,  1903-13,  Laconia  munici- 
pal court,  1915,  1917;  clerk  Board 
of  Railroad  Commissioners,  1909-11; 
chairman  Republican  state  committee, 
1908-10;  attorney  general  of  Ne1v 
Hampshire  since  April  15,  1918; 
trustee  Laconia  Savings  Bank,  Brew- 
ster Free  Academy,  Wolfeboro,  N.  H.; 
president  Lake  City  Club,  Laconia; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
P.  of  H.;  m.,  July  11,  1909,  Anna  M. 
Paris,  Wolfeboro,  N.  H.  Residence, 
84  Whipple  Ave.,  Laconia,  N.  H. 


Hetzel,  Ralph  Dorn 

Educator;  b.,  Merrill,  Wis.,  Dec.  31, 
1882;  s.  Henry  Clayton  and  Sadie 
(Dorn)  Hetzel;  ed.  Merrill,  Wis.,  public 
schools;  Univ.  of  Wisconsin,  A.B.  1906; 
LL.B.  1908;  LL.D.,  Dartmouth,  1918; 
instructor  in  English,  Oregon  State 
College,  1908-9;  assistant  professor, 
1909-11 ;  professor  English  and  political 
science,  1911-3;  director  of  Extension 
Service,  1913-17;  president  N.  H.  Col- 
lege of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts 
since  August,  1917;  admitted  to  the 
Wisconsin  bar,  1908;  Oregon  bar,  1910; 
member  Delta  Upsilon,  Phi  Delta  Phi, 
Gamma  Sigma  Delta,  American  Ass'n 
Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experiment 
Stations  (chairman  Extension  Section, 
1915);  m.,  Aug.  4,  1911,  Estelle  Helene 
Heineman,  Merrill,  Wis.;  four  children. 
Residence,  Durham,  N.  H. 

Whoriskey,  Richard 

Professor  of  modern  languages;  b., 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  Dec.  2,  1874;  s. 
Richard  and  Anne  (Carroll)  Whoriskey; 
ed.  Harvard  College,  1897;  Harvard 
Graduate  School,  1897-8;  professor  of 
modern  languages,  N.  H.  College  of 
Agriculture  and  Mechanics  Arts,  Dur- 
ham, since  1899;  former  president  mod- 
ern language  section,  N.  H.  Teachers' 
Ass'n;  former  president,  N.  H.  School- 
masters' Club;  member  Modern  Lan- 
guage Ass'n  of  America,  Kappa  Sigma; 
author  of  various  monographs;  chief  of 
the  division  of  cooperating  agencies  on 
the  staff  of  Huntley  N.  Spaulding, 
federal  food  administrator  for  New 
Hampshire;  speaker  for  the  League  of 
Nations.  Residence,  Durham,  N.  H. 

Weston,  George  Franklin 

Educator;  b.,  Hancock,  N.  H.,  Oct. 
3,  1853;  s.  Ephraim  and  Almira  H. 
(Gates)  Weston;  ed.  Xew  London 
Literary  and  Scientific  Inst.,  Xew 
London,  N.  H.,  1874;  Brown  Univ., 
1878,  A.M.  1881;  principal,  Elmwood 
grammar  school,  Providence,  R.  I., 
1878-95;  principal,  Technical  high 
school,  Providence,  since  1895;  mem- 
ber R.  I.  Institute  of  Instruction,  R.  I. 
Ass'n  Mech.  Eng'rs,  R.  I.  Historical 


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Soc.,  etc.;  m.,  Oct.  14,  1879,  M. 
Louise  Stewart,  Keene,  N.  H.  Resi- 
dence, 89  Oriole  Ave.,  Providence, 
R.  I.;  summer  home,  Hancock,  N.  H. 

Foster,  William  Hamilton 

Vice-rector,  St.  Paul's  School;  b., 
Concord,  N.  H.,  Aug.  27,  1861;  s. 
Judge  William  Lawrence  and  Harriett 
Morton  (Perkins)  Foster;  grandson 
Judge  Hamilton  E.  and  Clara  B. 
(George)  Perkins;  eighth  in  descent 


from  John  Foster,  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Salem,  Mass.;  ed.  St.  Paul's 
School,  1883;  honorary  M.A.,  1885, 
Dartmouth  College;  master  St.  Paul's 
School,  Concord,  X.  II..  1SS3-UH1; 
vice-rector  St.  Paul's  School,  since 
July  1,  1911 ;  Episcopalian;  Republican; 
member  N.  II .  Historical  Soc.,  N.  II. 
Soc.  of  Colonial  Wars,  Wonolancet 
Club;  in.,  June  28,  1888,  Alcina  E. 
Cordon,  dau.  Nathaniel  and  Alcina  K. 
(Sanborn)  Cordon  of  Exeter,  N.  II.; 
child:  Harriett  Evelyn,  m.  Frederick 
Merrick  Gardiner  of  Philadelphia, 
Sept.  22,  1913;  their  children,  Evelyn, 


b.  1915;  Isabel,  b.  Nov.  2,  1917.  Resi- 
dence, St.  Paul's  School,  Concord, 
N.  H. 

O'Kane,  Walter  Collins 

Entomologist  and  writer;  b.,  Colum- 
bus, O.,  Nov.  10,  1877;  s.  Henry  and 
Catherine  (Van  de  Water)  O'Kane;  ed. 
Ohio  State  University,  A.B.  1897; 
A.M.  1909;  engaged  in  newspaper  and 
magazine  work,  1897-1909;  circula- 
tion manager  Farm  and  Fireside,  Wom- 
an's Home  Companion  and  Twentieth 
Century  Farmer;  professor  economic 
entomology,  New  Hampshire  State 
College,  1911-  ;  deputy  commissioner  of 
Agriculture,  state  of  New  Hampshire, 
1911-  ;  Congregationalist;  member  Beta 
Theta  Chi,  Sigma  Xi,  American  Ass'n 
for  Advancement  of  Science,  Entomo- 
logical Soc.  of  America;  president 
American  Ass'n  Economic  Entomolo- 
gists; author  books  relating  to  agri- 
culture; m.,  Dec.  30,  1902,  Clifford 
Hetherington ;  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. Residence,  Durham,  N.  H. 

Neal,  John  Herbert 

Physician;  b.,  Parsonfield,  Me., 
March  20,  1862 ;  s.  John  and  Sarah  Jane 
(Lord)  Neal;  ed.  public  schools,  North 
Parsonfield,  Me.,  Seminary,  Bowdoin 
Medical  College,  Brunswick,  Me.,  and 
Long  Island  College  Hospital,  Brook- 
lyn, M.D.  1886,  having  also  studied 
with  Dr.  J.  M.  Leavitt  of  Effingham, 
N.  H.;  commenced  practice  at  Sanford, 
Me.,  in  1886,  removing  to  Rochester, 
N.  H.,  in  1894,  thence  to  Portsmouth,  in 
1907;  Republican;  member  boards  of 
health  in  Sanford  and  Rochester;  mem- 
ber Rochester  board  of  education 
three  years;  member  N.  H.  state 
senate,  1903-4;  promoter  of  the  law 
abolishing  the  office  of  coroner  in  New 
Hampshire  and  establishing  that  of 
medical  referee;  first  medical  referee  of 
Straff ord  County  ;LT.  S.  examining  sur- 
geon for  pensions  ten  years;  chairman 
N.  H.  State  Board  of  Arbitration  and 
Conciliation;  chairman  Portsmouth 
board  of  health;  ex-president  Strafford 
and  N.  H.  Med.  Socs.;  member  Amer- 
ican Med.  Ass'n,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  32d 


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degree  and  K.  T.;  m.,  Nov.  28,  1888, 
Lula  E.  Clark,  Sanford,  Me.;  son, 
Cecil  M.,  b.  Oct.  25, 1890.  Residence, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Smith,  John  Warren 

Meteorologist;  b.,  Grafton,  N.  H., 
Sept.  21,  1863;  s.  John  R.  and  Mary 
E.  (Wadleigh)  Smith;  ed.  public 
schools,  N.  H.  College,  B.S.  1888; 
M.S.  1900;  Lawrence  Scientific  School, 
Harvard,  1891-2;  summer  school, 
Ohio  State  Univ.,  1902;  entered 
service  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau,  1888; 
director  New  England  section,  1890- 
6;  Montana  section,  1896-7;  Ohio 
section,  1898-1909;  district  forecaster, 
St.  Louis,  1909-10;  professor  meteor- 
ology and  director  Ohio  section,  1910- 
15;  professor  meteorological  science, 
Ohio  State  Univ.,  1910-15;  chief 
division  of  agriculture,  meteorological 
Weather  Bureau,  Washington,  1916-  ; 
president  Ohio  Academy  Science, 
1914-15.  Residence,  10  E/Oxford  St., 
Chevy  Chase,  Md. 

Stone,  Winthrop  Ellsworth 

Educator;  b.,  Chesterfield,  N.  H., 
June  12,  1862;  s.  Frederick  L.  and 
Ann  (Butler)  Stone;  ed.  Mass.  Agri- 
cultural College,  B.S.  1882;  Boston 
Univ.,  B.S.  1886;  Ph.D.  Gottingen, 
1888;  LL.D.,  Mich.  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, 1907;  assistant  chemist,  Mass. 
Agricultural  College  Experiment  Sta- 
tion, 1884-6;  chemist,  Tenn.  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  1888-9; 
professor  chemistry,  Purdue  Univ., 
1880-90;  vice-president,  1892-1900; 
president  .since  1900;  member  Ind. 
State  Board  of  Education,  and  various 
associations  and  societies.  Residence, 
Lafayette,  Ind. 

Tilden,  George  Thomas 

Architect;  b.,  Concord,  X.  H., 
March  19,  1845;  s.  Rev.  William 
Philips  and  Mary  J.  (Foster)  Tilden; 
ed.  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Mass. 
Institute  Tech.;  in  architectural  offices 
of  Ware  &  Van  Brunt,  Boston;  studied 
in  Paris  under  Emil  Vaudremer: 
associated  in  practice  with  Arthur 


Rotch,  as  Rotch  &  Tilden,  Boston, 
1880-94;  since  alone;  designed  and 
erected  many  church,  library  and 
school  buildings;  fellow  American  In- 
stitute of  Architects;  member  Boston 
Soc.  Architects,  etc.  Residence,  55 
White  St.,  Milton,  Mass. 

Billings,  Warren  Tracy 

Newspaper  writer  and  advertising 
specialist;  b.,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Jan. 
11,  1868;  s.  Emilius  G.  and  Lillieore 


(Tracy)  Billings;  lineal  descendant  of 
Lieut.  Thomas  Tracy,  born  in  Tewks- 
bury,  Gloucestershire,  England,  in 
1610,  who  crossed  to  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony  about  1630,  was  in 
Salem  till  Feb.  23,  1634,  and  in  1660 
became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  removing  to  that  town, 
where  he  died  Xov.  7,  1685;  also  lineal 
descendant  of  Nathaniel  Billings  who 
crossed  to  Boston  and  was  in  business 
there  in  1630;  ed.  public  schools,  leav- 
ing at  thirteen  years  of  age,  and  at 
seventeen  becoming  entire  support  of 
a  family  of  four,  continuing  several 


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ONE  THOUSAND   NEW   HAMPSHIRE   NOTABLES 


years;  Liberal;  Republican;  engaged  for 
twenty  years  as  reporter  and  traveling 
correspondent  of  the  Boston  Herald 
and  other  newspaper  enterprises;  estab- 
lished industrial  departments  on  Bos- 
ton &  Maine  and  Maine  Central  Rail- 
roads in  1907,  retiring  voluntarily  on 
change  of  managementin  1911;  Mem- 
ber Sons  American  Revolution;  m., 
1st,  July  19,  1890,  Lucy  L.  C.  Bigelow; 
2d,  Dec.  11,  1908,  Marina  A.  H.  Whit- 
ney; children,  Constance,  b.  Dec.  4, 
1894;  Warren  Dudley,  b.  Sept.  20, 
1897.  Residence,  Gilford,  N.  H. 

Cogswell,  John  Ross 

Physician;  b.,  Landaff,  N.  H.,  April 
18,   1840;  s.  George  W.  and  Harriett 


(Taylor)  Cogswell;  ed.  public  schools. 
Lisbon,  X.  H.,  Now  Hampton  Literary 
and  Scientific  Institute,  1859  (one 
year  of  college  course),  Dartmouth 
Medical  College,  M.D.  1864  (post- 
graduate course  in  Harvard,  18(59); 
practiced  at  Franconia,  N.  H.,  1864- 
74;  removed  to  Warner,  N.  H.,  in 
1S74,  and  since  in  practice  there:  Con- 
gregationalist;  Democrat;  superintend- 


ing school  committee  in  Franconia  five 
years;  member  school  board  in  Warner 
three  years;  high  school  superintendent 
three  years;  member  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
lodge,  chapter  and  commandery;  I.  O. 
O.  F.  (district  deputy  grand  master, 
15th  district,  five  years);  P.  of  H.  (past 
master  Warner  Grange,  No.  90;  past 
lecturer  Merrimack  County  Pomona 
Grange);  member  White  Mountain 
Medical  Soc.  (secretary),  Center  Dis- 
trict Medical  Soc.  (past  president), 
N.  H.  Medical  Soc.,  holding  various 
offices;  m.,  1st,  July  9,  1867,  Ella  M. 
Knight,  Lisbon;  d.  Aug.  31,  1869, 
leaving  one  son,  Edward  K.,  b.  Aug. 
30,  1869,  now  in  mercantile  business  in 
Keene;  2d,  Sept.  18,  1872,  Ellen  L. 
Hildreth,  Lisbon,  d.;  one  son,  Lloyd  H., 
b.  Dec.  7,  1879,  now  physician  in  War- 
ner. Residence,  Warner,  N.  H. 

Smith,  George  Albert 

Physician;  b.,  Wakefield,  N.  H., 
Nov.  9,  1858;  s.  Alfred  F.  and  Susan 
E.  (Mordeaugh)  Smith;  ed.  public 
schools,  Bellevue  Hospital  Med.  Col- 
lege, Univ.  of  N.  C.,  M.D.  1881; 
physician,  assistant  superintendent 
and  superintendent  N.  Y.  Asylum  for 
the  Insane,  Hart's  Island,  1882-95; 
medical  superintendent  Central  Islip 
State  Hospital  for  the  Insane  since 
1895;  member  Med.  Soc.  State  of 
N.  Y.,  American  Medico-Psychological 
Ass'n,  Associated  Physicians  of  Long 
Island,  etc.;  Republican;  m.,  Dec. 
8,  1886,  Amelia  M.  Kaus,  New  York. 
Address,  State  Hospital,  Central  Islip, 
L.  L,  N.  Y. 
Smith,  William  Clarke 

Educator;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
Feb.  22,  1857;  s.  Judge  Isaac  W.  and 
Amanda  W.  (Brown)  Smith;  ed.  pub- 
lic schools,  Dartmouth  College,  Univ. 
of  Berlin,  M.A.  1894-5;  instructor, 
Univ.  of  Wyoming,  1887;  master  and 
part  owner,  St.  Luke's  School,  Wayne, 
Pa.;  Episcopalian;  Republican;  mem- 
ber Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Soc.  of  Philadel- 
phia; author,  "About  Us  and  the 
Deacon,"  1911;  "The  Vigil,"  1912; 
"Songs  from  the  Foot-hills,"  1915,  etc. 
Residence,  Wayne,  Pa. 


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543 


Morrill,  Sibley  Gage 

Physician;  b.,  Oct.  3,  1873,  Concord, 
N.  H.;  s.  Luther  Sullivan  and  Mary 
Agnes  (Gage)  Morrill;  grandson  Dr. 
Charles  P.  Gage,  who  began  practice 
in  Concord  in  1838;  grandnephew  Dr. 
Alpheus  Morrill,  who  began  practice  in 
Concord  in  1848,  being  succeeded  by 
his  sons,  Drs.  Ezekiel  and  Shadrach  C. 
Morrill  and  his  grandson,  Dr.  Alpheus 
Baker  Morrill,  making  a  period  of  over 
seventy  years  that  the  Morrill  name 
has  stood  at  the  head  of  the  medical 
profession  in  Concord;  ed.  schools  of 
Concord  and  Harvard  Univ.;  M.D. 
1898,  Harvard  Med.  School;  specialty, 
internal  medicine;  physician  to  and 
president  of  staff  of  Margaret  Pillsbury 
General  Hospital;  consulting  physician 
to  N.  H.  Memorial  Hospital  for  Women 
and  Children  and  to  Pembroke  Sana- 
torium for  Consumptives;  member 
N.  H.  State  Board  of  Health  and  City 
of  Concord  Board  of  Health,  Fellow 
American  Medical  Ass'n,  member  N.  H. 
Medical  Soc.  and  Center  District  Soc.; 
Independent  Republican;  member  St. 
Paul's  (P.  E.)  church,  Sons  American 
Revolution,  Blazing  Star  Lodge,  A.  F. 
«fe  A.  M.,  Mount  Horeb  Ccfrnmandery, 
Knights  Templar  and  Bektash  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine;  publications  in  medical 
journals,  especially  on  the  subject  of 
Acidosis;  m.,  Oct.  16,  1905,  Georgia 
Sherman,  dau.  Roger  and  Mary  (Gil- 
man)  Sherman  of  Lincoln,  Mass.,  who 
d.  Oct.  6,  1918;  children,  Sibley  Sher- 
man, b.  May  13,  1908;  Roger  Sherman, 
b.  June  8,  1913.  Residence,  Concord, 
X.  H. 

Parker,  Walter  Matthew 

Banker;  b.,  Manchester,  N.  H., 
July  IS,  1850;  s.  Nathan  and  Charlotte 
M.  (Riddle)  Parker;  descendant  of 
Capt.  James  Parker,  Woburn,  Mass., 
1(540;  ed.  private  tutors,  Dartmouth 
College,  A.B.  1871;  entered  employ  of 
Manchester  National  Bank,  of  which 
his  father  was  president,  after  gradua- 
tion, later  becoming  cashier,  and 
succeeding  his  father  as  president  in 
1S94;  Congregutionalist ;  Republican; 
served  on  Manchester  school  board  and 


as  a  member  of  the  common  council; 
member  N.  H.  house  of  representatives, 
1883;  vice-president  N.  H.  Fire  Ins. 
Co. ;  director  and  treasurer  Manchester 
Gas  Light  Co.;  director  Concord  & 
Montreal  R.  R.;  m.,  July  29,  1896, 
Christina  Holmes,  Cape  Breton,  N.  S.; 
one  dau.,  Charlotte,  b.  June  4,  1897. 
Residence,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Conant,  Charles  Sumner 

Musician;  b.,  Greensboro,  Vt.,  July 
2,  1860;  s.  E.  Tolman  and  Mary  J. 
(Fisher)  Conant;  descendant,  on  pater- 
nal side,  in  the  ninth  generation,  from 
Roger  Conant,  who  settled  Salem, 
Mass.,  in  1623;  on  maternal  side  de- 
scendant of  Dea.  Samuel  Fisher,  early 
settler  of  Londonderry,  N.  H.;  ed. 
public  schools  of  Greensboro  and  St. 
Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Academy;  devoted  his 
attention  from  youth  to  vocal  music, 
studied  under  private  teachers  in  St. 
Johnsbury,  Boston,  Mass.,  New  York 
City  and  London,  England  (under  the 
tutelage  of  William  Shakespeare  in  the 
latter  city);  taught  singing  in  the 
schools  of  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  in  1886, 
and  in  various  places  in  Northern  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont,  in  1887;  re- 
moved to  Concord,  N.  H.,  in  1888,  to 
accept  the  position  of  teacher  of  music 
in  the  schools  of  the  city,  in  which  posi- 
tion he  has  continued;  spent  two  days 
per  week  in  Laconia,  for  four  years — 
1888  to  1892 — introducing  music  into 
the  schools  of  that  city;  has  been  direc- 
tor of  the  Concord  Oratorio  Soc.,  since 
its  organization  in  1899;  director  of 
church  choirs  in  Concord  and  Man- 
chester twenty-four  years  in  all;  has 
taught  hundreds  of  private  pupils,  and 
still  continues  the  work;  member  and 
past  president  N.  H.  Music  Teachers' 
Ass'n;  member  and  former  vice-presi- 
dent National  Music  Teachers'  Ass'n; 
member  Eureka  Lodge,  A.  F.  ct  A.  M., 
Concord;  Congregationalist ;  Republi- 
can; in.,  Jan.  22,  1S83,  Martha  P. 
Burnham,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.;  one  son, 
Roy  W.,  b.  May  4,  1SS5,  now  in  auto- 
mobile business  in  Kansas  City.  Resi- 
dence, Concord,  N.  H. 


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Bartlett,  Benjamin  G. 

Lawyer;  b.,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Nov. 
9,  1872;  s.  Thomas  B.  and  Victoria  E. 
Williams  (Cilley)  Bartlett  (descendant 
of  Gen.  Joseph  Cilley  and  Gen.  Thomas 
Bartlett);  ed.  Dean  Academy,  Frank- 
lin, Mass.,  1891,  Williams  College, 
A.B.  1895,  Boston  Univ.  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1898;  in  practice  of  law  at  Deny, 
N.  H.,  since  latter  date;  member  of 


firm  of  (1.  K.  &  B.  T.  Bartlett;  Uni- 
versalist ;  Republican;  member  X.  H. 
house  of  representatives,  1915-16  and 
chairman  Committee  on  Revision  of  the 
Laws;  X.  II.  senate,  1919-20;  chair- 
man judiciary  committee  and  member 
committees  on  military  affairs,  elec- 
tions, State  Prison,  Industrial  School 
and  Soldiers'  Home;  justice  Derry 
police  court,  1906-13;  member  X.  H. 
Bar  Ass'n,  X.  11.  Historical  Soc.,  A.  F. 
A:  A.  M..  K.  T.  and  Shriner,  I.  ().().  F., 
Eagles,  Derryfield  Club,  Manchester, 


N.  H.;  m.,  June,  1907,  Lillian  G.  Nel- 
son, Haverhill,  Mass.;  four  children. 
Residence,  Derry,  N.  H. 

Dolloff,  Amy  Josephine  Babb 

Physician's  assistant;  social  worker 
and  writer;  b.,  Lowell,  Mass.,  Aug.  30, 
1870;  dau.  John  William  and  Josephine 
(Damon)  Babb  (direct  descendant  on 
maternal  side  of  John  Hancock,  min- 
ister in  Lexington,  Mass.,  in  1696, 
grandfather  of  Gov.  John  Hancock, 
and  on  paternal  side  of  John  Mason, 
grantee  of  New  Hampshire  in  1629); 
ed.  public  schools,  Lakeport,  N.  H., 
and  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  private  in- 
struction in  college  branches  at  Han- 
over, N.  H.;  m.,  May  5,  1888,  Albert 
Simeon  Dolloff,  M.D.  (Dartmouth  Med. 
College,  1891),  a  native  of  Meredith, 
N.  H.,  b.  Aug.  19,  1862,  who  practiced 
some  time  in  Beverly,  Mass.,  and,  later, 
for  fifteen  years,  at  New  Hampton, 
N.  H.,  removing  to  Lewiston,  Me.,  in 
1916;  but  retaining  a  summer  home  in 
New  Hampton.  Dr.  Dolloff,  who  is  on 
the  staff  of  the  C.  M.  G.  Hospital  at 
Lewiston,  holds  a  captain's  commis- 
sion in  the  U.  S.  Medical  Service,  did 
relief  work-in  France  during  the  war, 
and  after  its  close  was  sent  on  a  Red 
Cross  expedition  to  Montenegro,  where 
he  established  a  hospital  and  dispen- 
sary at  Niksitck  and  has  charge  of  re- 
lief work  in  a  district  embracing  55,000 
people.  Mrs.  Dolloff  has  been  physi- 
cian's assistant  and  nurse  for  more  than 
twenty  years,  and  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  her  husband's  sanatorium  at 
Xew  Hampton;  in  Lewiston  she  has 
been  police  matron  since  Feb.  22,  1918; 
Baptist  (superintendent  Sunday  school 
at  Xew  Hampton  nine  years);  mem- 
ber Cosmos  Guild,  W.  C.  T.  U.,  Red 
Cross,  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Hospital  Aid  Ass'n, 
Housewives  League  (treasurer);  poeti- 
cal writer  of  note  and  frequent  mag- 
azine" contributor;  One  son,  Albert 
Franklin,  b.  Nov.  23,  1896;  graduated 
from  Xew  Hampton  Literary  Institu- 
tion 1915;  entered  Bates  College  in 
class  of  1919;  enlisted  in  U.  S.  Coast 
Artillery,  April  19,  1917;  in  active 
service  as  corporal  one  year  in  France, 


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545 


returned  in  March,  1919,  and  will  com- 
plete his  college  course.  Residence, 
Lewiston,  Me.;  summer  home,  New 
Hampton,  N.  H. 

Leighton,  George  Bridge 

General  business;  b.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
July  19,  1864;  s.  George  Eliot  and 
Isabella  (Bridge)  Leighton;  ed.  Har- 
vard Univ.,  A.B.  1888;  Episcopalian; 
Republican;  member  N.  H.  Republi- 
can State  Committee;  colonel  on  staff 
of  Gov.  Henry  B.  Quinby,  1909-10; 
member  N.  H.  Forestry  Commission;  N. 
H.  Conservation  Commissioner;  pres- 
ident Los  Angeles  Terminal  Ry.  (Calif.) ; 
Leighton  &  Howard,  1889-1900;  Steel 
Company,  St.  Louis,  1899-1903;  Lone 
Star  Ship  Building  Co.,  Allegheny  By- 
Product  Coke  Co.;  vice-president  N. 
H.  Historical  Soc.,  Copper  Exploration 
Co.;  director,  American  Steel  Foun- 
dries, Emerson-Brantingham  Agricul- 
tural Implement  Co.,  New  York  Rail- 
ways Co.;  member  Committee  on 
Safety  Appliances,  Amer.  Ry.  Ass'n, 
1898-1903;  Master  American' Railway 
Guild,  1899-1900;  chairman  Committee 
on  Geology,  Harvard  University; 
founder  and  first  president  Associated 
Harvard  Clubs;  member  Cincinnati, 
Loyal  Legion,  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars,  S.  A.  R.,  Pepperell  z\ss'n,  Lewis- 
burg  Memorial  Ass'n  (honorary  trus- 
tee), Somerset  Club,  Boston,  Mass.; 
Union  and  University  clubs,  New 
York;  Harvard  Clubs,  Boston,  New 
York,  Chicago,  Now  York  Farmers; 
owner  of  Monadnock  Farms,  Dublin, 
N.  H.,  and  strongly  interested  in  agri- 
culture; in.,  April  12,  1893,  Charlotte 
Kayser,  St.  Louis;  children,  George 
Elliot  (Harvard,  A.B.  1917;,  Ensign 
U.  S.  N.  R.;  John  Langdon  (Harvard, 
A.B.  1919),  ensign  U.  S.  N.  R.;  Henry 
K.,  U.  S.  N.  R.  Address,  Monadnock, 
N.  II.;  Ill  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

Scott,  Clarence  Watkins 

Educator;  b.,  Plymouth,  Vt.,  Aug. 
20.  1849;  s.  Hon.  Charles  A.,  M.D., 
and  Betsey  E.  (Watkins)  Scott;  ed. 
Vermont  State  Normal  School,  Ran- 
dolph, 1807;  Black  River  Academy, 

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Ludlow,  Vt.,  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  1870,  Dartmouth  College, 
A.B.  1874,  A.M.  1877;  LL.D.,  N.  H. 
College,  1913;  librarian,  Dartmouth 
College,  1874-8;  instructor  N.  H.  Col- 
lege, 1876-81  (admitted  to  Vermont 
bar,  1879);  professor  English,  N.  H. 
College,  1881-94;  professor  history  and 
political  economy,  1894-1913;  profes- 
sor history  since  1913;  Congregational- 
ist;  Republican;  member  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  Kappa  Kappa  Kappa,  Ameri- 
can Historic  Ass'n;  m.,  1888,  Harriet  M. 
Field,  Duluth,  Minn.;  three  children, 
Charles  Field  (B.S.),  b.  Jan.  23,  1891; 
Sue  H.  (A.B.)  July  30,  1895;  Alice  H., 
Aug.  12,  1899.  Residence,  Durham, 
N.  H. 

Jackson,  Andrew 

Lawyer;  b.,  Littleton,  N.  H.,  Jan.  8, 
1882;  s.  James  R.  and  Lydia  (Drew) 
Jackson;  ed.  Littleton  high  school, 
Dartmouth  College,  A.B.  1903;  in- 
structor at  Lyndon  Institute,  Lyndon, 
Vt.,  1904;  instructor  in  the  Rochester 
(N.  H.)  high  school,  1905,  and  later 
elected  superintendent  of  schools  in 
that  city;  in  1908  entered  Boston  Univ. 
Law  School,  graduating  with  highest 
honors.  Upon  his  admission  to  the 
Massachusetts  bar  in  1910,  he  became 
associated  with  the  firm  of  Hurlburt, 
Jones  &  Cabot,  remained  with  this 
firm  two  years,  then  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Paul  Hurlburt,  son  of  Hon. 
Henry  F.  Hurlburt  of  Boston,  and 
opened  an  office  in  Rochester,  N.  H.. 
under  the  firm  name  of  Jackson  A: 
Hurlburt.  The  success  of  the  new 
firm  was  immediate  and  during  the 
next  five  years  there  was  little  litiga- 
tion of  importance  in  Strnfford  county 
in  which  it  was  not  engaged  on  one 
side  or  the  other.  On  the  entry  of  this 
country  into  the  war,  he  enlisted  in  the 
1st  N.  H.  Reg. of  Infantry,  and  was  en- 
rolled in  Company  C  as  a  private;  his 
two  brothers,  Harry  B.  Jackson  and 
William  M.  Jackson  having  enlisted  in 
the  same  organi/ation.  He  went  over- 
seas in  the  103rd  Infantry.  In  the 
Second  Battle  of  the  Manic,  in  an  at- 
tack on  Hill  190,  north  of  Chateau- 


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Thierry,  he  was  wounded  in  the  left 
wrist  by  a  machine  gun  bullet  and  for 
his  conduct  in  refusing  to  be  evacuated 
and  continuing  in  action  and  rescuing 
the  wounded  under  heavy  fire  till  over- 
come by  loss  of  blood,  was  cited  for 
bravery,  recommended  for  the  Dis- 
tinguished Service  Cross  and  pro- 
moted to  Sergeant-Major.  His  regi- 
ment on  this  occasion  lost  770  of  890 
men  engaged,  and  of  234  men  in  his 
company  but  ten  remained  unscathed 
after  the  attack;  following  the  cessa- 
tion of  hostilities  he  was  designated  by 
the  government  for  a  course  of  in- 
struction at  the  University  of  Can. 

Pearson,  Edward  Nathan,  Jr. 

Investment  banker;  b.,  Concord,  N. 
H.,  March  4,  1884;  s.  Edward  N.  and 
Addie  M.  (Sargent)  Pearson;  ed.  Con- 


Pearson,  Robert  Houghton 

Engineer;  b.,  Concord,  May  30, 
1885;  s.  Edward  N.  and  Addie  M. 
Pearson;  ed.  Concord  high  school, 
Dartmouth  College  (class  of  1907)  and 
Thayer  School  of  Civil  Engineering; 


cord  high  school  and  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege (class  of  190(>,  non-graduate); 
member  of  the  firm  of  Schwabacher  & 
Company,  investment  bankers,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.;  m.,  July  6,  1910,  E. 
.lean  I'ovor;  dan.,  Jane,  b.  May  31, 
l'.»14.  Residence,  Oakland,  Cal. 


engineer  on  Panama  Canal,  June,  1907- 
10;  assistant  foreman  of  construction 
on  the  Gatun  Locks,  laid  the  first  con- 
crete in  that  structure;  d.,  Medford, 
Mass.,  Jan.  5,  1911. 

*   Stone,  Harlan  Fiske 

Lawyer;  educator;  b.,  Chesterfield, 
N.  H.,  Oct.  11,  1872;  s.  Frederick  Lau- 
son  and  Ann  Sophia  (Butler)  Stone; 
ed.  Amherst  College,  B.S.  1894;  A.M. 
1897;  Columbia  Univ.  Law  School, 
LL.B.  1898;  lecturer  on  law,  Colum- 
bia Univ.  Law  School,  1899-1902; 
professor  of  law,  1902-5;  dean  since 
1910;  member  firm  of  Satterlee,  Can- 
field  <fc  Stone,  New  York  City;  di- 
rector Atlantic  &  Charlotte  Air  Line 
Ry.,  Woman's  Hotel  Co.;  president 
Ass'n  American  Law  Schools;  member 
American  Bar  Ass'n  (corn,  on  legal 


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547 


education),  etc.;  m.,  Sept.  7,  1899, 
Agnes  Harvey,  Chesterfield,  N.  H. 
Residence,  2  Chestnut  St.,  Englewood, 
N.  J. 

Pearson,  John  Walter 

Investment    banker;    b.,    Concord, 
N.  H.,  Nov.  6,  1888;  s.  Edward  N.  and 


Addie  M.  Pearson;  cd.  Concord  high 
school  and  Dartmouth  College  (class 
of  1911);  with  Bonbright,  Herrick  & 
Co.,  investment  bankers,  Cleveland, 
O.;  assistant  paymaster,  with  rank  of 
ensign,  in  U.  S.  Naval  Reserve,  Julv, 
1917-March,  1919;  m.,  Margaret 
Withee  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  July 
3,  1917.  Residence,  Cleveland,  O. 

Bowker,  Edgar  Marshall 

Lawyer;  b.,  Lisbon,  N.  11.,  April  18 
1876;  s.  Mitchell  H.  and  Laura  P. 
(Brooks)  Bowker;  ed.  Whitefield, 
N.  H.,  high  .school,  1893;  George 
Washington  Univ.  Law  School,  1903; 
admitted  to  N.  II.  bar,  1905,  and 
in  practice  in  Whitefield,  N.  II.,  since; 
Baptist;  Republican;  justice  White- 


field  municipal  court  since  1902;  mem- 
ber board  of  education;  treasurer 
Lancaster  &  Jefferson  Electric  Co.; 
member  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  lodge,  chapter 
and  commandery;  S.  A.  R.,  P.  of  H.; 
m.,  Aug.  30,  1904,  Marie  Halligan, 
Boston.  Residence,  Whitefield,  N.  H. 

Morrison,  Howard  A. 

Manufacturer;  b.,  Jersev  City,  N.  J., 
March  30,  1891;  s.  Henry  K.  and 
Emma  M.  Morrison;  removed  in  child- 
hood with  his  parents  to  Concord, 
N.  H.,  and  prepared  at  the  Concord 
high  school  for  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology  (class  of  1914); 
superintendent  of  transportation,  Sco- 
ville  Manufacturing  Co.;  m.,  Oct.  14, 


1916,  Mildred,  daughter  of  Edward  N. 
and  Addie  M.  Pearson  of  Concord, 
N.  II.;  s.  Howard  A.  Morrison,  Jr.,  b. 
March  5,  1919.  Residence,  Water- 
bury,  Conn. 

*r 

Metcalf,  Henry  Harrison 

Journalist ;  b.,  Newport  ,JN.  II.,  April 
7,  1841;  s.  Joseph  P.  and  Lucy  (Gould) 
Metcalf;  ed.  public  and  private  schools, 


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Mt.  Caesar  Seminary,  Swanzey,  N.  H., 
Law  Department  of  the  Univ.  of  Mich- 
igan, LL.B.  1865;  studied  law  in  the 
office  of  Hon.  Edmund  Burke,  New- 
port, N.  H.;  admitted  to  the  Sullivan 
County  bar,  Sept.,  1866;  engaged  in 
journalism  as  editor  of  the  White 
Mountain  Republic,  Littleton,  N.  H., 
1867-8;  editor  of  The  People,  Concord, 
N.  H.,  1868-72;  editor  of  the  While 
Mountain  Republic,  1872-4;  founded 
The  Democratic  Press,  Dover,  N.  H., 
1874,  and  edited  and  published  the 


same  till  1879;  meanwhile  founded  The 
Granite  Monthly,  which  he  removed 
to  Concord  in  the  spring  of  1H79;  in 
November  of  that  year  sold  the  maga- 
zine to  John  N.  McCHntock  and  en- 
gaged in  the  service  of  Stilson  Hutchins 
as  managing  editor  and  editorial 
writer  for  the  Manchester  Daily  L'nion, 
then  established  as  a  morning  paper, 
continuing  till  1SS2,  when  he  returned 
to  Concord  as  editor  of  The  People  <tn<l 
Xeir  Ilam/ixhire  Patriot,  continuing  ten 
years  in  that  position;  purchased  The 


Granite  Monthly  in  1892  and  published 
the  same  for  two  years,  then  sold  it  to 
the  Republican  Press  Ass'n;  many 
years  N.  H.  correspondent  of  the  New 
York  World,  Herald  and  Times,  and  of 
the  Boston  Post;  editorial  writer  for 
the  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Times,  twelve 
years  and  for  the  Cheshire  Republican, 
Keene,  N.  H.,  five  years;  regained  con- 
trol of  The  Granite  Monthly  again  in 
1906  and  continued  its  publisher  till 
1919;  received  hon.  A.  M.,  from  Dart- 
mouth College,  1913.  Member  First 
Universalist  Church,  Concord,  N.  H., 
moderator  parish  four  years,  superin- 
tendent Sunday  school  seven  years; 
vice-president  N.  H.  Universalist  state 
convention,  1906-15;  member  board  of 
trustees,  1918-  ;  Democrat;  secretary 
N.  H.  Democratic  state  committee, 
1S69-70;  delegate  Democratic  Nat'l. 
Cony.,  1876;  president  N.  H.  Demo- 
cratic state  convention,  1900;  chairman 
Democratic  city  committee,  Concord, 
several  years;  Democratic  candidate 
for  representative  in  Congress,  Second 
N.  H.  District,  1910;  appointed  editor 
of  State  Papers  (state  historian)  July 
1913;  member  board  of  education, 
Littleton  Union  Dist.  1873-4;  auditor 
Union  School  District,  Concord,  since 
March,  1906;  member  N.  H.  Constitu- 
tional Convention,  1918;  Concord 
Board  of  Trade  (secretary,  1893-8, 
1900-13);  secretary  N.  H.  State  Board 
of  Trade,  1907-16;  member  N.  H.  Soc. 
S.  A.  II.,  serving  as  necrologist;  member 
board  of  managers  and  vice-president 
at  different  times  (president,  1918-19); 
member  executive  committee  N.  H. 
Old  Home  Week  Ass'n,  1899-1914, 
president  since  1914;  member  N.  H. 
Historical  Soc.,  Patrons  of  Husbandry, 
(first  lecturer  and  past  master  Capital 
Grange ;  lecturer  Merrimack  County  Po- 
mona Grange  eleven  years;  N.  H.  State 
Grange,  1897-1903;  in.,  Dec.  18,  1X69, 
Mary  Jane  Jackson,  Littleton;  children, 
Harry  Bingham,  b.  Concord,  N.  H., 
Jan.  25,  1871  (Dartmouth,  1893); 
Kdmund  Burke,  b.  Littleton,  N.  H., 
July  7, 1872;  Laura  Prucia,  b.  Littleton, 
N/H.,  Feb.  4,  1874  (m.  Harlan  C. 
Pearson).  Residence,  Concord,  N.  II . 


ALPHABETICAL  INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS 


NAME  PAGE 

Abbof,  Charles  Greeley 149 

Abbot,  Florence  Hale 139 

Abbot,  Stanley  Harris 237 

Abbott,  Alfred  Wells 401 

Abbott,  Frances  Matilda 365 

Abbott,  Frederick  Wallace 334 

Abbott,  Harlan  Page 402 

Abbott,  Leon  Martin 349 

Abbott,  Sewall  Wester 467 

Abbott,  Warren 266 

Adams,  Blanche  Spalding  Griffin  273 

Adams,  Charles  Darwin 327 

Adams,  Charles  Henry 513 

Adams,  James  Meade 398 

Adams.  Wesley 162 

Africa,  Walter  Greenland 390 

Ahern,  William  Joseph 33 

Aiken,  Edwin  Joseph 247 

Albee,  Ernest 349 

Aldrich,  Edgar 503 

Aldrich,  George  Isaac 399 

Aldrich,  Walter  J 401 

Alexander,  J.  Grace 443 

Alexander,  Thomas  Branch 406 

Allen,  Carl  Addison 23 

Allen,  Edwin  Morris 249 

Allen,  Fred  Hovey 291 

Allen,  Glover  Merrill 402 

Allen,  John  Eliot 387 

Allison,  Henry  Darracott 10 

Amey,  Harry  Burton 463 

Amey,  John  Tillotson 525 

Amsden,  Charles  Hubbard.  .  .  123 

Anderson,  George  Wcston 311 

Anderson,  Isabel  Weld  Perkins.  .  309 

Andrews,  Herbert  Marston 352 

Anthony,  Francis  Wayland           .  399 

Aspinwall.  Ada  Mae 46 

Atherton,  Ella  Blaylook 409 

Atwood,  Charles  Edward  536 

Averill,  Elisabeth 275 

Aver,  Frank  M 535 

Avers,  Helen  McGregor  118 

Avers,  Joseph  Gerrish  .  .  .  .  352 

Avers,  Philip  Wheelork  .                .  191 


Babbidge,  Paul  Freese 

Bachelder,  Xahum  Josiah 

Bachelder,  Thomas  Cogswell. . 

Bailey  Benjamin  Franklin 

Bailey,  Charles  Hardy 

Bailey,  Irving  Widmer 

Bailey,  Marshall  Henry 

Bailey,  Solon  Irving 

Baker,  Benjamin  Ward 

Baker,  Dana  Wingate ... 

Baker,  Walter  Smith 

Ball,  Sumner  Nehemiah 

Ballard,  William  Preston 

Bancroft,  Charles  Parker 

Bancroft,  Susan  Gushing  Wood. 

Barber,  Daniel  Fletcher 

Barnabee,  Henry  Clay 

Barnard,  Charles  Daniel 

Barnard,  Harry  Everett 

Barnes,  George  Washington. .  .  . 

Barney,  Charles  Oscar 

Barry,  William  Henry 

Bartlett,  Benjamin  T 

Bartlett,  Edwin  Julius 

Bartlett,  John  Henry 

Bartley,  William  Tenney 

Barton,  Jesse  Morton 

Barton,  Ralph  Martin 

Bass,  Robert  Perkins 

Bassett,  Whitman  Sears 

Batchekler,  Ernest  Allen  ... 

Baynes,  Ernest  Harold 

Beach,  Amy  Marcy  Cheney.  .    . 

Beal,  Frank  Johnson 

Bean,  Edwin  Curtis 

Bean,  George  Fremont 

Beaton,  Alexander,  Argus . 
Beckley,  Chester  Charles  . 
Beckwith,  Hira  Ransom  . 
Beede,  Joshua  William 

Bell,  Charles Upham 

Bell,  Louis 

Beaton,  John  Edwin 

Bickford,  John  Calvin  .  . 
Billings,  Warren  Tracy  . 


PAGE 

393 
178 
394 
255 
394 
360 
345 
317 
355 

98 
142 
343 
169 
171 
173 
391 
134 
360 
190 
534 
395 
493 
544 
135 
409 
393 
105 
322 
245 
319 
322 

67 
263 
349 

21 

24 
351 
391 
174 
323 
387 
390 

57 
322 
541 


550 


ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


NAME  PAGE 

Bingham,  George  Hutchins 382 

Bingham,  Harry 18 

Black,  Archibald 166 

Blackburne,  Mary  F.  Blaisdell.  .  361 

Blaisdell,  Albert  Franklin 366 

Blaisdell,  Bertram 480 

Blaisdell,  Carlyle  W 109 

Blake,  Amos  Jewett 79 

Blakely,  Quincy 425 

Blanchard,  Grace 89 

Blunt,  Harry  Harmon 325 

Bout  well,  Harvey  Lincoln 65 

Bowker,  Edgar  Marshall 547 

Bowman,  George  Ernest 525 

Boynton,  Roy  J 527 

Bracket*,  Charles  Albert 163 

Brackett,  John  Q.  A..  . 71 

Bradley,  Mark  Spaulding 516 

Branch,  Oliver  Winslow 519 

Brehaut,  James  William 483 

Brennan,  James  F 119 

Brennan,  Vincent  John 137 

Bridge,  John' Davis 90 

Bridgman,  Don  Seavey 151 

Brinley,  Godfrey  Malbone 418 

Britton,  Arthur  Harvey 456 

Britton.  William  John 95 

Brooks,  John  Graham 206 

Brown,  Albert  Oscar 421 

Brown,  Alice 266 

Brown,  Alice  Van  Vechten 270 

Brown,  Calvin  Luther 121 

Brown,  Edmund  H 34 

Brown,  Edmund  Towle 495 

Brown,  ElLsha  Rhodes 273 

Brown,  Emma  Elizabeth 360 

Brown,  Frank  Herbert 151 

Brown,  Frank  Parker 213 

Brown,  Fred  Herbert  509 

Brown,  George  Henry 441 

Brown,  Harry  James 262 

Brown,  Henry  Currier 37 

Brown,  John  Henry 413 

Bugbee,  Marion  Louise 83 

Bugl>ee,  Perley  Rufus 155 

Bullock-Mahan,  Lillian  Gertrude  503 

Burbank,  Charles  E 495 

Burgum,  Edwin  Berry 307 

Burleigh,  Alvin 45 

Burley,  Benjamin  Thomas 498 

Burlingame,  Harriet  Grace  Boyd  233 

Burnham,  Sylvester 361 

Burnham.  William  Ilenrv  110 


NAME  PAGE 

Burroughs,  Sherman  Everett..  .  .  .35 

Burton,  George  Dexter.                .  498 

Busiel,  John  Tilton 499 

Buss,  George  Washington  .  .         .  286 

Buxton,  Willis  George 105 

Cain,  John  Leavitt 357 

Campbell,  Alfred  Hills 498 

Carlton,  Charles  Elijah 155 

Carpenter,  Dumont  Hamilton  .  .  523 

Carpenter,  Frank  Pierce 93 

Carpenter,  Georgia  Butters  Drake    522 

Carpenter,  Philip 19 

Carr,  Clarence  Edgar.  .  77 

Carr,  Henry  James 366 

Carroll,  Annie  Wilkins 175 

Carter,  Solon  Augustus 115 

Carter,  William  Scott 479 

Cavanaugh,  John  Bernard.  .  230 

Cavis,  Kate  Chandler 474 

Chadwick,  Henry  Dexter 517 

Chamberlin,  Alonzo  Laban  .  .  154 

Chamberlin,  Edson  Joseph  .  .  390 

Chamberlin,  Henry  Eastman.  28 

Chandler,  Clark  Porter .  .  500 

Chandler,  Fred  Gray 137 

Chandler,  Horton  Lloyd  .  .  501 

Chandler,  William  Dwight 500 

Chandler,  William  Dwight,  Jr. .  .  501 

Chandler,  William  Eaton 3 

Chapin,  Bela 245 

Chapman,  Charles  E 231 

Charron,  Henry  Emery.  190 

Chase,  Arthur  Horace 51 

Chase,  Charles  Parker.  158 

Chase,  Harvey  Stuart  .  383 

Chase,  Ira  Arthur 95 

Chase,  Levin  Joynes 39 

Chase,  Olin  Hosea 27 

Chase,  Russell  MacMurphy  .  .  237 

Chase,  Stuart 353 

Chase,  William  Martin 19 

Chellis,  Frank  Otis 464 

Cheney,  Elias  Hut  chins.  .  127 

Cheney,  Harry  Morrison.  12 

Child,  Edwin  Leighton .  .  353 

Child,  Samuel  Mitchell .  .  .  .  518 

Child,  William  Henry 367 

Churchill,  Mabel  H.  Hall .  283 

Churchill,  Winston 193 

Chutter,  Frederick  George.  482 

Claggett,  Fred  Porter 359 

Clark,  Allan  Chester.  .  331 


ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


551 


NAME 

Clark,  George  Langdon 

Clarke,  Olive  Rand 

Clay,  Charles  Leonidas 

Clifford,  Thomas  Fellows 

Clough,  Clarence  Edward 

Clough,  Joseph  Messer 

Clough,  William  Rockwell 

Clow,  Fred  Ellsworth 

Cobleigh,  Marshall  Day 

Coburn,  Jesse  Milton 

Cochran,  John  Milton 

Cogswell,  John  Ross 

Colby,  Frederick  Myron 

Colby,  Ira  Gordon 

Colby,  James  Fairbanks .  . 

Cole,  Anna  B.  Taylor 

Cole,  John  Adams 

Cole,  Samuel  Winkley 

Collins,  Clarence  Morton ... 

Colony  Horatio 

Colony,  John  Joslin 

Conant,  Charles  Sumner 

Conant,  Ernest  Bancroft .... 

Conant,  John  Willis 

Conn,  Charles  Fuller 

Cook,  Charles  Fred 

Cook,  George 

Copeland,  Elmer  Humphrey.  .  . 

Copp,  Owen 

Corey,  Francis  A 

Corning,  Charles  Robert 

Cottle,  Marion  West  on 

Couch,  Benjamin  Warren 

Cox,  Channing  Harris 

Cox,  Guy  Wilbur 

Cox,  Louis  Sherburne 

Crafts,  Albert  Barnard 

Cram,  Ralph  Adams 

Cram,  William  Everett 

Cressy,  Frank 

Cressy,  Will  Martin 

Crocker,  Herbert  Samuel 

Crosby,  Eva  May  (Emery)  .  . 

Cross,  Allen  Eastman 

Cross,  Alvin  Benton 

Crossfield,  Frederic  S 

Crowley,  James  Benedict .  . 
Cummings,  Allen  Curtis. 

Cummings,  Edward 

Cumrnings,  Milon  David 

Currier,  Charles  Francis  Adams . 

Currier,  Clinton  Harvey 

Currier,  Frank  Dunklee .  . 


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226 
157 
367 
203 
282 
317 
438 
277 
295 
306 
542 

4 

153 
138 
515 
375 
371 
519 
467 
135 
543 
371 
371 
195 
13 

5 

523 
414 
303 

7 
344 

6 

521 
445 
522 
426 
411 
419 
78 
297 
415 
299 
373 
373 
527 
498 
1S6 
417 
409 
419 
531 
154 


NAME  PAGE 

Curtis,  Wardon  Allan 417 

Cutter,  Guy  Henry 29 

Daley,  Daniel  James 455 

Danforth,  Mary  Shepherd 94 

Davis,  Charles  Thornton 418 

Davis,  Nathaniel  French 418 

Day,  Arthur  Kehew Ill 

Day,  Harry  Brooks 138 

Dearborn,  Burt  Stephen 511 

Dearborn,  George  Yann  Ness  .  .  .  306 

Dearborn.  Josiah  Greene  ...  74 

Dearborn,  Sam  Starrett 527 

Dearborn,  Sarah  Frances  Stevens  101 

DeMeritt,  Jennie  Mabelle 87 

DeMeritt,  John 165 

Demers,  George  Arthur 310 

Demond,  Fred  Clarence 271 

Dewey,  Henry  Sweetser 331 

Dickinson,  Leonard  Perley 419 

Dillingham,  Thomas  Mauley. .  .  318 

Dixon,  Frank  Haigh 421 

Doe,  Haven 126 

Dolloff,  Amy  Josephine  Babb  .  .  .  544 

Dolloff ,  Charles  Hall 90 

Donahue,  Jessie  Edith  Rice. .  .  .  530 

Donahue,  John  Joseph 530 

Donovan,  John  Joseph 438 

Donovan,  Michael  Henry  .  54 

Douglas,  Orlando  Benajah. .  .  .  85 

Dow,  George  Francis 434 

Doyen,  Charles  Augustus.  .  .  285 

Doyle,  Jeremiah  Joseph 523 

Drake,  George  Robert 326 

Drake,  James  Frank 94 

Drake,  Nathaniel  Seavey  ...  279 

Drew,  Irving  Webster 149 

Drury,  Samuel  Smith 240 

Dudley,  Albertus  True 439 

Dudley,  Harry  Hubbard  305 

Duffy,  George  Ernest 329 

Duncan,  Charles 98 

Duncan,  George  Henry.  435 

Dunlap,  Roger  Allen  ....  258 

Durrell,  Jesse  Murton  .  .  433 

Dutton,  Samuel  Train  .  .  .  107 

Eames,  George  Herbert.  Jr.  . . .  381 

Eastman,  Clarence  Willis.  .  .  158 

Eastman,  Samuel  Coffin  .  37 

Edes,  Samuel  Harcourt  .  .           .  .  30 

Edgerly,  James  Bart  let  t  .  .  287 


552 


ONE  THOUSAND  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  NOTABLES 


NAME 


PAGE 


Edgerly,  John  Albert 270 

Edgerly,  Joseph  Gardner 265 

Edgerly,  Winfield  Scott 302 

Elliot,  John  Wheelock 440 

Ellis,  Carleton 440 

Elwell,  Rufus  Newell 7 

Emerson,  Abraham  Fitts 431 

Emerson,  Benjamin  Kendall ....  423 

Emerson,  Charles  Franklin 107 

Emerson,  Charles  Sumner 15 

Emerson,  Francis  Patten 202 

Emerson,  Henry  A 297 

Emery,  Fred  Parker 143 

Emery,  Natt  Morrill 431 

Emery,  (William)  Stanley 257 

English,  Fred  Hubbard  .' 395 

Ernst,  Clayton  Holt 427 

Erskine,  James  Buddington 223 

Estabrook,  Fred  Watson 524 

Evans,  Alfred  Randall 207 

Evans,  Ira  Hobart 442 

Everett,  Frederic  Ehvin 31 

Fahey,  John  H 61 

Fairbanks,  Arthur 425 

Fairbanks,  Charles  Albert 531 

Fairbanks,  George  Arlington.  ...  65 

Farley,  Frank  Edgar 427 

Farmer,  James  Clifton 302 

Farmer,  William  Parker 159 

Farnsworth,  Kate  Maria  Sheldon  186 

Farnuni,  Charles  Henry 212 

Farmim,  Lewis  Calvin 212 

Farrand,  George  Edward 38 

Fassett,  James  Hiram 509 

Faulkner,  Philip  Handerson 391 

Felch,  Albert  Dust  in 73 

Felker,  Andrew  Llewellyn 21 

Felker,  Samuel  Demerritt 157 

Fellows,  Nellie  E.  Newton 290 

Fellows,  William  Bainbridge.  .  .  .  35 

Ferguson,  Frank  William 427 

Fernald,  Josiah  Eastman 57 

•"erry,  Edwin  Sidney 423 

•"ischer,  Herbert  Brainerd 375 

Msk,  Daniel  Moses 426 

•"iske,  Abby  Gilman 457 

•'iske,  Amos  Kidder 426 

•"landers,  James  Greelov 430 

•"leteher,  Lucy  Nettie.  ' 398 

•"let  cher,  Robert 131 

•lint,  William  Willard 240 

•'lint.  William  Willard.  Jr..  240 


NAME 

Floyd,  Charles  Miller .... 

Folsom,  Channing 

Folsom,  William  Odlin .  .  . 
Foote,  Arthur  Lowell ... 

Foss,  George  Ernest 

Foster,  George  J 

Foster,  Herbert  Darling .  . 

Foster,  Joseph 

Foster,  William  Albert .  .  . 
Foster,  William  Hamilton . 
Fowler,  George  Winthrop . 
Fowler,  William  Plumer .  . 
Freeman,  Zoheth  Sparrow 
French,  Daniel  Chester.  . 
French,  Emma  Blood .... 

French,  Frank 

French,  George  Barstow  .  . 

French,  Horace 

French,  James  Edward  .  .  . 

French,  Leigh  Hill 

Frisselle,  Frank  Monroe.  . 

Frost,  Robert 

Frost,  Stephen  A 


Gage,  Walter  Boutwell 

Gale,  Stephen  Henry 

Gallagher,  Edward  John 

Gallagher,  Thomas 

Gallinger,  Jacob  Harold 

Gardner,  Rufus  Parker 

Gay,  George  Washington 

Gerould,  Gordon  Hall 

Gerould,  James  Thayer 

Gerould,  John  Hiram 

Gerrish,  Frank  Lawrence 

Gibson,  Harvey  Dow 

Gile,  John  Martin 

Glessner,  John  George  Macbeth 
Goddard,  Christopher  Marsh. .  . 
Goldthwaite,  James  Walter..  .  . 

Goodall,  Louis  Bertram! 

Goodell,  Richard  Carter 

Goodrich,  Nathaniel  Lewis 

Gordon,  George  Henry 

Goss,  Winifred  Lane 

Gould,  Alfred  Josiah 

Gould,  Robert  Truman 

Cove,  Aaron 

Gove,  Charles  Augustus 

Grattan,  Lawrence 

Graves,  Eli  Edwin 

Graves,  Robert  John 

Greeley,  Harry  Parker 


PAGE 

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217 
236 
419 
270 
150 
430 
429 
282 
540 
58 
147 
414 
512 
137 
537 
470 
243 
181 
431 
191 
303 
509 

429 
456 
247 
429 

15 
385 

23 
434 
434 
433 
143 
348 

66 
499 
429 
458 
447 
286 
447 
205 
226 
102 
471 
476 
474 
325 
356 

89 
456 


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553 


NAME  PAGE 

Green,  Henry  Francis 5 

Greenleaf,  Charles  Henry 139 

Greer,  Benjamin  Fuller 422 

Griffin,  Appleton  Prentiss  Clark.  443 

Guernsey,  Alice  Margaret 445 

Guertin,  George  Albert 393 

Gunnison,  William  Towne 47 

Hackett,  Frank  Warren 451 

Hackett,  Wallace 142 

Hadley,  Charles  John 370 

Hadley,  Elbridge  Drew 507 

Hadley,  George  Plummer 386 

Hadlock,  Albert  Emerson 101 

Hale,  William  Gardner 241 

Hall,  Daniel 101 

Hall,  Dwight 248 

Hall,  Harriet  James 405 

Hall,  Newton  Marshall 222 

Hall,  Walter  Perley 441 

Halloran  James  Ambrose 31 

Hamblett,  Charles  Judson 531 

Hamlin,  Frank  Wilbert 480 

Hammond,  Otis  Grant 51 

Hannaford,  Mary  Elisabeth  Neal  217 

Hanscom,  Charles  Ridgley 443 

Hanson,  Benjamin  Frank 142 

Hanson,  Bert 146 

Hanson,  Charles  Lane 446 

Hardy,  Willis  Chenery 275 

Harriman,  Alice  Stratton 497 

Harriman,  Walter  C 193 

Harrington,  Karl  Pomeroy 446 

Harris,  Almon  Greene 314 

Harris,  Ira  Francis 405 

Harris,  Sarah  Neal 504 

Harris,  Thomas  Jefferson 455 

Hartford,  Fernando  Wood 215 

Hartshorn,  William  Newton  ...  455 

Hartwell,  Edward  Mussey 456 

Hatch,  Albert  Ruyter.  .  .' 106 

Hayes,  Charles  Carroll 244 

Hayes,  Francis  Little 453 

Hayes,  Frank  Lincoln 414 

Haynes,  Martin  Alonzo 67 

Hazelton,  Gerry  Whiting 83 

Hazlett,  Charles  Albert 130 

Heard,  Arthur  Marston 425 

Henderson,  James  William 222 

Hendrick,  Nellie  Towne 382 

Hening,  Crawford  Dawes 77 

Herbert,  John 166 

Hering,  Hermann  Siegfried 17S 


NAME  PAGE 

Hetzel,  Ralph  Dorn 539 

Hill,  Frank  Pierce 185 

Hill,  Howard  Fremont 186 

Hill,  Joseph  Adna 464 

Hirst,  Edgar  Clarkson 30 

Hobbs,  Frank  Pierce 221 

Hodgman,  Burns  Plummer 43 

Hodsdon,  Ervin  Wilbur 464 

Hoitt,  Charles  William 452 

Holden,  Arthur  James 410 

Holden,  Gerry  Rounds 452 

Hollis,  Abijah 130 

Hollis,  Allen 49 

Hollis,  Henry  French 81 

Holt,  Hermon 189 

Hook,  Andrew  Jackson 33 

Hopkins,  Ernest  Martin 243 

Hough,  Arthur  Hugh 233 

Howard,  Alfred  Franklin 289 

Howard,  Charles  Danforth 127 

Howard,  Charles  Woodbury  ....  59 

Howes,  Benjamin  Alfred 469 

Rowland,  Fred  Arthur 492 

Hoyt,  Charles  Burleigh 223 

Hoyt,  Deristhe  Lavinta 491 

Hoyt,  Horace  F 163 

Hoyt,  Louis  G 469 

Hoyt -Stevens,  Jane  Elizabeth .  .  .  344 

Humphrey,  Alice  Caroline 267 

Hunt,  Edwin  Sumner 43 

Huntington,  William  Spooner .  .  .  377 

Huntress,  Frank 442 

Huntress,  Harriet  Lane 17 

Hurd,  Henry  Norris 512 

Husband,  Richard  Wellington..  .  259 

Huse,  Raymond  Howard 181 

Hutchins,  Harry  Burns 236 

Hutchins,  John  Corbin .  .           ...  74 


Ives,  Henry  Goodson 


59 


Jackman,  Charles  Lyman 203 

Jackman,  Samuel  Hason 403 

Jackson,  Andrew 545 

Jackson,  James  Robert 71 

Jackson,  Lydia  Drew 81 

Jackson,  Robert 58 

Jameson,  John  Butler 257 

Jenks,  Arthur  Whipple 459 

Jewell,  John  Woodman 305 

Jewett,  Stephen  Shannon llfl 

Johnson,  Jesse 282 

Johnson,  Martha  Evelina 281 


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NAME 


PAGE 


Johnson,  Perley  Albert 16 

Johnson,  Thomas  Franklin 394 

Jones,  Andros  B 536 

Jones,  Edwin  Frank 193 

Jones,  Elgin  Alonzo 229 

Jones,  Fred  Andros 150 

Jones,  Seth  Warner 303 

Jones,  William  Safford 212 

Jump,  Herbert  Atchison 370 

Junkins,  William  Oliver 99 

Keeler,  Irad  Eugene 25 

Keenan,  George  William    285 

Kellom,  Franklin  Pierce 85 

Kempton,  Elisha  Moody 38 

Kendall,  John  Chester 459 

Keyes,  Anson  L 91 

Keyes,  Arthur  Louis 229 

Keyes,  Frances  Parkinson  W. .  .  .  335 

Keyes,  Henry  Wilder 211 

Keyes,  Homer  Eaton 461 

Keyser,  Frank  Nathaniel 529 

Kidder,  Daniel 453 

Kimball,  Benjamin  Ames 229 

Kimball,  George  Morrill 277 

Kimball,  Henry  Ames 141 

Kimball,  Herbert  Harvey 461 

Kimball,  Martha  Smith 279 

Kimball,  William  Henry 482 

King,  Charles  Francis 461 

Kingsbury,  Edward  Newell 202 

Kingsbury,  William  Josiah 182 

Kivel,  John 515 

Knowlton,  Edgar  Jay 109 

Knox,  William  Franklin 417 

Ladd,  Fred  Newton  ...  377 

Ladd,  William  Palmer 487 

Lake,  Harry  Foss 51 

Lamb,  Fred  \Villiam 488 

Lamprey,  Maitland  Charles 315 

Lane,  Edward  Austin 356 

Lane,  Francis  Ransom 463 

Lang,  Walter  Monroe 513 

Langdell,  Samuel  Frank 274 

Lauder,  George  Burns 259 

Laycock,  Craven 145 

Leach,  Edward  Giles 295 

Learned,  Henry  Barrett 489 

Ixidoux,  Henri  Toussaint 462 

Lee,  William  Andrew 426 

Leighton,  George  Bridge.  .  545 

Leonard,  Charles  Hall    .  330 


NAME  PAGE 

Leonard,  Henry  Barrett 489 

Lewis,  Homer  Pierce 516 

Lewis,  Jonathan  Snow 413 

Lewis,  Samuel  De  Wolf 343 

Linehan,  John  J 352 

Little,  Clarence  Belden 379 

Little,  Cyrus  Harvey 86 

Livingston,  Frank  Channing ....  528 

Lockhart,  Burton  Wellesley 385 

Lord,  Harry  True 481 

Lord,  John  King 287 

Lougee,  Arthur  Jewett 323 

Loveland,  Israel  Albert 415 

Lund,  Fred  Bates 481 

Lyford,  James  Otis 53 

MacGreggor,  Henry  Frederick .  .  469 

MacMurphy,  Mary  L.  S.  James.  468 

Madden,  Charles  Augustus 397 

Madden,  Joseph 4Q6 

Madigan,  Thomas  Henry,  Jr...  .  323 

Manahan,  William  Henry 351 

Mann,  Hosea  Ballou 495 

Mann,  William  Hazeltine  Gage .  .  290 

Marble,  Thomas  Littlefield 519 

Marden,  Orison  Swett 477 

Marshall,  Harold 479 

Marshall,  Roujet  DeLisle 463 

Martin,  Frederick  Roy 313 

Martin,  Nathaniel  Everett 89 

Marvin,  Winthrop  Lippitt 468 

Mason,  Ellen  McRoberts 195 

Mason.  Nathaniel  Robert 198 

Mason,  Wallace  Edward 401 

Masseck,  Frank  Lincoln 451 

Matthews,  Joseph  Swett 161 

McAllister,  George  Isaac 446 

McCollester,  Lee  Sullivan  ...     .  407 

McCollester,  Sullivan  Holrnan..  .  287 

McCrillis,  John 24 

McDaniel,  Allen  Boyer 468 

McDonald,  Etta  Austin  Blaisdell  465 

McDougall,  Henry  C 422 

McDuffee,  Willis 4 

McElwain,  Herbert  Andrew 375 

McFarland,  Annie  Avery 402 

McGregor,  George  Wilbur 42 

Mcllugh,  Bartholomew  Franklin  333 

Mclntyre,  Daniel 29 

McLane,  John  Roy 159 

McLaughlin,  Agnes  Winifred..  .  .  435 

McLaughlin,  George  Asbury.  .  .  .  477 

McQuaid,  Elias  Alfred " 383 


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Mead,  Edwin  Doak 421 

Mead,  Lucia  True  Ames.  .  421 

Meader,  John  Levi 423 

Melendy,  Jesse  George 253 

Melville,  Henry 473 

Merrill,  Charles  Clarkson 467 

Merrill,  Robert  Josiah 54 

Merrill,  William  Bradford  .  .  470 

Merrow,  Lyford  A 528 

Messer,  Loring  Wilbur 470 

Met  calf,  Frank  Arthur 249 

Metcalf ,  Harry  Bingham 223 

Metcalf,  Henry  Clifton 261 

Metcalf,  Henry  Harrison 547 

Miller,  Charles  Ransom .  .  473 

Miller,  Edward  Sherman .  .  366 

Miller,  Ida  Farr 62 

Mills,  Herbert  Elmer 51 1 

Minot,  Fanny  E.  Pickering  ...  69 

Minot,  Lena  Margaret 533 

Mitchell,  Abram  Whittemore.  .  63 

Mitchell,  Harry  Walter 473 

Mitchell,  John  Lewis 109 

Mitchell,  William  Hugh  122 

Moore,  Herbert  Fisher.  .  171 

Morrill,  Albro  David 471 

Morrill,  Arthur  Putnam 170 

Morrill,  Charles  Henry 510 

Morrill,  Ellen  Rebecca  (Bryant)  .  537 

Morrill,  Grace 365 

Morrill,  Harley  Winslow 331 

Morrill,  Osma  Caroline  Baker .  .  206 

Morrill,  Sibley  Gage 543 

Morris,  George  Franklin  207 

Morris,  James  Henry 58 

Morris,  Lula  J.  Aldrich 209 

Morrison,  Henry  Clinton  .  77 

Morrison,  Howard  A. .                 .  .  547 

Morrison,  Obe  Gray 225 

Morrison,  William  II 450 

Morse,  Edward  Leland  Clark  511 

Morse,  Harris  A 182 

Moses,  George  Higgins .  .  .  .  127 

Moulton,  Warren  Joseph  .  .  330 

Murchie,  Alexander 47 

Murchie,  Robert  Charles  .  9 

Murphy,  David  Edward  261 

Musgrove,  Frank  Abbott  57 

Musgrove,  Mary  Donker    .  54 

Myers,  Walter  Crane.  .  194 

Nash,  John  Barzillia    .  69 

Nason,  William  Francis  123 


NAME 

Neal,  John  Herbert 

Nealley,  John  Haven 

Nelson,  Edward  William ... 

Newton,  Earl  Frank 

Nichols,  Herbert 

Nichols,  William  Theophilus . 

Niles,  Bertha 

Niles,  Edward  Cullen 

Niles,  Harold  Herbert 

Niles,  Mary 

Niles,  William  Porter 

Nims,  Harry  Dwight 

Nolin,  William  Peter 

Norris,  Harry  Waldo 

Norris,  True  Livingston .  . 
Norwood,  Charles  Miles  .  . 

Noyes,  Charles  Hermon 

Nute,  Eugene  Pearl 

Oakes,  Frederick  Warren 

Odell,  Eva  Beede 

Odell,  Willis  Patterson 

Odlin,  Arthur  Fuller 

O'Kane,  Walter  Collins ... 
O'Leary,  Thomas  Mary .... 

Orcutt,  William  Dana 

Osgood,  Etta  Haley 

Osgood,  Wilfred  Hudson . 

Otis,  Edward  Osgood 

Owen,  Ellery  Scott 

Page,  Calvin 

Page,  Charles  Tilton 

Parker,  Charles  Sullivan  .  . 
Parker,  Edward  Melville  .       . 

Parker,  George  Amos 

Parker,  Harry  Elwood 

Parker,  Hiram 

Parker,  Hosea  Washington  . 
Parker,  Samuel  Sewall .... 
Parker,  Walter  Matthew. 

Parks,  Isabel  Merial 

Parsons,  Frank  Nesmith  . 

Patrick,  Mary  Mills 

Pat  tee,  Fred  Lewis 

Patten,  Helen  Philbrook.  . 
Patterson,  Joab  Nelson ... 

Paul,  Amasa  Copp 

Paul,  George  Washington. 

Paul,  Sarah  Woodman 

Pearson,  Edward  Nathan .  .  . 
Pearson,  Edward  Nathan,  Jr. 
Pearson,  Harlan  Colbv.  . 


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Pearson,  John  Walter 547 

Pearson,  Robert  Houghton 546 

Peaslee,  Robert  James 325 

Peavey,  George  Smith 505 

Pender,  John Ill 

Perin,  Florence  Hobart 501 

Perley,  George  Edmund 70 

Perley,  Mary  Elizabeth 115 

Perley,  Sir  George  Halsey 24 

Perry,  Daniel  Webster 479 

Peterson,  Oscar  William 482 

Pettee,  Charles  Holmes 339 

Pike,  Edwin  Bertram 175 

Pillsbury,  Albert  Enoch 27 

Pillsbury,  Arthur  Judson 491 

Pillsbury,  Rosecrans  William.    .  .  55 

Pingree,  Samuel  Everett 43 

Plimpton,  George  Lincoln 318 

Plummer,  John  Wesley 55 

Plummer,  William  Alberto  ...  63 

Pollard,  John  William  Hobbs      .  491 

Poor,  Ruel  Whitcomb 253 

Porter,  Eleanor  Hodgman 69 

Porter,  John  Lincoln 481 

Powers,  Jennie  B.  Carter 494 

Powers,  Samuel  Leland 49 

Powers,  Wilbur  Howard 33 

Pratt,  Louise 515 

Prentiss,  John  W 510 

Prescott,  Charles  Henry.              .  4S1 

Prescott,  Samuel  Cate 516 

Preston,  Frank  Buchanan             .  129 

Preston,  Frank  Wesley 493 

Preston,  George  Cutler.  .            .  .  307 

Proctor,  Edna  Dean 153 

Pulsifer,  Harry  Bridgman             .  517 

Putnam,  George  Martin 4S9 

Putnam,  Stephen  Greeley 513 

Quiinby,  Charles  Elihu  .           ....  513 

Quimby,  Frank  Pierce.                  .  103 

Quiinby,  Fred  Elihu.  ...               .  126 

Quimby,  Henry  Brewer .               .  301 

Quincy,  Josiah  Hatch  .  .  .               .  IS-" 

Rainie,  Herbert  Williamson 425 

Rand,  John  Prentice .  1 14 

Randolph,  William  J 517 

Ranney,  William  Bradford.  313 

Ray,  Robert  Allen 62 

Reed.  George  Harlow.  .  179 

Rernick,  Helen  L.  Benedict  360 

Remick,  James  Waldron  201 


NAME 

Remick,  Mary  Pendleton 

Rice,  George  Samuel 

Rich,  George  Frank 

Richards,  Charles  Herbert 

Richards,  William  Frances 

Richardson,  Albert  James 

Richardson,  Ellen  Ruddick 

Richardson,  Henry  Sturtevant.  . 

Richardson,  Leon  Josiah 

Richardson,  William  Cummings 
Ricker,  Marilla  Marks  Young. . 

Riley,  Phil  Madison 

Robbins,  Joseph  Henry 

Roberts,  Ernest  Porter 

Robertson,  John  Evans 

Robie,  Charles  Warren 

Robie,  Edward 

Robie,  Samuel  Hastings 

Robie,  Virginia  Huntington 

Robinson,  Maurice  Henry 

Rogers,  Fred  Ashley 

Rogers,  William  Nathaniel 

Rolfe,  Jennie  Clapp 

Rollins,  Dillwyn  Sidney 

Rollins,  Edward  Warren 

Rolofson,  Mary  Currier 

Roote,  Charles  Burgess 

ROPS,  Winfred  Smith 

Rossiter,  William  S 

Rotch,  William  Boylston  . 

Rowe,  Stewart  Everitt 

Rublee,  George 

Rundlett,  Louis  John 

Runnells,  Ellsworth  Potter.  . 
Runnells,  Ernest  Potter.  . 
Runnells,  Everett  Hazen  . 

Runnells.  John  Sumner 

Russell,  I'" rank  Webster.  . 
Ryder,  Herbert  Daniel 

Salt  us,  (Arnasa)  Wright 

Sampson,  Cassandcr  Gary 

Sanborn,  Alden  V 

Sanborn,  Alice  Evelyn 

Sanborn,  Eugene  Dana 

Sanborn,  Frank  Berry 

Sanborn,  Jeremiah  Wilson  . 

Sanborn,  John  Page 

Sanborn.  Mary  Farley.  .  . 

Sanborn,  Walter  Henry 

Sanders,  Charles  Henry 

Sanders.  Loren  Addison 

Sanderson,  Henry  Stephen 


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Sargeant,  Frank  Wadleigh 370 

Sargent,  Orison  Clark 219 

Sawyer,  Edward  Allen 492 

Sawyer,  Enos  Kittredge 295 

Sawyer,  Frederick  W 492 

Sawyer,  Herbert  Noyes 397 

Sawyer,  Roland  Douglas 225 

Sawyer,  William  Henry 187 

Scales,  Burton  True ...  117 

Scales,  John 93 

Scammon,  John 347 

Schofield,  Mary  Lyon  (Cheney)  .  533 

Scott,  Clarence  Watkins 545 

Setzer,  William  Juds9n 492 

Shea,  Michael  Francis 379 

Shedd,  Charles  Gale 435 

Shedd,  John  Graves 326 

Shedd,  Rhoda  Jane  Colburn  ....  438 

Shepard,  Annie  Bartlett 213 

Shepard,  Ida  Frances 327 

Shepard,  Joseph  Eastman 42 

Sherman,  Lillian  A.  Tourtelotte  .  146 

Sherry,  George  Henry 306 

Shockley,  Alice  Porter 45 

Shontell,  Frederick  William. ...  340 

Shurtleff,  Merrill 271 

Shute,  Henry  Augustus 369 

Sibley,  Mary  Matilda  Putnam  .  .  17 

Silver,  Ernest  Leroy 199 

Simonds,  Katherine  Call 263 

Slay  ton,  William  Harvey 234 

Sleeper,  Alvah  Guy 445 

Sleeper,  Charles  Martin 445 

Smalley,  Fred  Charles 293 

Smith,  Archibald  Lavender 536 

Smith,  Charlotte  S.,  M.D 486 

Smith,  Edward  M 50 

Smith,  Ezra  M 63 

Smith,  George  Albert 542 

Smith,  Jeremiah 266 

Smith,  John  Warren 541 

Smith,  Jonathan 174 

Smith  J.  Brodie 486 

Smith,  William  Clarke 542 

Snow,  Alpheus  Henry 534 

Snow,  Leslie  Perkins 337 

Snow,  Norma  Cutter  Currier. .  .  .  337 

Spalding,  James  Alfred 529 

Spaulding,  Daniel  Miriot  524 

Spaulding,  Huntley  Nowell .  .  461 

Spaulding,  Oliver  Lymaii 1S7 

Spaulding,  Holland  Harty    ...  21 

Spaulding,  William  Waldemar.  .  13 


NAME 

Stacy,  Thomas  Hobbs 

Stearns,  Edward  Roland 

Stearns,  George  Landon 

Stevens,  Edwin  Dearborn 

Stevens,  Henry  Webster 

Stevens,  Jabez  Howes 

Stevens,  Raymond  Bartlett .... 

Stevens,  Roland  Eugene 

Stickney,  Edward  Huntington. . 

Stoddard,  Edward  Percy 

Stone,  George  Weare 

Stone,  Harlan  Fiske 

Stone,  Winthrop  Ellsworth ... 

Storrs,  John  Williams 

Story,  Fred  Williams 

Straw,  Herman  Foster 

Streeter,  Frank  Sherwin 

Streeter,  Lilian  Carpenter 

Streeter,  Thomas  Winthrop. . 

Sullivan,  Dennis  Edward 

Sullivan,  Edmund 

Sullivan,  Patrick  Henry 

Sulloway,  Alvah  Woodbury. .  .  . 

Sulloway,  Frank  Jones 

Sulloway,  Richard  Woodbury .  . 

Swart,  William  Dumond 

Sweet,  William  Isaac 


Taggart,  David  Arthur 

Taylor,  Amos  Leavitt 

Taylor,  Frederick  Wellington  .  . 

Taylor,  Levi  Colby 

Taylor,  Maria  Sanborn 

Tenney,  George  Amos 

Thayer,  Helen  Chadwick  Rand. 

Thayer,  Lucius  Harrison 

Thayer,  William  Fiske 

Thayer,  William  Wentworth  .  .  . 

Theriault,  Marcel 

Thomas,  Edwin  Herbert 

Thompson,  Edward  Payson..  .  . 

Thompson,  Willis  Duer 

Thome,  John  Calvin 

Thorne,  Mary  Gordon  (Nichols) 

Thorp,  Louis  Asliton 

Thurber,  Lester  Freeman 

Tilden,  George  Thomas 

Tilton,  Frank  Pierce 

Tilt  on,  George  Henry 

Tobey,  Charles  William  . 

Towle,  Fred  Scales 

Towle,  Loren  Delbert  .  . 
Town,  Francis  Laban  .... 


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Towne,  Hollis  Frank 381 

Towne,  Omar  Alvah 18 

Townsend,  Manley  Bacon 290 

Tracy,  Charles  Alden 319 

Trickey,  William  Henry 281 

Tripp,  Walter  Henry 315 

Tripp,  Warren 343 

True,  Reuben  Cutler 190 

Tuck,  Edward 355 

Tuck,  Edward  Arthur 406 

Tucker,  William  Jewett 162 

Tufts,  Edith  Souther 227 

Tufts,  James  Arthur 69 

Turner,  George  Huffman 407 

Tutherly,  Herbert,  Everett 262 

Tuttle,  George  Thomas 535 

Tuttle,  James  Patterson 97 

Upham,  James  Duncan 473 

Upham,  Warren 123 

Upton,  Robert  W 381 

Varick,  Thomas  Rice 506 

Varney,  Charles  Wesley 339 

Vaughan,  Charles  Woodward  .  .  .  369 

Verette,  Moise 321 

Wadleigh,  Fred  Tilton 177 

Wagner,  George  Augustus 382 

Walker,  Charles  Rumford 6 

Walker,  Reuben  Eugene 145 

Wallace,  Ellen  Alfreda 150 

Wallace,  James  Burns 170 

Warren,  George  Herbert 447 

Warren,  Joseph 134 

Warren,  Mary  Hale  Palmer 450 

Wason,  Edward  Hills 251 

Wa^on,  Eugene 261 

Wason,  George  Butler 167 

Waterman,  Thomas  Palmer 133 

Watson,  Irving  Allison 22 

Weaver,  George  Albert 309 

Webster,  Harold  Adams 134 

Webster,  Jennie  Josephine  A. .     .  363 

Webster,  Jerome  Pierce 363 

Webster,  Lor  in 363 

Weed,  Charles  Frederick 11 

Weeks,  Albert  J 479 

Weeks,  John  W 233 

Welch,  John  Tapley  .  .  129 


NAME 

Wellington,  Leonard 

Wellman,  James  Albert 

Wellman,  Justin  Owen 

Wells,  Christopher  Henry 

Wendell,  Caroline  R 

Wentworth,  Joseph 

Weston,  George  Franklin 

Weston,  Robert  Spurr 

Wheeler,  Bertrand  Thorp 

Whippen,  Frank  Warren 

Whipple,  George  Hoyt 

Whipple,  Henry  Chandler 

Whipple,  Sherman  Leland 

Whitcher,  William  Frederick. .  . 

White,  Eliza  Orne 

Whitford,  George  Langdon 

Whittemore,  Arthur  Gilman  .  . 

Whoriskey,  Richard 

Wiggin,  Joseph 

Wilder,  Ella  Caroline  Abbot . .  . 

Willis,  Eben  Marston 

Willis,  John  Richard 

Winchell,  F.  Mabel 

Winslow,  Sherburn  J 

Wood,  George  Albert 

Wood,  Leonard 

Wood,  Mary  Inez  Stevens 

Woodbury,  Charles  Edward  .  .  . 
Woodbury,  Elmer  Ellsworth..  . 

Woodbury,  Frank  Ernest 

Woodbury,  Frank  Taylor 

Woodbury,  Gordon 

Woodman,  Frederic  Thomas .  .  . 

Woolson,  Augustus  A 

Woodward,  Nellie  F.  Tupper. .  . 

Woodward,  Sarah  Jones 

Woodward,  Susan  Jones  W 

WoodwTorth,  Edward  Knowlton 

\Voodworth,  Mary  Parker 

Worthen.  Thomas  Wilson  Dorr. . 

Wright,  George  E 

Wright,  Robert  Morrill 

Wyinan,  Louis  Eliot 

Wyman,  William  D. . 


Yantis,  Erne  Earll 

Young,  Harrie  Minot .  .  . 
Young,  James  Burlington 

Young,  John  Edwin 

Young,  Oscar  L 


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